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CIA Bakery Café

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The CIA Bakery Café in San Antonio, TX is a student-run pop-up featuring a variety of favorite sweet and savory bakery items along with great coffee, smoothies, and signature aguas frescas available for dine in and takeout.

The CIA Bakery Café offers a uniquely exciting dining experience while giving students the opportunity to take part in the daily operations of a bakery as a capstone course. Students will operate both the front- and back-of-house under the direction of Certified Master Baker Alain Dubernard, Chef-Instructor Katrina Flores-Guzman, and Hospitality and Service Management Instructor Brent Holten.

Saturday, February 1 through Wednesday, April 16, Tuesday–Saturday.

 
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Hours of Operation

Open: February 1–April 16, 2025
Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Phone: 210-554-6484

Menu

Sit-Down or Take-Out

Breakfast

available from 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Smoked Salmon Sandwich 15
everything spiced focaccia, in-house smoked salmon, whipped ricotta, pickled red onions, cucumber, fresh dill, and a side of fresh berries

Quiche du Jour 12
served with dressed greens

French Omelet 12
goat cheese, caramelized onions, roasted wild mushrooms, dressed greens, and breakfast potatoes

Brioche French Toast 10
spiced blackberry compote, toasted pecans, crème fraiche

Croissant Breakfast Sandwich 12
thick cut bacon, smoked tomato jam, soft scrambled eggs, baby kale on a toasted croissant with saffron aioli and breakfast potatoes

Butternut Squash Bisque 12
ginger-honey, chive oil, roasted pumpkin seeds, lump crab, and toasted baguette

Steak and Eggs 19
6 oz. USDA prime New York strip, sunny side up egg, Italian salsa verde, and breakfast potatoes

Lunch

available from 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Winter Farro Salad 12
farro, arugula, radicchio, roasted grapes, goat cheese, medjool dates, walnuts, shaved snap peas, champagne vinaigrette

Chicken and Kale Caesar Salad 15
chicken schnitzel, kale, preserved lemon Caesar dressing, parmesan, and white anchovies

Tuscan Prosciutto Sandwich 16
herb focaccia, prosciutto, fig jam, goat cheese cream, chopped pistachios, baby arugula with kettle chips

Tuscan Vegetarian Sandwich 14
herb focaccia, roasted wild mushrooms, roasted butternut squash, artichoke cream, baby arugula, mozzarella with kettle chips

Savor Smash Burger 16
white cheddar cheese, bacon, caramelized onions, lettuce, tomato, roasted garlic aioli on a toasted brioche bun, and herb fries

Shrimp Po’ Boy 16
sauteed rock shrimp, nduja Cajun garlic butter, arugula and tomato, on a toasted buttered brioche roll with preserved lemon aioli and herb fries

Additions

Smoked Salmon 8 | Grilled Chicken 6 | Bacon (three pieces) 6 | Two Eggs (any way) 4 | Mixed Green Salad 5 | Breakfast Potatoes 5 | Herb Fries 5

Beverages

illy Coffee and Espresso

Drip Coffee 4
Espresso 4
Double Espresso 5
Macchiato 4
Americano 4
Cappuccino 6
Latte 6

Daily Selection Tea Service 4

ask server for selections

Water Selections

Rambler 4
Acqua Panna, small bottle 5
Acqua Panna, large bottle 10
San Pellegrino, small Bottle 5
San Pellegrino, large Bottle 10

Soft Drinks 4

Coke
Diet Coke
Spirit

Agua Fresca 6

daily special

Hot Chocolate 5
Wine 9

House White
House Red

Mimosa

Glass 11
Bottle 45

 


Location

CIA Bakery Café located inside Savor Restaurant
200 E. Grayson St. Ste 117
San Antonio, TX 78215