Ok - how about Boston?

[Beckla]

Any hidden secrets here?? I know about the Organic Garden and the other place in Beverly... but c'mon... in a city like Boston, is there really no raw restaurant/store??

[Beckla]

No sooner did I post this, than I saw an article in today's Boston Globe detailing all of the area vegan restaurants. Weird! Included was the following about Organic Garden:

Organic Garden 294 Cabot St., Beverly. 978-922-0004. organicgardencafe.com

This North Shore raw-foods cafe is not only all-vegan, it's also wheat-free, tofu-free, soy-free, mostly gluten-free, and almost entirely organic.

The menu offers soups, salads, wraps, sandwiches, hot entrees, fresh juices, and smoothies. There's pad Thai with cashew butter sauce. Oat crust pizza with cashew mozzarella. Pizza topped with cranberry, apple slices, leeks, and roasted rosemary walnuts. Almond pecan herb pate. Salads with mung beans, clover, sprouted wild rice, lentils, and chick peas. Tacos with cashew sour cream in golden flax shells. Red beet ravioli with carrot filling.

Seeds, nuts, and grains are often soaked and sprouted, a process said to increase their nutrient levels. Items that require warming are put in low-heat dehydrators that preserve nutrition by not breaking down healthy natural enzymes.

Simply put: power food.

You can find similar vegan meals at Life Alive (194 Middle St., Lowell. 978-453-1311. lifealive.com) , whose organic, unprocessed foods -- replete with brown rice, carrots, beets, broccoli, tofu, squash, almonds, kale, and mushrooms -- will leave you feeling like Superman (or Superwoman).

[SchoolOfRAWk]

Boston is where Alissa wants to open her restaurant, I thought.....

[Beckla]

She announced a couple months ago that the restaurant is not happening...

[SchoolOfRAWk]

Whoops! lol

[**jessireebob**]

Oh, I didn't realise that. Bummer.

[gastrawnome]

Originally, the owner of Organic Garden Cafe wanted to open in Boston or Cambridge.. he was negotiating on a space in Davis Square, but it either fell through, or the rent was way too high.

Really, though, Boston is ripe for a raw foods restaurant.

I used to live in Boston, I now live in NJ. Not much here, either. Unless you want to schlep into NYC, of course there's a ton of raw restaurants there.

[Beckla]

Ironic - I grew up in NJ and now am here in Boston. You're right about Rawbert, the owner - saw him recently and he said that as soon as he finds an affordable space, he'll come to Boston. Can't be soon enough!