So Cal
Now that I’ve returned to LA, I’m enjoying eating out and expanding this tab. Here are my restaurant reviews for Southern California:
Santa Monica
- 17th Street Cafe & Bakery
- 4th and Jane
- A Votre Sante *
- Blue Plate *
- Border Grill
- Caffe Luxxe (visit #2)
- FIG *
- Golden Mean Vegan Cafe (visit #2)
- Hostaria del Piccolo
- Huckleberry (visit #2, #3, #4, #5, #6)
- Interim Cafe (visit #2)
- Jack ‘n Jill’s
- La Grande Orange (now renamed M Street Kitchen – same menu)
- The Library Alehouse
- The Misfit (visit #2, #3)*
- The Penthouse (at The Huntley Hotel)
- Planet Raw (v) *
- Pradeep’s
- Real Food Daily (visit #2, #3) (v) *
- Sonoma Wine Garden
- Tender Greens *
- True Food Kitchen *
- The Veggie Grill (visit #2, #3) (v) *
- Wokcano
- World Cafe
- Wilshire
- Zengo
Venice/Manhattan Beach
- North End Caffe
- Seed (v) * (visit #2)
- N’ice Cream
- Intelligentsia
Westwood
Culver City
- Govinda’s
- Tender Greens *
- Akasha
- Native Foods (v) *
Hollywood
Greater Southern California area
- Disneyland – Anaheim, CA (visit #2)
- R+D Kitchen – Newport Beach, CA
- Taco Rosa – Newport Beach, CA
- True Food Kitchen – New port Beach, CA *
- Native Foods – Costa Mesa, CA (v) *
- Native Foods – Palm Springs, CA (visit #2) (v) *
- Mondeo – San Luis Obispo, CA
- The Natural Cafe – Santa Barbara, CA
- Cava – Santa Barbara, CA
- Flavor of India – Santa Barbara, CA
- Thai Juan On - San Juan Capistrano
(v) = exclusively vegetarian/vegan
(*) = hippie fave
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I was just wondering if you’ve ever been to SAGE…? it’s an all vegan restaurant in Echo park that is seriously worth the drive. If you haven’t you should check it out! (and write a review) haha.
thanks for the recommendation! i will definitely check it out
Pizza Fusion has a few locations in so cal- Hollywood, Temecula, etc. Whatever it serves that’s not organic is all natural and preservative-free, etc. and there are various vegan options as well. Also, it’s very delicious!!
yum. sounds great. im adding it to my list of to-try places. thanks!
hey I just randomly came across your blog and wanted to ask, is the hungry hungry hippie sandwich at locali named after you?
haha, no, i wish i could say yes, but its not. glad you found me either way
So happy to have stumbled across your blog! Have you been to Madeleine Bistro yet? It’s in Tarzana but it is THE BEST! They may be closing soon
so go check it out! Great posts 
oh no! ill have to go check it out…thanks for the rec. does it have a sister location in santa monica (?) because theres one here with the same name!
Oh my god you have to try Shojin in Downtown! Its a vegan Japanese fusion place and it is my FAVORITE restaurant in LA (and second fav after Malabar in Santa Cruz)
http://www.theshojin.com/
happy dining!
Ash
thanks ash! ill put it on the top of our list. i dont go downtown often but vegan/macro japanese fusion sounds yummy.
Just came across your blog… Love it. If you ever come to San Diego, North Park has a new amazing vegan, organic restaurant called Casa de Luz. There is one in Austin, too. It is amazing. It has community seating and one dish prepared fresh for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus soup and salad. The menu changes daily. Wednesday might is raw night.
excellent! thanks sarah. we keep meaning to plan a trip down to SD, so send any more recs you have my way
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