The Manatee Cafe

West Augustine · St. Augustine

Also listed in: Over 50 St. Augustine Vegan St. Augustine

A mostly vegetarian cafe in Westgate Plaza on State Road 16, where owner and chef Michael Ugarte uses certified organic produce when available and swaps in vegan or gluten-free on request. It doubles as a community board, flyers welcome.

Address
525 S.R. 16 #106 (Westgate Plaza), St. Augustine, FL
Phone
(904) 826-0210
Website
www.manateecafe.com
Cuisine
vegetarian, organic
Dietary
Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
Good to know
Owner Operated, Long Running
Verification
Details researched September 18, 2026. Hours and offerings change, so confirm with the venue before visiting.
Charles Usinas Memorial Highway
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  • Street address on file: yes
  • Neighborhood assigned: yes
  • Phone number published: yes
  • Website on file: yes
  • Hours published: no Hours drive the most time-sensitive question in local search.
  • Cuisine or specialty described: yes
  • Photography on file: yes
  • Website reachable: pass HTTP 200
  • Served over HTTPS: pass
  • Structured data present: fail Structured data is how a machine knows this page describes a restaurant rather than a blog post.
  • Declares a business type: fail A Restaurant, BarOrPub, or LocalBusiness type is what puts a venue into local answer sets.
  • Page description written: pass
  • Menu linked from the homepage: pass
  • Hours published on site: fail Hours are the most time-sensitive fact in local search and the most commonly stale.
  • Address published on site: pass
  • Social profiles linked: fail Linked profiles are how a machine confirms it is looking at one business and not two.
  • Open to AI crawlers: unknown No readable robots.txt at https://www.manateecafe.com/robots.txt.

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