You can now enjoy the best of both worlds at La Tour Café’s Ward Village location. This Ward Village location used to be Planted by La Tour Café — which specializes in plant-based offerings — but recently rebranded to launch the business’s first hybrid café. It now has a bigger menu that features both plant-based and non plant-based dishes.
This is the only hybrid location for La Tour Café so far, but its plant-based options may expand to other stores in the future.
The hybrid menu now includes all the La Tour Café dishes that you’d find at the business’s Iwilei and Kapolei stores, along with 60% to 70% of the plant-based menu. The plant-based options are clearly marked with the Planted logo next to them.
Plant-based dishes do not include dairy, eggs or meat. Popular dishes include the fried green tomato sandwich ($13.99), mushroom dip ($19.50) and Planted teri burger ($13.50).
The fried green tomato sandwich ($13.99) includes cornmeal-crusted green tomatoes, red leaf, red onion, jalapenos and “Pimento Chz” on Shokupan. It’s full of crunchy textures with a slight heat from the jalapenos.
The Planted teri burger ($13.50) includes an Impossible patty, “Planted Yaki” sauce, Daiya American cheese, plant-based mayo, red leaf lettuce, tomato, red onions on a vegan artisan bun.
For non plant-based dishes, the wagyu pho-ggie ($20.99), barbecue brisket banh mi ($18.50) and original La Tour burger ($15.75 single, $19.75 double) are customer favorites.
The barbecue brisket banh mi ($18.50) features smoked barbecue beef brisket, pickled daikon and carrots, cucumber, cilantro and mayo on an organic rustic baguette. The smoky flavors are balanced nicely by the bright veggies.
The wagyu pho-ggie ($20.99) contains Snake River Farms American wagyu beef, pho mayo, leafy greens, shaved onions, cilantro, fresh jalapeno and lemon on an organic rustic baguette. It’s sure to satisfy if you’re craving something meaty.
No visit to La Tour Café is complete without indulging in a few pastries. This location offers a variety of plant-based and non plant-based desserts, including chocolate chip cookies ($4.25), Kouign Amann ($5.25) and macarons ($3.50 each, or $21 for a pack of six).
The plant-based and non plant-based macaron flavors are slightly different. Plant-based macaron flavors include chocolate, coffee, fruity pebbles, guava, lilikoi, mango, matcha and vanilla. Meanwhile, non plant-based flavors include birthday cake, blueberry cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, cookies and cream, cotton candy, fruity pebbles, guava, lilikoi, matcha, red velvet and salted caramel.
Kouign Amanns come in original ($5.25), butter mochi ($7.25) and crème brulee ($7.25) flavors. the latter features a crème brulee custard with bruleed sugar on top. The plant-based Kouign Amann comes in the original flavor and is made with plant-based butter.
Stay tuned — the eatery’s breakfast menu (which will include both plant-based and non plant-based options) will be launching soon.
Fun fact: While there are plentiful parking options around Ward Village, if you’re looking for something closer to La Tour Café, ‘A‘ali‘i offers free retail parking on the first floor.
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CONTACT
La Tour Café
Ward Village
987 Queen St. Space N-110, Honolulu
Latourcafe.com
Instagram: @latourcafe
Open daily, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Free parking available at ‘A‘ali‘I retail parking in the back
Kelli Shiroma Braiotta can be reached at kelli@alohastatedaily.com.
