Health Food restaurants in North America
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Snow City Café
Snow City Café This busy café serves healthy grub to a mix of clientele that ranges from the tattooed to the up-and-coming. For breakfast skip the usual eggs and toast and try a bowl of Snow City granola with dried fruit, honey and nuts instead.
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Cloud Cliff Bakery
Slip on some Birkenstocks and drop by for a stack of groovy blue corn pancakes (around US$6). Rainbow trout wraps (around US$9), organic lamb and quinoa (around US$9), and soups and sandwiches are served alongside organic wines and microbrews. As for side helpings, look for lefty commentary, live music, poetry or lectures.
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Dream Café
Imagine a healthy, organic diner – one with quirky decor, a huge patio, a serene fountain and a playground for kids.
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Tommy's
This is a neighborhood standout, with a broad, veggie-heavy menu; don't miss the Mary Lynn spinach pie.
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Restaurant 100% Natural
Vegetarians and health-food nuts delight at this health-food chain near Avenida Yaxchilán, which serves juice blends (try the ‘Crazy Yog’ or the ‘Vampiro’), a wide selection of yogurt-fruit-vegetable combinations, and brown rice, pasta, fish and chicken dishes. The onsite bakery turns out whole-wheat products, and the entire place is very nicely decorated and landscaped. Service is excellent – at times even too attentive.
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Tender Greens
At Culver City’s latest hotspot, lines regularly spill out the door. Exclusive nightclub? Nope, it’s Tender Greens, home of the freshest salads in the city. Order at the bright counter – try ahi tuna niçoise or grilled flatiron steak – and they’ll toss it up as you move down the line. There’s a whiff of salad Nazi in the prep – ‘We don’t recommend substitutions’ – but trust them, they’re that good.
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Last Carrot
Folks of all walks, corporate suits included, come here for fresh juice, delicious wraps (veggie options are great but the tuna melt is divine) and old-Grove neighborliness. The Carrot’s endurance next to massive CocoWalk is testament to the quality of its good-for-your-body food served in a good-for-your-soul setting, so come here and do something good for the world, or at least for your mouth.
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Kaka'ako Kitchen
Although it's not as ʻono (delicious) as it once was, this takeout joint still serves functional plate-lunch meals with brown rice and organic salad. For a gastronomic edge, order a gourmet plate with crispy sweet-chili chicken or a seared ʻahi sandwich on a taro bun. Daily specials may disappoint. Also at Airport Industrial Park.
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O'Keeffe Café
An elegant eatery with shaded patio dining, this fine café boasts an exceptional wine list and exquisite, mostly organic mains like the Colorado lamb chops with a red chile honey glaze. And it's all right next to the O'Keeffe Museum . The café also offers wine tastings and 'Emerging Oenophile' classes.
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Bumble Bee's Baja Grill
Drop by this fun spot for healthy, bargain-priced food. Fresh fish tacos (around US$8 for two), chalupa bowls (around US$9), and asparagus burritos (around US$7) are made all the finer with a dash of the smoky roasted tomato salsa, which is a house-special. Groove to live jazz on Saturday nights (18:00-21:00).
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Josie's Restaurant
Organic fare (with its provenance listed on the menu) that satisfies vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters alike has kept Josie's around for more than a decade. Its clean, simple ambience is reflected in the food – steak, salads, gorgeous veggie dishes, but nothing too processed or tortured.
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Evie's Natural Foods
Evie's Natural Foods stocks health-food staples and some organic produce. Its café (open 09:00 to 18:45) doesn't get rave reviews (especially for service), but health-conscious types will likely enjoy the basic breakfasts, smoothies, sandwiches, salads and hot dishes.
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Sano Café
An offshoot both physically and philosophically of the Living Earth food store, this tiny café has a menu featuring healthy fare. Everything, including the meat, is as organic as possible. Eat nori, smoothies, fresh juice combinations, beef and lots of vegan stuff.
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Nutry Vida
For vegetarians growing tired of cheese, this little natural-foods café and bakery is a welcome stop. You'll find salads, yogurts, veggie burgers (which aren't very good, frankly), fresh-squeezed juices and a variety of whole-wheat baked goods. Eat in or take out.
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eb's EATS
For 'healthy gourmet' eats, both vegetarians and omnivores will find satisfaction at this casual counter with patio tables. Sandwiches are especially creative, eg oven-roasted turkey with pesto mayo and wild-mushroom meatloaf. Save room for scrumptious baked goodies.
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El Nuevo Sol
Take a booth in this bright, happy health-food store-café and you’ll feel like you’ve left Nuevo Laredo. The breakfasts, salads and antojitos are made with fresh veggies, soya meats and whole-wheat breads. The comida corrida (set lunch) costs M$70.
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Saveur
Basically a foodie's dream salad bar, this innovative eatery serves everything from mixed greens to steamed fish and noodle salads, buffet style. Bonus: for take-out beginning at 15:15, soups and salads go for 30% off, and 50% off at 15:30.
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Mundo Natural
This open-air 'natural foods' bar opposite the Palacio de Gobierno prepares fresh juice combos, hefty salads and sandwichónes (very large double- or triple-decker sandwiches that are sliced into snack-sized sections).
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Mango Mama's
Proudly painted pink, this casual eatery serves healthful fast food: smoothies, sandwiches, burgers (meat or veg), baked goods and coffee drinks. Order at the counter and either take out or find a patio table.
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Carnegie's
This hip and homey split-level pubby place serves the healthiest food in town (eg big fresh salads, homemade soup). There's a good selection of beer and wine too. Friday nights get a little rowdy.
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Restaurante Ibis Natura
Vegetarians and natural-food fans will enjoy wonderfully fresh and reasonably priced veggie food, especially the good-value comida corrida or the soyburgers with mushrooms and cheese.
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Nourish
Take your pick of meals at this healthy place that takes things so seriously it hasn't bothered to decorate: choose from wheat-free, gluten-free, vegan, raw, or plain old organic.
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Crossroads Café
The much-loved Crossroads Café serves healthy breakfasts, huge sandwiches and big salads, as well as some tasty dinner specials, all in an earth-goddess atmosphere.
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Jugos California
On the corner next to the bread shop Panificadora Montejo, this cheery yellow-and-blue tiled place offers great fresh juices and smoothies, served with friendly smiles.
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Vagabond Blues
A cozy, gay-friendly coffee shop, with local art on the walls and often live music at night. Its blackboard menu includes healthy, homemade quiches, soups and salads.
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