🏷️ Dishes/Highlights

Reuben - Breakfast Sandwich - Falafel - Cheese - Deli - Mediterranean

📋 Menu

Soups

Daily Soup $6.50

Soup changes daily, includes bread. Small 6.50 large 8.50

Yuval's Hearty Bone Broth $8.00

When available. Small 8.00 large 12.00, quarts 18.00

Miso Soup $4.25

Sandwiches & Wraps

Big Cheese Favorite Falafel $12.00

Hummus, baba ghanoush, pickled red cabbage, fresh greens, tomatoes, pickles and tahini

The Joppenbergh $12.00

Warm falafel wrap with red pepper-eggplant spread and feta or mozzarella

Scapegoat $12.00

Soft goat chevre on toasted bread with flavorful pesto and roasted red pepper spread

TBALT $12.00

Your choice of turkey bacon or Hudson Valley chickpea tempeh + avocado, lettuce, tomato, pesto mayo

Deli $11.00

Your choice: Applegate turkey, Applegate roast beef, prosciutto or HV chickpea tempeh with tomato, greens, onion, mayo or mustard

Salmon Or Smoked Trout $12.00

Baked Atlantic salmon with wasabi mayo, sliced onion, fresh greens and tomato

Korean Burger $12.00

Shiitake mushroom, mung bean and napa burger on toast with greens and our own kimchi mayo spread

Hudson Valley Chickpea Tempeh $12.00

Your choice of bread with pesto, ajvar and fresh greens

Wild Omega $12.75

Catsmo smoked trout, bristling sardines, NYS smoked lox, or anchovies, fresh greens, onion, tomato, avocado, horseradish labne or wasabi mayo

Open Faced Lox And Cream Cheese $13.50

Toasted pide bread with tomato, red onion and capers with fresh greens

Little Turk $9.50

Tomato, fresh greens and a schmear of hummus on toasted spinach and feta roll

Italian Turk $9.50

Tomato, fresh greens, mozzarella and flavorful pesto on a toasted spinach and feta roll

Avocado Toast $9.75

Open-face toast with mashed avocado, chopped tomatoes, olive tapenade

Tahini Toast $9.75

Rich, nutty, toasted 100% sesame seed butter and salted tomatoes on an open face sandwich

Breakfast All Day

Israeli Breakfast $12.00

Organic, cage-free scrambled eggs with fresh greens, tomato and olives with raw tahini drizzle, za'atar sprinkle. Choice of toasted Turkish pide bread, wrap, or gluten-free Udi's bread (+1.00), Turkish spinach feta roll (+3.25), French croissant (+2.00)

Greek Scramble $12.00

Organic, cage-free eggs with 2 stuffed grape leaves, black olives, organic sheep and goat feta and tomato with fresh greens

Protein Scramble $10.00

Three organic cage-free eggs, prosciutto or turkey bacon (or both +3.00), chopped tomatoes and fresh greens. Add cheese (+2.00)

Cheese Omelette $11.75

Organic, cage-free eggs folded with house blend of cheeses, olive oil, tomatoes and za'atar over fresh greens

New Yorka $13.75

Two egg scramble with NY state smoked lox and onions, side of horseradish labne

Egg Sandwich $4.75

Two organic, cage-free eggs with house blend of cheeses and fresh greens. Add turkey bacon, avocado or prosciutto +3.00

Hot Drinks

Pierce Brothers Fair Trade Coffee $2.00

Small 2.00, Large 2.50, Refill 1.50

Cappuccino $3.50

Small 3.50, Large 4.50

Espresso $2.75

Latte $3.50

Small 3.50, Large 4.50

Assorted 4Sigmatic Mushroom Lattes $5.25

Matcha latte with lions mane, Chai latte with reishi and turkey tail, Golden latte with turmeric and turkey tail

Hot Chocolate $3.50

Add a shot of espresso +2.00

Assorted Teas $1.75

Small 1.75, Large 2.00

Local Immuneschein Ginger Elixir Tea $5.25

Cold Drinks

Cold Drink Selection

Assorted selection available in coolers

Locally Made Calmbucha Kombucha $3.75

6 oz. 3.75, or varied glass bottles

Pierce Brothers Fair Trade Iced Coffee $3.00

Glass of Milk or Almond Milk $3.00

Iced Sparkling Water with Local Immuneschein Ginger Elixir $5.25

Create A Plate

Create A Plate $13.75

Your choice of fresh homemade deli case dishes, 1 protein (chicken, tempeh, lamb, Korean burger, salmon, tuna salad) + 1 vegetable side + fresh green garnish + toasted pide bread. Or 3 veggie sides + green garnish + pide. Additional veggie side 3.50, Additional protein side 5.50

Pizza

Big Cheese Special Pizza $14.75

Turkish pide bread or GF cauliflower mozzarella crust (+3.00) with blend of olive oil, ajvar (roasted red pepper and eggplant spread) fresh wilted greens, sliced black olives and choice of mozzarella or feta cheese

Salads

House $5.50

Side of fresh greens and vegetables. Hearty bed of fresh young greens with pickles, olives, choice of toasted bread and balsamic pomegranate vinaigrette or house-made lemon tahini dressing

Falafel Salad $12.00

Warm and crushed falafel over hearty greens with housemade humm-baba, pickled red cabbage, tahini dressing

Avocado Lover $11.00

Avocado, tomatoes, fresh greens, olives

Seafood Salad $12.00

Local Catsmo smoked trout, sardines or anchovies over fresh greens, sliced onion, tomato and horseradish labaneh

Greek Salad $12.00

Manouri, feta or goat chevre served on fresh greens with olives, tomatoes and two grape leaves

Botanical Bowl $12.00

Hearty mixed salad plate topped with Hudson Valley tempeh, walnuts and pumpkin seeds

Rosendale Blues $12.00

Crumbled blue cheese over bed of fresh greens with walnuts and dried cranberries

Paninis

Cheese Lovers Panini $8.00

House blend of mild cheeses on buttered and pressed Turkish pide bread or white bread or Udi's gluten free (+1.00). Add prosciutto, turkey bacon, tempeh, or roasted vegetables for 3.00

Brie And Spanish Fig Jam Panini $11.50

On buttered and pressed Turkish pide bread or white bread or Udi's gluten free (+1.00)

New Englander $9.75

Sweet, fresh sliced apple and sharp cheddar on buttered and pressed Turkish pide bread or white bread or Udi's gluten free (+1.00)

Rueben $13.50

Choice of Applegate roast beef, Applegate turkey, prosciutto or Hudson Valley tempeh, sauerkraut, Russian dressing house, blend of melted cheese on buttered and pressed Turkish pide bread or white bread or Udi's gluten free (+1.00)

Vegetarian Panini $12.75

Shiitake mushroom, mung bean and napa cabbage burger smothered in cheese and housemade pesto on buttered and pressed Turkish pide bread or white bread or Udi's gluten free (+1.00)

Plates & Platters

Mediterranean Mezze Platter $14.75

Hummus, baba ghanoush, grape leaves, pickled red cabbage and olives with your choice toasted Turkish pide bread, white bread, wrap, or gluten-free Udi's bread (+1.00)

Big Cheese Platter $18.00

House curated selection: 3 cheeses, sliced fig + nutcake, olives, house condiments with your choice toasted Turkish pide bread, white bread, wrap, or gluten-free Udi's bread (+1.00). Add cured meats (+4.00)

Labaneh Plate $10.00

Labaneh (Mediterranean yogurt spread) smothered with Lebanese olive oil, cured black olives, tomato, a sprinkle of za'tar and sumac and Turkish pide bread

Homemade Eggplant Parmesan $11.25

Mixed cheeses, side salad, toasted pide bread

Homemade Spanakopita $11.25

Layers of baked filo, feta, seasonal greens, side salad, toasted pide bread

Mudjaddara $12.25

Spiced Mediterranean dish of cooked lentils, bulgar wheat, caramelized onions, drizzled with raw tahini

🕐 Hours

Mon 8am-7pm

Tue 8am-7pm

Wed 8am-7pm

Thu Closed

Fri 8am-8pm

Sat 8am-8pm

Sun 8am-7pm

Hours may vary for holidays. Confirm directly with the restaurant.

The Big Cheese