At the recommendation of friends and tweeps, I visited Sogo Market Cafe (Stone Oak Pkwy and Hardy Oak) for lunch today. What a terrific neighborhood restaurant. It won the 2009 San Antonio Express-News Critic's Choice award for best North Central neighborhood restaurant.
The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, pizza and a couple of heartier entrees (today's features were roast pork and a half chicken). Their standard menu features about ten sandwiches and eight salads, as well as their "daily blackboard" of changing specials. They also serve a variety of yummy-looking cupcakes, cakes and cookies. (These same folks operate Saweet Cupcakes, whose bright pink van can be found most Saturdays at the Pearl Farmers Market.)
I'm rather a conossieur of BLTs, so I tried their "PELT" which featured prosciutto and a fried egg. I've got to say it was one of the best BLTs I've had. The proscuitto was nice and salty, offset well by the egg. The cup of French lentil soup was warm and delicious, flavored with bits of ham.
I found the relative lack of vegetarian entrees rather surprising, although with a chef-driven resturant such as this, I'm sure they would be happy to make something to order. There were only two vegetarian salads on the menu, for example. (And since my favorite vegetarian loathes beets, she would have only one choice.) You can, however, make your own sandwich or salad from their variety of fresh ingredients.
They've recently opened on Sundays from 10:00am-8:00pm (brunch served from 10:00am-3:00pm), and kids eat free on Saturdays. Stop by and give it a try!
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