... ______________________________________________________________________ San Diego County Coronado -------- Vegetarian Restaurants: Viva Nova, 1138 Orange Avenue, (619) 435-2124 - Health food store with juice bar and vegan-friendly vegetarian deli. Good vibes and great food. Open daily until 8pm. Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants: Tiffiny's Deli-Juice Bar, 1120 Adella Avenue, 437-1368 - Natural foods. Vegan-friendly. Sandwiches, smoothies. Old fashioned decor. Open daily. Stretch's Coronado Cafe, 943 Orange Avenue, 435-8886 - "Stretch takes pride in the quality and variety of food offered." All food prepared fresh daily. Self-serve. Fresh juices. *VRG Del Mar ------- Vegan Restaurants: Garden Taste, Del Mar Plaza, 1555 Camino Del Mar, 793-1500 - All organic. Raw soups, sprouted salads, sprouted veggie burgers, non-wheat pizza. No oil, sugar, or salt used. Fresh juices. Full service. Open daily. *VRG Natural Foods Stores: Jimbo's - Has a vegan-friendly deli. Some meat (ugh) and dairy, but lots of organic fruit and veggies and good prices. El Cajon -------- Vegetarian Restaurants: L'Chaim Cafe, 134 West Douglas Street, 442-1331 - Home-style. Pritikin menu. Vegan-friendly. It faces an alley, so it may be a bit hard to find. Closed Sun. Encinitas --------- Vegetarian Restaurants: Fountain of Juice, 1163 First Street, 944-0612 - Wide variety. Curried vegetables, black bean burritos, mock meat dishes, smoothies. Vegan-friendly. Counter service. Catering. Open daily. *VRG Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants: Star of India, 927 First Street, 632-1113 - Indian. Large vegetarian selection. Expensive, but good. One of San Diego's top ten rated restaurants. Catering available. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Roxy Restaurant & Ice Cream, 517 First Street, 436-5001 - Falafel burger, vegetarian burrito. Open daily. Natural Foods Stores: Casady's, 2 locations - Has a vegan-friendly deli. Unfortunately it carries some meat (ugh) and dairy items. Miscellaneous: Trader Joe's, Encinitas Plaza, 115 N. El Camino Real, 634-2114 - Excellent store with many quality, and often reasonably priced, natural foods store type items. La Jolla -------- Vegetarian Restaurants: Che Cafe, 0323-C Student Center, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, 534-2311 - Run by a non-profit vegetarian collective. Most items vegan. Live music most weekends. Always open on Wednesdays, call for other times. "Pretty unreliable for most meals I've tried there." Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants: Sandwiched Inn, 927 Silverado - Friendly, and lots of vegan sandwiches. Open 8:30am-3:30pm. Star of India, 1025 Prospect Street #100, 459-3355 - Indian. Large vegetarian selection. Expensive, but good. One of San Diego's top ten rated restaurants. Catering available. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Sammy's Woodfired Pizza, 702 Pearl Street, 456-5222 - Italian Natural Foods Stores: Choices, Scripps Health Center on Torrey Pines Road - Has a deli. Miscellaneous: Trader Joe's, La Jolla Village Square, 546-8629 - Excellent store with many quality, and often reasonably priced, natural foods store type items. La Mesa ------- Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants: Village Emporium, La Mesa Blvd - Vegan-friendly. Friendly atmosphere, offers live music most evenings in upstairs loft. Souplantation, 9158 Fletcher Pkwy, 462-4232 - All-you-can-eat salad bar with more than 60 items. Soup, fruit, muffins. Open daily. Natural Foods Stores: Cortland's Greentree, 8704 Lake Murray Blvd, 463-7267 - Vegan-friendly deli. Nice but somewhat expensive. The small deli offers sandwiches and salads. Very similar to the Greentree Grocers in Clairemont. Open Mon-Sat 8am-9pm, Sun 9am-8pm. Miscellaneous: Trader Joe's, Grossmont Trolley Center, 8495 Fletcher Parkway, 466-5998 - Excellent store with many quality, and often reasonably priced, natural foods store type items. Lemon Grove ----------- Organizations: Optimum Health Institute, 6970 Central Avenue, Lemon Grove, CA 92045, (619) 464-3346 - Founded 1976 by Raychel Soloman. Conducts 21-day body-detoxification program based on a raw-food diet and wheat-grass juice. Owns "Vegetarian Village", a vegetarian apartment complex. Apartment residents do not have to be affiliated with the institute. Leucadia -------- Vegetarian Restaurants: Vegetarian Express, 1470 North Highway 101, 942-2320 - Vegetarian fast-food restaurant. All-you-can-eat buffet. Entertainment twice weekly. Closed Mon. National City ------------- Vegetarian Restaurants: Paradise Valley Hospital, 2400 E. Fourth Street, 470-6311 - Vegetarian cafeteria. Lunch and dinner specials are only $2. Open daily. North Park ---------- Vegetarian Restaurants: Govinda's, 3102 University (near 30th Street), 284-4826 - Hare Krishna lacto-vegetarian restaurant. Vegan-friendly. All-you-can-eat buffet. Different international items daily, many Indian dishes. Fresh juices. Open daily (unsure about Sundays). Jimbo's Pizza Naturally, 3910 30th Street, 294-9611 - Non-dairy and macrobiotic pizza & beer. Uses organic ingredients. Also has BBQ burgers, organic salad bar. Jimbo's makes it's own non-dairy (no casein) tofu cheese. All-you-can-eat vegetarian breakfast buffet on Saturdays. Also a market with organic produce and grains. (Closed Mon & Tue?) Natural Foods Stores: Jimbo's Naturally, 3918 30th Street, 294-8096 - Has a vegan-friendly deli. Has the largest selection of organically grown food products (CCOF) in San Diego. Very friendly atmosphere (as a former employee I kind of wished customers wouldn't hang around so often and so long!). Open Mon-Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 10am-6pm. Oceanside --------- Vegetarian Restaurants: Pacific Yeast-Free Bakery & Macrobiotic Center, 429 S. Hill Street, (619) 757-6020 / 967-0710 - Vegan options. Uses organic grains, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. All breads vegan and free of sugar, honey, oil, yeast, baking powder, and baking soda. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dinner by reservation only. Miscellaneous: Trader Joe's, 2570 Vista Way, 433-9994 - Excellent store with many quality, and often reasonably priced, natural foods store type items. Palomar Mountain ---------------- Vegetarian Restaurants: Mother's Kitchen, 33120 Canfield Road, Junction of S6 & S7, 742-3496 - A nice little place on a very pretty mountainside. In a rustic cabin atop Mount Palomar. Nutburgers, sandwiches, soups, salads, fruit smoothies, fresh juices. Full service. Closed Tue & Wed. San Diego --------- See also: North Park, Del Mar, La Jolla, Encinitas, Coronado, El Cajon, Solana Beach. The 8th International Vegan Festival WWW: http://math.rutgers.edu/~dupre/veganf/index.html - To be held August 6-13, 1995, at San Diego State University. At the last Festival, held in Tossa del Mar, Spain, hundreds of vegans from all over the world joined for a week of conferences, lectures, networking, socializing, hiking, lying on the beach and great meals. The 1995 Festival, to be held jointly by the American Vegan Society and the Vegetarian Union of North America is expected to be even bigger. All meals will be 100% vegan prepared under the direction of chef Ron Pickarski, International Culinary Olympics Silver-medal winner. - Speakers will include: Lindsey Russell, dep. editor of Vegetarian Living mag. (England) Maxwell Lee, pres. IVU (England) Bethany Alldridge, vegan marketing activist (Australia) Arnie Wingqvist, Vice pres. European Vegetarian Union Michael Klaper M.D., author Ronald Cridland M.D. William Harris M.D. Spice Williams, vegan body builder & stunt-women/actress Alex Hershaft, director Great American Meatout Agatha Trash M.D., author Ruth Heidrich, overcame cancer & became a winning athlete Victoria Moran, author Keith Akers, author Freya & Jay Dinshah, authors & founders of American Vegan Society - Registration fees: Adult $170, Senior $160, Student $100, Child $20 - Accomodation fees: Adult: $480 single, $410 double (with meals & banquet) Student: $400 single, $330 double Child: $370 single, $300 double - For full details and registration forms, e-mail [email removed] or write the American Vegan Society, P.O. Box H, Malaga, NJ 08328 or call (303) 777-4761 or call/fax (609) 694-2887. Coastal California is pretty vegetarian friendly (which probably won't suprise anyone). Here in San Diego, vegetarians are readily accomodated at most restaurants. Also, the print media, in particular the weekly "Reader" freebie magazine, considers vegetarians when reviewing restaurants. When visiting an omnivore restaurant, the reviewer will add something like "vegetarians will love all the wonderful options" or "good selection of vegetarian entrees" in her reviews. I've found a lot of great restaurants this way. If you drive east, you're on your own. Lots of rednecks east of San Diego. Vegan Restaurants: Faque Burger, 6109 University (at College Avenue), 583-9520 - Vegan fast-food. Soy Burgers, home-made fries, shakes & soda. Has a drive-thru window, and an outdoor patio. Run by Seventh Day Adventists. Open Sun-Thu 10am-1am, Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 8:30pm-2am. Name of restaurant is pronounced as 'Fake Burger'. Ocean Beach People's Natural Foods Market & Deli, 4765 Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach, 224-1387 - Take-out only. Natural foods store with deli. Features vegan & raw foods. Great selection of organic salads, entrees, soups, sandwiches, and desserts. Fresh juices. Open daily. Vegetarian Restaurants: Second Nature Vegetarian Cafe, 4652 Mission Blvd, 272-7399 - 75% of menu is vegan. The menu is loaded with vegan options, among them: lasagna, quesadilla, enchiladas, tofu fajitas, wild rice and sweet potato paties. Very friendly service, but slow. Open Tue-Sun 8am-9:45pm. Closed Mon. Jyoti-Bihanga, 3351 Adams Avenue, Normal Heights, 282-4116 - Sri-Chiminoy vegetarian restaurant. Personally, my favorite, with a Saturday morning all-you-can-eat vegetarian breakfast buffet (7:30am-12:00pm) that is the best I've come across anywhere. Govinda's At The Beach, 1030 Grand Avenue, Pacific Beach, 483-2500 - Hare Krishna lacto-vegetarian restaurant. Kool Korner, 3896 Fifth Avenue, 298-3155 - Menu changes daily. Burgers, curries, stews, and salads. Juice bar. Open daily. *VRG Kung Food, 2949 Fifth Avenue (at Quince), Hillcrest, 298-7302 - Vegetarian restaurant with a natural food store/new age shop next door. Vegan-friendly. Considered by some to be an exceptional restaurant. Considered by others to be a vastly over-rated restaurant with it's share of unappetizing dishes. Full service. Garden patio. Open since 1975. Open daily. Lux Kahv'e, 728 Fifth Avenue, 232-7700 - Sidewalk cafe/bistro. Vegan-friendly. Pasta, falafel, hummus, sandwiches. Blended juices. Music every night. *VRG Gelato Vero Cafe, 3753 India Street, 295-9269 - Soup, salad, fresh bread, and fresh juices. Limited menu. Open only during the evenings. *VRG Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants: :Natural Foods: Jyoti Bihanga, 3351 Adams Avenue, 282-4116 - "Excellent vegetarian and macrobiotic foods in a peaceful, serene atmosphere with a fountain, high arched ceiling, and fifteen foot windows." Vegan-friendly. Daily specials. Fresh juices. All-you-can-eat Saturday breakfast buffet. Closed Sun. *VRG Cafe Greentree, 3560 Mt. Acadia Blvd, 560-1975 - In the Greentree Farms natural foods store. Extensive vegetarian menu. Open daily. *VRG :Indian: Cafe India, 9760-5 Sports Arena Blvd - Great samosas, and $4.50 (1994) all-you-can-eat vegetarian lunch Tue-Sat. :Oriental: Mandarin Plaza, 3760 Sports Arena Blvd, 224-4222 - Mandarin/Cantonese Chinese. Special diet sections on the menu. Use no MSG. Full service. Open daily. *VRG Imperial Wok, 5771 La Jolla Blvd, 454-8625 - I've never been there, but here's a quote from their ad: "And for our vegetarian friends... Yang's Famous Vegetarian Menu. We use a special family recipe of exotic spices and careful preparation to offer you delicious entrees with tastes of chicken, beef, duck, or scallops, yet completely vegetarian." :Thai: 'Vegetarian' in Thai means 'substitute tofu for flesh'. Be sure to insist on no fish sauce or other animal products. Taste of Thai, 527 University Avenue, Hillcrest, 291-7525 - All dishes can be made vegetarian, but watch out... they press and flavor tofu to resemble duck meat, and it's a bit too realistic for some of us. :-) The service is the best of any restaurant I've been in anywhere, and the owner is a man with a true love for the restaurant business. My SO and I are very frequent customers of Taste of Thai, and we recommend that anyone stopping in San Diego give them a try. The Thai Orchid Cuisine, 4310 Genesee Avenue, 278-4949 - Thai. Small restaurant with very nice atmosphere. Friendly service and great prices. Everything they offer can be made vegetarian upon request. Open daily 11am-10pm. Saffron, 3731B India Street, 574-0177 - Good Thai fast food. Celadon, 5th Ave (between Pennsylvania & Brookes Avenues), 295-8000 Karinya, 4475 Mission Blvd, 270-5050 Thai Chada, 142 University, Hillcrest, 297-9548 :Afghan: Khyber Pass, 3555 Rosecrans Street, 224-8200 :Middle Eastern: Fariouz, 3166 Midway Drive (near Rosecrans Street), 225-0308 Pasha's, 1110 Torrey Pines Road, 454-9229 :Italian: Pasta Time Cafe, 1417 University Avenue, 296-2425 - "Takes pride in creating dishes that are both heathful and delicious." Vegan options. Daily pasta specials. No smoking. *VRG Lotsa Pasta, 1726 Garnet Avenue, 581-6777 - More than 500 different combinations of pastas and sauces. Pastas cut to order. Full service. Open daily. *VRG :Mexican: Maria Isabella, 1830 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, 298-2860 - Have a vegetarian menu. Vegan options. Fresh juices. Open daily. Casa De Pico, 2754 Calhoun Street (in the Bazaar Del Mundo Shopping Complex in old-town San Diego's historic state park), 296-3267 - Many vegetarian options. Special menu for the health conscious. Live mariachi music at night on the open air patio. Open daily. *VRG Coyote Cantina, 2461 San Diego Avenue, Old Town San Diego :American: Souplantation, 2 locations: 6171 Mission Gorge Road, 280-7087 3960 W. Point Loma Blvd, 222-7404 - All-you-can-eat salad bar with more than 60 items. Soup, fruit, muffins. Open daily. Soup Exchange - One or two vegetarian soups each day. Soups Unlimited, 660 University Avenue, 296-4030 - Juice bar. Vegan options. Natural Foods Stores: Ocean Beach People's Natural Foods Market & Deli, 4765 Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach, 224-1387 - Natural foods store with take-out vegan deli. Great selection of organic produce. Open daily. Greentree Grocers, 3560 Mount Acadia Blvd, 560-1975 - Grocery store, deli, bakery, small sandwich/smoothie bar. They actually have a remodelled restaurant that is excellent. Prices are very reasonable, unlike the food store section. - They have a great little restaurant right inside the store. Bright and airy with a number of very good vegetarian selections each day. On weekends they have a great vegetarian breakfast. La Fresqueria, 1125 6th Avenue, 235-0655 - Has a deli serving healthy fresh foods with a Latin influence. Limited menu. Sandwiches, salads, seasonal fruit salads, fresh juices, smoothies. Open Mon-Fri. *VRG Greentree Farms, 3560 Mt. Acadia, 560-1975 - Has a vegetarian-friendly cafe. Full service. *VRG Kung Food, 2949 Fifth Avenue (at Quince), Hillcrest, 298-7302 - Vegetarian restaurant with a natural foods store/new age shop next door. New Seed, 946 Garnet, Pacific Beach Miscellaneous: Trader Joe's: Carmel Mountain Ranch, 11955 Carmel Mt. Road, 673-0526 Pacific Beach, 1211 Garnet Avenue, 272-7235 - Excellent store with many quality, and often reasonably priced, natural foods store type items. Bookstar has a respectable veggie cookbook section. Vegetarian Organizations: Club Veg of San Diego 3716 35th Street, San Diego, CA 92104-3903, (619) 282-3900 E-mail: [email removed] - A very active vegetarian orgnization. Meet 2 or 3 times a month for restaurant outings and potlucks at members homes or on the beach. Regularly scheduled educational and informational forums with guest speakers and/or video presentations. Gay and Lesbian Vegetarians of San Diego P.O. Box 421462, San Diego, CA 92142 E-Mail contact: [email removed] - To receive their quarterly electronic newsletter, send an e-mail to the above e-mail address. San Marcos ---------- Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants: Rocco's Pizza, 1531 W. Mission Blvd, 744-8012 - Italian restaurant with vegetarian pizza. Vegan options. Solana Beach ------------ Vegetarian Restaurants: House of Afrika Roots Rock Reggae Cafe, 355 North Highway 101, 259-0803 - Vegetarian cafe. Excellent!!! Highly recommended, for atmosphere if nothing else. Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants: Chung King Loh, 552 Stevens Avenue, 481-0184 - Mandarin/Szechuan Chinese. Vegan-friendly. Extensive vegetarian menu. Entrees include Broccoli and Carrots in Hot Peanut Sauce, Bean Curd with Ginger and Green Onions, and Mung Bean Noodle with Black Mushrooms. Use no MSG. Dishes can be made without oil, sugar, and salt. Open daily. ... ============================================================================== Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 08:15:26 EST
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