About the Food at Columbia Café

Columbia Café is the quintessential Shreveport, La., dining experience, offering its patrons superb American cuisine, an extensive wine list and unparalleled service in a comfortable Bungalow setting. At Columbia Café, Chef Justin McDonell offers up straightforward, seemingly no-fuss cuisine in a casual, yet elegant atmosphere such as longtime favorites ˆ pecan encrusted trout and Jamaican jerk pork with pineapple sauce and jicama slaw. The menu changes according to season, but Chef McDonell can be easily cajoled into whipping up special requests such as mulligatawny soup and wild boar chop with rosemary ju for longtime customers and private parties.

At Columbia Café, meals are freshly prepared with herbs from the restaurant‚s outdoor garden and its cozy interior lends itself equally to a quick breakfast, business lunch or an elegant alfresco dinner.

Columbia Café offers delicious entrees, salads, and desserts every day. To maintain freshness and the highest food quality, our menu changes daily, based upon the availability of certain foods and materials. Be sure and ask your server for the day's newest additions. Below is a sample of the various dishes that we serve:

Sunday Brunch
Served from 10AM until 2PM every Sunday

Breakfast                                                        $8
Eggs Any Way – Three eggs, two sides. Two eggs, two sides - $6.50
Eggs Columbia – eggs any way on top of cheesy antipasto & toast.
Frittata du jour – chef’s call, omelette scramble. One side.
Mushroom Toast – wheatberry slice with crimini alfredo. One side.

Lunch                                                             $10
Chef’s Cheese Plate  - served with bread or crackers.
Smoked Salmon Bagel – salmon & herb cream cheese. Side of fruit.
Mezze Platter – raita, hummus, eggplant rouille with crostinnis.
Tarragon Chicken Salad with strawberry, or Salad Sandwich & Fruit.
Catalan Shrimp Sandwich – shrimp, antipasto, gruyere.
Veggie Sandwich & Fruit
Braised Beef Sandwich - topped with criminis & gruyere. Or house BBQ.
Columbia Salad –  onion, olive, cucumber, feta, tomato & salmon. 
Savory Pulled Pork – with antipasto & garlic-feta mash.

Entrée                                                           $16
Pecan Trout – garlic/chive butter, risotto & veggie
Shrimp & Polenta – corn grits with gruyere, shrimp, & fresh herbs.
Softshell Crab Salad  - with avocado & lime-chili glaze.
Softshell Crab Po-Boy – jalapeno aioli, mesclun, tomato, with fries.
Grits & Grillades – tender pork with corn grits & creole tomato stew.

Eggs Benedict                               with potato & veggie
Traditional – grilled Canadian bacon — $14
Sardou – sautéed spinach & artichoke hearts — $15
Café Salmon Bennie – fresh, house-smoked, atlantic salmon — $16

Sides & Such
salmon, shrimp, chicken, softshell crab —$5
bagel, fruit, sausage, veggie, antipasto — $3
potato, bacon, ham, muffin, toast, rice—$2

Breakfast Menu Items

Lunch Menu Items

Dinner Menu Items