LOS ANGELES
Pure Luck Restaurant
707 N. Heliotrope Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 660-5993
Times: Mon.-Sat.11AM-Midnight, Closed Sundays
Menu includes: Tofu sandwiches and burgers, colorful salads, fried soy-protein nugget wraps, organic soy pasta, smoothies and shakes.
Best thing on the menu: Deep-fried sweet potato slices, served with a tangy dipping sauce.
Price Range: About $8-$10
Pure Luck restaurant is a quirky, fun restaurant where customers feel comfortable in the relaxed environment. They also promise a great selection of micro brews.
Flore Vegan Cuisine
3818 W. Sunset Blvd.
Silverlake, CA 90026
(323) 953-0611
Times: Mon.11AM-4PM, Tues.-Fri.11AM-10PM, Sat.-Sun. 10AM-1PMMenu includes: Vegan dishes, but with a focus on Mexican food. They serve salads, sandwiches, burgers, but no desserts.
Best thing on the menu: Baja tacos with veggie fish.
Price Range: About $10
The restaurant even has a pub and customers who are die-hard carnivores still rave about the flavors going on in this restaurant.
California Vegan Restaurant
7300 W. Sunset Blvd. #ALos Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 874-9079
Times: Mon.-Sat. 11AM-10:30PM
Menu includes: Family recipes with Thai roots and homemade sauces, dressings, and meats. The menu includes some unique items for a vegan menu such as pancakes, quesadillas, soups, and plenty of desserts.
Best thing on the menu: Mango and sticky rice.
Price Range: About $8
California Vegan is unique because they offer a wider variety on their menu for vegans and seem to have more creativity and fun with what they make.
Casa De Tree3741 Motor Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 559-8138
Times: Tues.-Fri. 10AM-9PM
Menu includes: 100% Vegan dishes, sushi, pasta, baked goods, deli/bento, rice/curry, sandwiches and burgers, sweets, and drinks.
Best thing on the menu: Go-go Croquette!! Burger (Fried potato croquette, onion, tempeh, on a bed of cabbage with special sauce).
Price Range: About $10
They offer Japanese and French recipes with sea salt and fresh herbs for spices. They also carry many wheat-free dishes and are 100% organic.
They offer Japanese and French recipes with sea salt and fresh herbs for spices. They also carry many wheat-free dishes and are 100% organic.
Green's Cafe
15435 Jeffrey Rd.Irvine, CA
(949) 653-1241
Menu includes: Tofu sandwiches and burgers, colorful salads, fried soy-protein nugget wraps, organic soy pasta, smoothies and shakes.
Best thing on the menu: Deep-fried sweet potato slices, served with a tangy dipping sauce.
Price Range: About $8-$10
Avanti Cafe
259 E. 17th St.Costa Mesa, CA 92672
(949) 548-2224
Times: Mon.-Fri. 11AM-10PM, Sat. 10:30AM-10PM, Sun. 10:30AM-8PM
Menu includes: Pizza, pasta, sandwiches, sandwiches, desserts.
Best thing on the menu: Pizza Bianca (Avanti cheese blend, ricotta, garlic & shallot, greens, olives, pine nuts, and rosemary sea salt).
Price Range: About $10
Although the restaurant isn't completely vegan, it has a comfortable menu for both vegetarians and vegans. It's small place to eat that's run by two chefs who founded the restaurant in 2004 and now change the menu every three months.
LONG BEACH
Zephyr Vegetarian Cafe340 E. 4th St.
Long Beach, CA 90802
Menu includes: Burgers, sandwiches, drinks, and plenty of salads.
Best thing on the menu: Flame broiled tofu steak burger
Price Range: $8-$10
Zephyr's is an artistic cafe where a lot of musicians play and local art hangs on the walls. It replaced Papa John's four years ago and let's just say no one is complaining.
House of Vege
2439 Pacific Coast Hwy.Lomita, CA 90717
(310) 530-1180
Times: Mon.-Thur. 11AM-3PM, 5PM-9PM, Sat. 11AM-9:30PM, Sun. 11AM-9PM
Menu includes: Ovo, chinese, buffet, beer and wine. It consists of an All-You-Can-Eat menu.
Best thing on the menu: Veggie chicken made from soy protein and deep-fried seaweed rool with taro.
Price Range: About $11, $16 for All-You-Can-Eat
Although this restaurant is often ignored by people passing by because of it's outer appearance, those that have tried the restaurant swear by it's authenticity and continue frequenting the place.
Katie Cervantes
Live OC Magazine
www.LIVEOCMAG.com
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