The Branch Line — Restaurant in Santa Rosa

The Branch Line is like home in a shop. It’s romantically situated in one of the oldest and most beautiful buildings in Santa Rosa, next to the train station. Everything is sourced and crafted with care. They are all plant based which is heaven in Santa Rosa where vegan and plant based businesses are sparse. In addition to amazing espresso drinks, homemade cold brew, and teas, they sell house made baked goods like focaccia (so good it has its own local fan club), scones, muffins, cookies, brownies (incredible), and cakes. Again, all plant based and MANY are gluten free (the brownies,hello!). They source a collection of chilled goodies in the fridge, snacks and pantry items placed about, and cute gifts and goodies in the display. The barista takes special care with all drinks, hand crafted to order! You can see it in the timing of pulling a shot, the attention to choosing a mix of plant milks that steam and foam perfectly, and smell and taste it in your first sip. I go in often and once when it was quiet and I ordered a different drink than usual (a mocha), he made sure to ask how I liked it after my first sip (it was delicious). It’s often too busy for that kind of moment, but it showed me how much he cares about each individual drink and customer experience. Santa Rosa is lucky to have a small business that holds itself to high standards of ethics...

Expensive ($10 for a very small salad). No bathroom. Still no menu posted which is really, really frustrating. Most of the time you have to pay for parking. You have to sit outside and it was really cold when we went. The salads weren't labeled so you had to ask them. They missed my son's hot chocolate order and then said it was our fault because he was saying that he wasn't sure while ordering. He clearly ordered hot chocolate but whatever.

They were impatient while my son was ordering. He's little and he's practicing speaking to servers. I was disappointed in how they interacted with him. He wasn't taking that long and it's not like he could decide in advance because, again, no posted menus and most items aren't labelled.

I've eaten here a few times. Once the soft pretzels were way too salty for me to eat. Once I loved a salad but when I came back and ordered it again it wasn't as good.

Glad they're vegan. Wish they had more affordable options, better signage, and better parking. Wish they were more patient. They used to have a bathroom that you could use. The bathroom is still there but they won't let you use it anymore. Not sure why. They told us to go to other places to go to...

Delicious almost all vegan café (sells honey) located by the railroad in the town center. Seating is outdoors and the food is absolutely delicious.

The menu is relatively small, but the items are all delicious – just beware that the prices for the food items are not listed on the menu and they are not cheap. Be sure to ask how much each item costs before ordering if you are price conscious. I would suggest that the café proactively add prices of the menu items on the menu so that consumers can avoid this step.

The food is well presented, and all of the ingredients are very carefully considered and sourced. The folks at the café do not rush you out so it’s a wonderful spot for a leisurely meal.

The gluten-free avocado toast is absolutely delicious. The gluten-free pastries are available, but please note that they are very sweet. So if you are watching your sugar intake, one pastry split amongst many should be enough or, opt to not get it. The matcha is also very nice – not bitter and nice and smooth. They are also offer a strawberry matcha with housemade strawberry syrup.

Definitely worth a stop for a meal and/or beverage if you...