Colossal Cafe

1340 Grand Ave, St Paul
(651) 414-0543

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Sage Pork & Bison Biscuits & Gravy
Egg & Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich
Single Pancake with Fresh Fruit
Short Stack with Fresh Fruit
Colossal Breakfast Lite
Colossal Cinnamon Roll
Full Stack Apple Walnut
Scandinavian Frittata
Wild Mushroom Gravy
Biscuits and Gravy

Menu

Featured items
Egg, Cheddar & Bacon Sandwich
Thick-cut bacon, cheddar cheese, and scrambled eggs on your choice of grilled bread, buttermilk biscuit, or in a flapper.
Colossal Cinnamon Roll
The famous Colossal cinnamon roll! A cinnamon and sugar filling wrapped in a sweet roll covered in ooey, gooey frosting.
Colossal Breakfast
Two eggs your way with hash browns, your choice of bacon, ham, or sausage, and your choice of grilled bread or a buttermilk biscuit.
Roasted Pork Shoulder
Braised pork shoulder, scrambled eggs, pickled red onion, queso fresco, and roasted potatoes. Red and green salsas served on the side. Bowl or burrito, your choice.
Flappers with Fresh Fruit
Our house specialty! A yeast-based pancake served with fresh berries, apples and bananas with Three Rivers Farm pure maple syrup on the side.
Flappers
Our house specialty! A yeast-based pancake served with butter and Three Rivers Farm pure maple syrup.

Breakfast Sandwiches
Egg, Cheddar & Bacon Sandwich
Thick-cut bacon, cheddar cheese, and scrambled eggs on your choice of grilled bread, buttermilk biscuit, or in a flapper.
Prosciutto, Sun Dried Tomato, Swiss Cheese, and Over Medium egg
Served on grilled bread.
Egg, Swiss & Ham Sandwich
Shaved Fisher Farms ham, swiss cheese, and scrambled eggs on your choice of grilled bread, a buttermilk biscuit, or a flapper.
Egg & Cheddar Sandwich
Cheddar cheese and scrambled eggs on your choice of grilled bread, a buttermilk biscuit, or in a flapper.
Feta, Grilled Tomato, Green Onion, and Over Medium Egg
Served on grilled bread.
Meat & Cheese Lovers Sandwich
A bit more of one meat and one cheese of your choice - no egg! Served on grilled bread, a buttermilk biscuit, or in a flapper.
Egg, Provolone & Sausage Sandwich
House-pattied sausage patties, provolone cheese, and scrambled eggs on your choice of grilled bread, a buttermilk biscuit, or in a flapper.

Burrito and Bowls
Roasted Pork Shoulder
Braised pork shoulder, scrambled eggs, pickled red onion, queso fresco, and roasted potatoes. Red and green salsas served on the side. Bowl or burrito, your choice.
Korean Beef
Bulgogi marinated flank steak, cilantro-lime rice, kimchi slaw, pickled ginger, sesame seeds, and egg. Served as a bowl or burrito.
Vegan Chorizo
Our housemade vegan chorizo made of lentils and tempeh on a bed of cilantro-lime rice, roasted com, sautéed red pepper, and onion. Red and green salsas served on the side.

Breakfast Plates
Colossal Breakfast
Two eggs your way with hash browns, your choice of bacon, ham, or sausage, and your choice of grilled bread or a buttermilk biscuit.
Colossal Breakfast Lite
Two eggs your way with grilled bread or a buttermilk biscuit.

Omelettes
Spinach, Mushroom, & Provolone Omelette
Spinach, provolone cheese, and wild mushroom ragout all wrapped in three fluffy scrambled eggs. Served with choice of buttermilk biscuit or grilled bread.
Sausage, Green Onion, Tomato, Cilantro, & Pepper Jack Cheese Omelette
Our house-seasoned pork sausage with green onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and pepper jack cheese all wrapped in fluffy eggs. Served with your choice of a buttermilk biscuit or grilled bread.
Bacon, Green Onion, & Cream Cheese Omelette
Plenty of cream cheese with smoky bacon and green onions wrapped in fluffy eggs. Served with your choice of a buttermilk biscuit or grilled bread.
Ham, Hash Browns, & Swiss Omelette
Fisher Farms ham, swiss cheese, and hash browns wrapped up in three fluffy eggs. Served with your choice of a buttermilk biscuit or grilled bread.
Roasted Vegetable & Feta Omelette
Roasted vegetable ratatouille made up of zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, and onions with feta cheese all wrapped in fluffy eggs. Served with your choice of grilled bread or a buttermilk biscuit.

Flappers
Flappers
Our house specialty! A yeast-based pancake served with butter and Three Rivers Farm pure maple syrup.
Flappers with Fresh Fruit
Our house specialty! A yeast-based pancake served with fresh berries, apples and bananas with Three Rivers Farm pure maple syrup on the side.
Apple, Walnut, and Brie Flappers
Our yeast-based pancake topped with honey-brown sugar syrup, apples, walnuts, and two thick slices of brie cheese.

Frittatas
Greek Frittata
Scrambled eggs baked with grilled marinated artichoke hearts, spinach, green onion, feta, and tomato. Your choice of grilled bread or buttermilk biscuit.
Scandinavian Frittata
Scrambled eggs baked with house smoked trout, green onion, roasted red potatoes and topped with caper-dill cream cheese. Your choice of grilled bread or buttermilk biscuit.

Biscuits & Gravy
Sage Pork and Bison Gravy
Served over a homemade buttermilk biscuit with two eggs your way.
Wild Mushroom Gravy
Served over a biscuit with two eggs your way.
Side of Gravy Only
Just the gravy of your choice -- no biscuit.

Oatmeal
Oatmeal
Select your mix-ins served on the side.

Sides
Maple Turkey Sausage Links
Three semi-sweet turkey links.
Granola & Fresh Berries
House made granola with fresh mixed berries, served with your choice of vanilla yogurt or milk.
Side of Toast
Comes as two sliced of the grilled bread of your choosing.
Pork Sausage Patties
House-seasoned and pattied to perfection. Comes with two.
Richter's Pure Maple Syrup
Hash Browns
Shredded and grilled hash browns. We like to keep them a little soft in the middle, so let us know if you'd prefer extra crispy!
Bacon
Egg Your Way
Avocado
Smoked Trout
A filet of trout rubbed with brown sugar and smoked in-house.
Ham
A grilled-to-perfection ham steak.
Bowl of Mixed Fresh Fruit

Sandwiches
Breakfast Burger
1/2 pound fresh ground beef, hand-pattied and topped with cheddar cheese, bacon jam, and a sunny-side up egg on a homemade bun. Served with choice of side.
Reuben
Corned beef, swiss cheese, house made thousand island dressing, and sauerkraut all served on grilled pumpernickel rye bread. Served with your choice of side.
Falafel Burger
House made falafel patty on a homemade bun with tzatziki, tahini, lettuce, tomato, and onion. Served with choice of side.
Cubano
Fischer Farms ham, roasted pork shoulder, swiss cheese, yellow mustard, and house made pickles pressed and grilled on our fresh baked bun. Served with your choice of side.
Macaroni & Cheese
Not a sandwich! But still delicious. Made from scratch mac with a cheddar cheese and smoked gouda sauce. Served with your choice of side.
Grilled Cheese
Creama Kasa cheese, tomato jam, and crisp bacon in parmesan-crusted sourdough. Served with choice of side.
Chicken Breast Sandwich
Fresh marinated and grilled chicken breast with tomato, butter lettuce, and a basil-parmesan aioli on our homemade baked bun. Served with choice of side.
B.L.T.
Thickly-sliced smoky bacon, butter lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese, and mayonnaise served on grilled sourdough. Served with choice of side.
House Smoked Trout
Brown sugar rubbed and smoked trout with a roasted shallot vinaigrette on grilled honey whole wheat bread with mixed greens, caper-dill cream cheese, and pickled red onion. Served with a choice of side.

Soup & Salad
Smoked Trout Cobb
Mixed field greens with house smoked trout, a hard boiled egg, red onion, bacon crumbles, grape tomatoes, and blue cheese. Tossed with a house roasted shallot and lemon vinaigrette and served with choice of grilled bread.
Caesar Salad Entree
Fresh romaine topped with parmesan cheese and croutons. Our house Caesar dressing comes on the side with some grilled bread.
Café Salad Entree
Mixed field greens, grape tomatoes, and red onions with our maple-dijon vinaigrette served on the side. Comes with grilled bread.

Coffee & Tea
Hot Chocolate
Made with steamed milk and house made chocolate sauce. Served with our famous homemade marshmallow, if you'd like!
Cold Brew
Cold-brewed black coffee from Truestone Roasters, served over ice. Add milk or sugar on the side.
Chai Latte
Our house made Masala chai with burnt sugar, ginger, and black pepper. Served with cinnamon and your choice of milk, steamed or over ice.
Fresh Brewed Coffee
A Colossal favorite, fresh brewed dark roast from Truestone Coffee Roasters.
Hot Tea

Soda & More
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
Homemade Lemonade
Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit Juice
Mexican Coke
Iced Tea
Freshly brewed Tea Source tea served over ice. Choose your flavor.
Arnold Palmer
Half house made lemonade, half Tea Source Hunan Black iced tea, served over ice.
Canned Sodas
Milk
Sparkling San Pellegrino
A cold can of your favorite Italian soda. Choose your flavor.

Take & Bake & Pantry Items
Chicken Pot Pie
A creamy, homestyle chicken pot pie with carrots and peas in a puff pastry crust. Sent to you frozen with baking instructions so you can take a little Colossal with you. Serves two to three, best thawed before baking.
Habanero Pineapple Hot Sauce - 8oz
Colossal Cafe Mugs
Pint of Homemade Granola
Pint of Homemade Strawberry Jam
True Stone Coffee Beans

Bakery
Colossal Cinnamon Roll
The famous Colossal cinnamon roll! A cinnamon and sugar filling wrapped in a sweet roll covered in ooey, gooey frosting.
Coffee Cake
Ham & Swiss Croissant
Blueberry Streusel Muffin
Filled with blueberries and topped with streusel!
Loaf of Bread

Kids
Kids Breakfast
Scrambled eggs and bacon with fresh fruit and either toast or a biscuit.
Kids Flapper
With butter and maple syrup. Served with fresh fruit.
Kids Mac & Cheese
Cavatappi noodles in cheddar cheese served with fresh fruit.
Kids Grilled Cheese
Sourdough with ooey gooey cheddar cheese. Served with fresh fruit.

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Recent Reviews

Great food but be prepared to wait! The place is a great little local spot and people definitely know it so breakfast/brunch time it's veeeery busy. The biscuits are great as well as the flappers. We can never decide if we like the mushroom or sausage gravy best, they're both delicious. I also like their patio option which is tables out on the side walk but it's great to have an outside option and a few more tables. The servers are busy and working hard.
January 2025
My favorite breakfast/brunch spot in Saint Paul. Coffee, service, food, coffee, cleanliness, consistency and coffee are all top of the line. Reservations are not accepted, which can be a drag, but they offer a waitlist you can join online before coming into the restaurant when it’s busy.

Parking: Parking lot across the street and spots along Grand Ave are often plentiful as well.
January 2025
On Friday for lunch my family of five was seated promptly. We parked on the street but there is a lot across Grand as well. They had activities for the kids, and the kids loved the pumpkin and banana bars/cake for lunch. I got a café au lait and a fruit/yogurt parfait. I was impressed by the amount of fresh fruit in the parfait, and once again I had a great experience at Colossal. All in, the place can get busy because it is a cozy breakfast/brunch spot that is non pretentious...
December 2024

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Colossal Cafe

1340 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
(651) 414-0543