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There’s a good reason it was named Upton’s Breakroom. With four tables and only room enough to seat eight to a dozen customers (a dozen is being generous, by the way), the narrow cafe attached to the Upton’s seitan factory at the corner of Grand and Hoyne is meant more for the vegan to-go crowd than for those who like to linger. The all-vegan menu is short and to the point, with each of its simple sandwich concoctions wrapped in the same weird hybrid of aluminum foil and wax paper your junior high lunch lady used to handle.
The cozy space also includes a variety of vegan baked goods, organic juices and kombucha, and vegan soft-serve (did I mention that?). Granted, neither of us was blown away with our choice in sandwich, but, honestly, that’s OK. Great, even. Give me a reason to return and try it all over again. I doubt I’ll ever be disappointed, because I’m just too happy that Upton’s Breakroom exists.
