keithl@vice.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) (09/10/84)
Just back from a bicycle trip in Southern California, and I brought back
a long list of vegetarian restaurants from that area. There are some
fine places there. In Santa Monica, Hollywood, and (of all places)
Encinitas, you can just follow your nose! Special thanks to Lauri Powers
for an extensive (if slightly out-of-date) restaurant list.
Now, let's see you East coast folks add to the list. Perhaps we can
get some European vegetarians to send us some names, too - anyone have
net addresses for european veggies? There must be someone on kgbvax!
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key: 0-9 food quality
V - "pure" veggie
N - "natural" food, restaurant serves meat dishes too.
R - regular restaurant with a large vegetarian menu.
r - a few vegetarian dishes but worth a visit anyway.
$ cheap (0-$6), $$ moderate ($6-$15), $$$ expensive ($15-)
(north to south, west coast)
Seattle, WA
Sunlight Cafe 6034 Roosevelt 3 V $
Julia's 2305 Eastlake 8 R $$
Julia's Wallingford N & 44th 8 R $$
Good home-made pastas; nutburgers.
New Peking Chinese 78th & Lake City Way ? R $$
China North 123rd & Roosevelt ? R $$
Cafe Loc Vietnamese 4th & Broad (NOT Seattle Center) ? R $$
Kokeb Ethiopian 12th Ave E (s. Madison, Capitol Hill) ? R $$
Sa-Was-Dee Thai Elliot Ave ? R $$
Cedars Middle Eastern 43rd & Univ. Ave ? R $$
Karawan Middle Eastern 50th & Univ. Ave ? R $$
El Cafe Mexican 50th & Roosevelt (Veg. refried beans!) ? R $$
Ristorante Pony Italian Queen Anne Ave (near Seattle Center) ? R $$
Shezan Indian 8755 Greenwood (E African food on 1 day notice) ? R $$
(fluke!bhaskar also sent some desert places. I can post these if desired)
Portland, OR
Zorba the Buddha (Rajneesh) SW Park and Salmon 4 V $$
Bull Ring SE 82nd and Division 6 R $$
The Spice of Life 2917 NE Everett 8 V $$
Corvallis, OR.
Nearly Normals 109 N.W. 15th and Monroe 8 V $
try the Nasty Burrito, or the Sun Burger, or the special, or ...
Eugene, OR.
Zoo Zoo's 454 Willamette 5 V $+
often music. Politically Correct.
The Vegetarian (7th D.A.) 270 West 8th ? V $
Ashland, OR
Ashland Bakery E Main 8 V $$
Casa Feliz E Main 8 R $$
many restaurants in Ashland have two or three veg selections on menu;
this town has the best selection of restaurants between SF and Seattle!
San Francisco, CA
Lotus Garden (huge menu!) 532 Grant, Chinatown 9 V $$
Green's Fort Mason 9 V $$
Cafe Jacqueline (Souffle!!!) North Beach? 9 R $$
Vegie Food (Chinese) 10 V
Palo Alto CA
Gaylords (Indian) Stanford Shopping Center 9 R $$$
Country Sun Cafe (Lunch mostly) California Ave. 8 N $
Le Marsault (Crepes) Emerson 6 R $$
Seven Seas (Chinese) Emerson, near Good Earth 5 R $
Good Earth (An organic Denny's) 5 N $$
Peppino's (Italian) Liddicoats/University Ave. 4 V $
Shaikhs (Indian) California Ave. 3 R $-
Mt. View CA
Blue Sky Cafe Bryant 7 V $$
Frankie, Johnnie & Luigis (Italian) El Camino 7 r $-$$
Sunnyvale CA
Sue's Kitchen (Indian) El Camino ? ? ?
Pasand (Indian) El Camino 5 R $
Los Angeles Area CA
(existance verified)
Golden Temple (Sikh) 7910 W 3rd, LA ? V ?
Orean (Sandwich Shop) 1320 N Vine, LA 5 V $
Vyassa (vegetarian Indian) 1555 Westwood, LA ? ? ?
Fragrant Vegetable 108 Garfield (at Garvey) LA ? V ?
Comeback Inn (music) 1633 W Washington Blvd, Venice ? V ?
One Life (fast food + snacks) Main & Pine, Santa Monica 7 V $
Meyera (French gourmet style) 3009 Main (Pine), Santa Monica 10 V $$$
The Spot Natural Foods 110 2nd Street Hermosa Beach ? ? ?
(not verified recently)
Classic Carrot 1847 Main, Ventura ? ? ?
Sate Natural Foods 21827 Ventura, Woodland Hills ? ? ?
Wellness Natural Foods 22864 Ventura, Woodland Hills ? ? ?
Natural Nosh 18517 Ventura, Tarzana ? ? ?
Alkiezers Aware Inn 13625 Ventura, Sherman Oaks ? ? ?
Fast Natural Food Sherman Oaks Galleria ? ? ?
Chez Natural 11838 Ventura, Studio City ? ? ?
Fig Trees Cafe 429 Ocean Front Walk, Venice ? ? ?
Marathon Meatless Mess Hall 1701 Ocean Front Walk, Venice ? ? ?
India Cuisine Gypsies 1215 4th, Santa Monica ? ? ?
Dhaba Indian Food 2104 Main, Santa Monica ? ? ?
East/West Kitchen 708 N Orange Grove Av, LA ? ? ?
Artful Balance 525 1/2 N Fairfax, LA ? ? ?
Cafe El La Touretta 555 S Fairfax, LA ? ? ?
The Source 8301 Sunset, LA ? ? ?
The Haven 526 W 7th St, LA ? ? ?
Organicville 4177 W 3rd St, LA ? ? ?
Gitanjali 414 N La Cienega, LA ? ? ?
(Krishnas) 3764 Watseka Ave , LA ? ? ?
Mother Natures Fruit & Juice 5424 Laurel Canyon, N Hollywood ? ? ?
Ever Young Veg. Italian 11403 Victory, N Hollywood ? ? ?
Adam and Eve 13212 Sherman Way, W Hollywood ? ? ?
Two Worlds 8022 W 3rd St, W Hollywood ? ? ?
Nature's Health Cove 1010 Broxton, Westwood Village ? ? ?
Long Beach CA
Nothing! Regardless of what the 1984 phone book says!
Fullerton CA
Rutabegorz 211 N Pomona 9 V $
The Greenery 119 E Commonwealth ? ? ?
(Krishnas) 2011 E Chapman Av ? ? ?
Newport Beach CA
Puffins 3030 E Coast 5 N $$
Good Earth)
Encinitas/Leucadia CA
Govinda (Krishnas) 1470 N old 101 ? V $
Da Kine 576 N old 101 7 V $$
Shepard 1126 S old 101 6 V $$
San Diego CA
Prophet (African) 4461 University Av 9 V $$
Cornucopia 112 W Washington 7 V $
(Krishnas) 1030 Grand Av, Pacific Beach ? V $
Good Earth in La Mesa and La Jolla
NYC NY
Arnold's Turtle Village 6 N $$
Brownies N. of Union Square 6 V $$
Ultimate Lotus (Cantonese) Midtown East 7 R $$
Ratner's (Dairy) Delancy St. 6 ? $
+ about 40 others whose names I forget...
misc places
Khyber Indian Cincinatti & Chicago ? V $
Siddharth Indian Silver Spring, MD ? V $
Annapoorna Indian Toronto 7 V $$
Everywhere (chains)
The Good Earth 5 N $$
Golden Temple (Sikhs) 5 V $
Of course, no one should use a list like this without checking the
phone book, and calling first.
> If you travel much, an invaluable book is
> "Guide to Natural Food Restaurants" by Loren Cronk.
> It covers over 500 veggie restaurants in the entire U.S.
> I got mine in a local (Palo Alto) bookstore. It can also be ordered
> from...
> Daystar Publishing Company
> P.O. Box 598
> Nicasio, Ca 94946
> The back cover says $6.95 + $1.50 for postage. The bookstore
> price is $8.95.
> Ken Greer
Thanx and a tip-o-the-hat to: fluke!bhaskar, Ken Bronstein,
Ken Greer, Balachander Krishnamurthy, Gary Mager, Lauri Powers,
and Michael Stimac for additions.
Please post more! I'd prefer that you post to the net so everyone
can make their own judgements.
--
Keith Lofstrom
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