In your opinion...

[Madeleine.Blythe]

Where would be the best place to establish a raw restaurant/cafe?

I'm going to do this in the future, but.. have yet to decide where.
Any opinions on where I would be most sucessful?

[beppa66]

Where would be the best place to establish a raw restaurant/cafe?

I'm going to do this in the future, but.. have yet to decide where.
Any opinions on where I would be most sucessful?

Um...Fort Lauderdale is nice.


.....hint. hint.

[LivingRawGirl]

There is nothing here!!! We come here each year, maybe by next year there will be a beautiful raw cafe on the beach!

[Revvell]

No. Hollywood, California.

So, where do you think people are going to think is a good place? Where they live!!!

[rawzeit]

Any opinions on where I would be most sucessful?

Somewhere with a lot of (raw) vegans and vegetarians but with not too many competing restaurants. The latter probably isn't much of a problem. Because raw food is a specialty item, location doesn't matter too much (right now) because people will be willing to drive an extra block for it.

Although instead of a restaurant or cafe you might set up a chain of fast raw food snacks and dishes in commuter places. Or maybe something like a hotdog stand but with raw food in it. ;)

[Dimond]

Yeah like Beppa said, Ft. Lauderdale. :) Not California & New York where they have many already.

[Zaphirah]

The Pioneer Valley SOOOO needs a raw restaurant. They only juice bar shut down years and years ago. There are a lot of vegans/vegetarians in the area. I know of 2 women who had a prepared raw food business and it was in the paper and everything. I went to the store and they were all sold out (per ususal). The women just moved away and now there is no one to fill the niche.

[ladypeace82]

I'm saying Dallas, Texas. Not only because I live here, but b/c there are ZERO raw restaruants in the area. I've heard there might be one somewhere that serves SOME but little raw. Like just a raw salad or something but nothing like I've heard there is in CA or NY. I don't understand why those two states are more important for this stuff????
I think there might be one in houston but that's 5 hours away.

And i've discovered that there is a lot of raw peeps within an hour or less of Dallas. Tons actually

[Madeleine.Blythe]

Great ideas, I'll be sure to please all of you and use rawzeits idea.. a chain should be good! I'll definately consider some of your ideas. =)
I've got a couple years of planning, but eventually you'll see it go up.
:)

[casperlynn]

I must ditto Ladypeace's vote for Dallas. Try looking for a raw establishment around these parts, and all you hear are the crickets going "chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp."

[Portia2012]

I would love to see nothing but raw food chains in the future, instead of McDonald's every five feet.


~Portia~

[Dimond]

Would be great!! I rarely ever eat out anymore. I can make a better salad at home than most restaurants. Also, I don't feel it's the equivalent to someone at the same table eating something I use to like such as pasta or seafood. If they're eating what they consider gourmet, I want to have something interesting and different as well so I don't feel deprived.