M Cafe de Chaya
7119 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Neighborhood: West Hollywood
(323) 525-0588
www.mcafedechaya.com
I'm DEFINITELY coming back to M Cafe! Had lunch with my BFF here today and I'm so excited to go back! I had the Big Macro combo. 11 bucks for fries, a sandwich, and a carafe of iced tea or lemonade. Can't go wrong with that! Everything was deee-licious! The bread was soft, the produce was fresh, the "burger" patty was tasty. Their sweet potato fries were delicious and their "ketchup" and aoili sauces were the shiznit! I wonder what's in the ketchup. It's the freshest ketchup I've ever had. I also had the Baby Cakes red velvet cupcakes and mousse cake. Very tasty and hard to believe that they don't contain eggs and refined sugar.
Flore Vegan Cuisine
3818 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Neighborhood: Silver Lake
(323) 953-0611
florevegan.com
Yes, as good as it gets is correct. Flore makes their own everything and it is amazing. We come here for dinner or brunch very often because it just can't be beat. Priced for everyone their food is delicious, hearty, and guilt free. Don't forget to try the desserts as they are equally as good. If i lived closer this would be my staple. Things to get: eggless tofu egg salad sandwich, the Reuben, Eastsider Tacos, carrot cake, potato mushroom kale soup.
Pure Luck Restaurant
707 N Heliotrope Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Neighborhood: Wilshire Center
(323) 660-5993
www.pureluckrestaurant.com
Great little place, came here with a friend and neither of us had been here before. Glad we came in, small restaurant, servers were really nice and they had a nice selection of draught beers. It was a friday night, and it was nice they were open until midnight, not many places serve food that late anymore, so its nice to know where these places are
Their menu was great, I had a hard time deciding what to order. I ended up ordering the Pesto Tofu Sandwich, which was a great decision. I love pesto, I think it's the best-o! It came with a side of soup, which changes daily, the day I went the soup was a Chickpea Curry, very good, but a bit spicy for me, but I'm just a whimp when it comes to spicy. My dinner companion had the BBQ sandwich, which smelled and looked great, and from what I hear was great.
Their selection of beer was very nice, about 10 beers on tap, I had the Hefeweisen and it was very tasty, I also tried their IPA, but that wasn't too much my style. Overall it was a great time, minus the rainy day.... I know, rain in Los Angeles, whats up with that. and loved the Bamboo wallpaper. It was Pure Luck that we found this place.... get it! :)
Real Food Daily
414 N La Cienega Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90048
Neighborhoods: Mid-City West, West Hollywood
(310) 289-9910
www.realfood.com
Only good vegan place in the city. This is an especially meaningful comment because I am a ginorme carnivore (baring my fangs) married to a sometime vegan, and cannot stand that thai vegan crap. Could live off of RFD's Walnut Pate and my fave, the basic 3 (Tempeh, Sea Vegetables and either Soba or Millet / Quinoa, depending on how racy I'm feeling). House dressing. Yeah, baby. Service has always been a nice solid cut of "really nice" infused with a perfume of "Prius-driving-holier-than-thou," but this doesn't bother me - I totally expect this anywhere in a 100-yard radius of a vegan restaurant, yoga studio or juice bar.
Native Foods Cafe
9343 Culver Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
Neighborhood: Culver City
(310) 559-3601
www.nativefoods.com
I am so excited that Native Foods has opened in Culver City! This is closer to my house, and I will be frequenting often. The place feels great, with seating inside and out, and a very friendly and helpful staff. Today I ordered the sausage seitan burger (special of the day). It wasn't as good as the version I had in Westwood several months ago, but good. The soup of the day - roasted veggie zucchini soup was fantastic. And the size of kale splendid.
