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RELATED: The Only Vegan Business in This Food Hall Refused to Serve Dairy\u2014and Paid for It<\/a><\/p>\n Menu options include Morning Munch, a focaccia breakfast sandwich layered with vegan bacon, egg, harissa, and seeded oil crunch mayo; Shikko\u2019s Katsu, featuring a crispy fried cutlet with tonkatsu sauce, cabbage slaw, and fresh cucumber salad; and Chocolate & Co., a double chocolate chunk focaccia topped with nut butter and strawberry jam.<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, with a menu like that, Nacha Focaccia is already proving to be a hit despite only being officially open for a few days. According to Rookwood, the eatery sold no fewer than 400 sandwiches during its opening weekend.<\/p>\n Building a vegan empire<\/p>\n Rookwood and Coleman also have bigger plans for the space, including a speakeasy set to open in the basement.<\/p>\n On the same street, Rookwood is also planning to launch Vegan Soulicious Cafe. Like the chef\u2019s cookbook<\/a>, the plant-based fast-casual concept will celebrate Mauritian and Caribbean cuisine.\u00a0<\/p>\n Right now, Rookwood is focused on attracting investors for the project, which she hopes to eventually scale into a larger chain. \u201cThe flagship Brooklyn location is designed as a proof of concept for an ambitious expansion plan targeting urban centers with high demand for plant-based, nutrient-dense cuisine,\u201d the Vegan Soulicious Cafe website reads.<\/p>\n RELATED: \u201cImmediate, Indefinite, Without Notice\u201d: Why Beloved Vegan Spot Toad Style Was Forced to Close<\/a><\/p>\n For now, though, customers can sample Rookwood\u2019s expertly crafted vegan fare at Nacha Focaccia.<\/p>\n \u201cNacha Focaccia is my first restaurant ever,\u201d Rookwood told BK Mag. \u201cI\u2019m speechless at the community and how they\u2019ve come out. The way they\u2019ve embraced us. Because you never really know. You work on something for so long, and you get so attached to it, but it\u2019s been amazing. I don\u2019t know what the future is going to bring, but it\u2019s crazier than I anticipated.\u201d<\/p>\n The opening also comes as some much-needed good news for Brooklyn\u2019s vegan dining scene. In recent months, the borough has seen several closures, including the sudden shuttering of Toad Style<\/a> in April, the loss of Red Bamboo in February, and the end of Modern Love in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more plant-based stories like this, read:<\/p>\n Charlotte is a VegNews editor and writer based in sunny Southsea on England’s southern coast.<\/p>\n Here at VegNews, we live and breathe the plant-based lifestyle, and only recommend products we feel make our lives amazing. Occasionally, articles may include shopping links where we might earn a small commission, but in no way does this effect the editorial integrity of VegNews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Focaccia has some serious staying power. Research suggests the bread\u2014synonymous with Italy and beloved for its pillowy interior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-235513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Nacha-Focaccia.About\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nacha-Focaccia.About.png\")
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