Forthright Cafe
Permanently Closed
New American cafe with coffee, cocktails & happy hour specials
New American cafe with coffee, cocktails & happy hour specials
"Forthright is tucked away in the San Jacinto center right off Cesar Chavez. Once you find it, order the buttermilk waffles and avocado toast. Add the iced cashew milk latte and you’ve fully started your day off right—it basically tastes like melted ice cream. Forthright is a proven weekday breakfast MVP, especially if you live or work downtown." - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion, matthew jacobs
"For easy, simple, but elevated – breakfast and brunch, turn to this daytime American restaurant. Nestled into the bottom of an office building, the Downtown restaurant dishes out crispy waffles, satisfying hashes, fizzy mimosas, and more. Bonus: it offers free surface parking and patio seating outside. Takeout orders can be placed online," - Darcie Duttweiler
"Forthright, tucked away on the corner of Cesar Chavez and Brazos, is a cafe/restaurant you can also pop into for some very good coffee. It’s a bright space that’s polished enough for a work meeting, or you can easily camp out with a laptop at the wooden bar in the mornings. There’s also an elaborate tea and matcha drinks menu—one of the biggest in town. While it’s one of those places that serves avocado toast and makes their own nut milk, you can also get a bloody mary and fried chicken and waffles." - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion
"Just because a place makes their own nut milk and has avocado toast on the menu doesn’t necessarily mean it’s healthy. But Forthright is. For breakfast, you can get things like coconut chia pudding, and during weekday lunch you can order a quinoa bowl full of colorful vegetables (or a good burger). Forthright is also one of our favorite places to get coffee Downtown, and it has an elaborate tea and matcha menu, too." - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion, adele hazan
"Breakfast at the downtown American restaurant is solid. There are breakfast plates with eggs, potatoes, and toasted sourdough bread; the chicken and waffles; and pork belly Benedicts. Takeout orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor services." - Nadia Chaudhury