Crossroads Kitchen

8284 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046

With upscale decor and lighting, Crossroads Kitchen is the first plant-based restaurant in town to have a full bar with an inspired cocktail program. There are no obvious vegan cues, and most guests don't even make the connection that the menu is plant-based.

Crossroads is an intersection where vegans, flexitarians, omnivores, and meat-eaters cross paths to share a delicious meal and a good time.

Sage Regenerative Kitchen

Echo Park, Pasadena

Located in Echo Park and Olt Town Pasadena, Sage Regenerative Kitchen provides a tasty experience that combines the kitchen's passion for vegan comfort food, with a commitment to sustainability. Their plant-based cuisine is locally sourced and offers organic and seasonally inspired dishes. 

Plant Food + Wine

1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

In Venice, designed as a communal gathering place, Plant Food + Wine provides a cutting-edge approach to plant-based meals, with an ever-evolving menu, guided by the seasons, using locally sourced ingredients.

Their indoor-outdoor space complements the cuisine and transports guests to the Mediterranean coast with French oak floors, modern lines, reclaimed stone and an inviting fireplace inside, while archways lead guests outdoors to an olive tree canopy that embraces diners with a courtyard garden seating, as well as an intimate wine room.

Gracias Madre

Multiple Locations

Born out of love for mother Earth and reverence for all mothers, Gracias Madre provides traditional Mexican cuisine all made from scratch using plant-based, local organic ingredients.

Located in Newport Beach and West Hollywood, their bar highlights independent producers and small-batch distillers in Mexico, and they're dedicated to diffuser-free agave spirits.

Cafe Gratitude

Multiple Locations

Cafe Gratitude aims to create a healthier, more vibrant world by inviting moe people into the simple pleasures of clean, plant-based nutrition.

With locations in Arts District, Larchmont Village, and Newport Beach, they strive to source the highest quality, nutrient-dense ingredients from local farmers and the best artisan producers.

When it comes down to it, Cafe Gratitude believes that "food is medicine. See for yourself.

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