HOJA
Mexican restaurant · Platt Park ·
Mexican-influenced dishes, coffee, bread & cocktails.
Mexican-influenced dishes, coffee, bread & cocktails.
"On Old South Pearl, this vegetarian-friendly cafe conjures the modern Southwest through its menu as well as its decor. Among its bestsellers is the giant farmer’s burrito stuffed with scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, and green chile and topped with slaw, tahini, and gochujang sauce, as well as both pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. Pair it all with the creamy cafe de olla (or a guava mimosa) for kicks." - Ruth Tobias
"This daytime haven for vegetarians on Old South Pearl fills its tortillas with things like jackfruit chorizo, scrambled tofu, black beans, potatoes, cashew crema, and even cucumbers while topping them, in true Southwestern style, with green or red chile (or both) — except for the Farmer’s Burrito, which comes topped with tahini and kochu sauces, cabbage, jalapeños, and sunflower and pumpkin seeds. Wash it all down with an ultra-creamy cafe de olla or, if some hair of the dog is in order, a pink guava mimosa." - Lucy Beaugard
"White walls, terra cotta pots, and artfully arranged cacti make HOJA, a tiny daytime café on Old South Pearl, feel like a find on some dusty Santa Fe side street. Its aesthetic easily carries over to its focused menu, composed of the mostly vegetarian Mexican plates its name implies ("hoja" is Spanish for “leaf”). With an open kitchen taking up half the room, the restaurant is a tight squeeze with all of five or six tables—yet somehow the space is a breath of fresh air." - Ruth Tobias
"Chef Ben Susnick’s minimalist cafe in the former Aiko Pops space offers a vegetarian-heavy breakfast and lunch menu; as the Base Camp Provisions operator’s brick-and-mortar, it sells breakfast burritos, avocado tostadas, matzo ball soup, vegan chili, and more from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday." - Eater Staff
"Situated at 1284 South Pearl Street in the space that previously housed Aiko Pops, chef Ben Susnick’s minimalist café serves a vegetarian-heavy breakfast and lunch menu; as the Base Camp Provisions food truck operator and a Pearl Street Farmers’ Market regular, he now sells breakfast burritos, avocado tostadas, matzo ball soup, vegan chili, and more from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday." - Gigi Sukin
