Welcome to Canela

Where Every Morning Begins with Intention

Every morning begins with slow-braised meats and coffee worth slowing down for. Canela is not another breakfast restaurant — it is a destination. A place where modern flavors meet unhurried hospitality, where cocktails are crafted with the same care as the food, and where the room itself tells you that something special is about to happen.

Chef's Selection

Chilaquiles Rositas

Chilaquiles tossed in our house pink salsa, topped with arrachera steak, two eggs any style, queso fresco, and crema.

$23

House Favorite

Street Tacos

Fresh corn tortillas with your choice of protein, finished with onion and cilantro. Choose from chicken tinga, chorizo, birria, cochinita pibil, carnitas, and more.

$5 each

Crowd Favorite

Birria Grilled Cheese

Slow-cooked birria and melted cheese on grilled sourdough, served with consomme and house fries.

$16

Brunch Classic

Chicken & Waffle

Buttermilk-brined chicken thigh, hand-breaded in-house, crispy on the outside, juicy within. Served on a cornmeal waffle with Mexican hot honey and pickled red onion.

$18

Sweet

Canela Pancake

Fluffy pancakes topped with cinnamon-sugar churros and caramel drizzle.

$13

Weekends Only

Menudo

Traditional slow-simmered menudo served with diced onion, cilantro, lime, oregano, crushed chili flakes, and warm corn or flour tortillas. Available Saturday and Sunday.

$18

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Brunch Cocktails

The Morning Does Not Start Without Coffee
But It Comes Alive With a Cocktail

Brunch without a cocktail is just breakfast. Our bar program treats the morning drink with the same reverence as a fine dining kitchen treats a course — each one built, not poured. Ask your server which one pairs best with what you're having.

Espresso Martini

$14

House espresso, Licor 43, cold brew vodka, and a touch of vanilla. Shaken until silky. Garnished with three coffee beans — health, wealth, and happiness.

Carajillo

$12

The Spanish morning classic. Licor 43 and a double shot of our house espresso, served over a single large ice cube with a cinnamon stick.

Bloody Mary

$13

Vodka, house tomato mix, fresh lime, and a salted rim built with chamoy and Tajin. garnished with a pickled jalapeno and grape tomato.

Mimosa Flight

$16

Three sparkling pours: classic orange, mango-habanero, and hibiscus-jalapeno. Served with a flight board and fresh fruit.

Carajillo cocktail with espresso and Licor 43 over ice with a cinnamon stick garnish

Our Family

Gather at Canela

The best mornings are shared. Bring the family, bring the kids, round up the girls for brunch, or just come as you are — Canela is a place to slow down with the people you love.

Girls' Brunch

Family Gatherings

Friend Dates

Kids Welcome

Business Gatherings

Celebrations

Reserve Your Table

Gallery

A Glimpse Inside

Fresh ingredients prepared by hand in the Canela kitchen

Carajillo cocktail with cinnamon stick garnish

Brunch table spread with signature dishes

Breakfast molcajete in stone mortar bowl

Our Story

Why Canela Exists

Canela was born from a simple belief: that the best mornings are never rushed. That a meal shared slowly, with people you love, in a room that feels like home, that is not just breakfast. That is memory-making.

We started with masa, hand-pressed and fresh, with plans to bring it to the table every weekend. Then came the braises: meats simmered low and slow until they fall apart with a glance. The salsas, roasted in small batches. The coffee, sourced from growers who treat each bean like a promise.

None of this is fast. None of it is easy. But we believe that the things worth experiencing rarely are.

"Canela" means cinnamon, the warm, quiet spice that lives in cafe de olla, in slow-simmered moles, in the air of a kitchen where someone you love is cooking.

We are family-owned. We are community-rooted. We are here to give Longview a place worth waking up early for: a place where hospitality is not a transaction but a tradition.

The Canela Family

Your Table Is Waiting

Reservations recommended. Walk-ins welcome when space allows. Sunday brunch fills fast — book ahead.