If you’re hosting relatives — especially cynical East Coast food
snobs or meat-loving Midwesterners — you simply must make
a trip to Café Gratitude. Out-of-towners can find exactly what
they’re looking for in the “authentic” Berzerkeley experience. It’s not
just the all-raw, vegan menu of Gratitude that makes it so noteworthy
(although the food is creative, delicious, and healthy), it’s
the off-the-wall names of the dishes, all beginning with “I am [insert
modifier here].” Example: Want a Ceasar salad and a raw pesto pizza
served on buckwheat-sunflower flatbread crust? Look the waitress
straight in the eye and say “I am dazzling and I am sensational.” Not
only will she not crack up, but she’ll show up soon after with a
plate of delectable raw food and a “question of the day” designed to
inspire self-reflection. Then your friends can go back to Kansas and
tell everyone how strange Berkeley folks really are. It’s hard to be
too cynical about Café Gratitude, though, because the food is
incredible enough to merit how silly you feel ordering it. If you have
room for only one thing here, make it dessert: either the cashew cream
cheesecake (“I am cherished”) or the raw cacao mousse (“I am
magnificent”).
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