Your Guide To L.A.'s Best Vegan & Vegan-Friendly Restaurants

Café Gratitude

Although a celebrity client base makes Café Gratitude one of the trendiest vegan restaurants in town, there's a reason carnivores are joining their fellow vegan diners and keep coming back for more: they really enjoy the food. One disclaimer for the uninitiated: rather than conventional names that identify and describe the dishes, Gratitude's menu items are named with first-person affirmations like I Am Generous and I Am Warm-Hearted, or simply adjectives like Gentle, Pure, and Opulent, but don't let the New Age free-to-be-you-and-me language scare you off. Sure, telling your waiter you'll have the Charismatic and an I Am Fabulous might be a little uncomfortable, but just embrace the Gratitude vibe and you'll soon find their firm commitment to serving 100% organic vegan cuisine offers some of the tastiest vegan food in the city. Many of Café Gratitude’s ingredients come from its own garden, Be Love Farm, so you can be sure that the food you are eating is the freshest. And who knows? Maybe next time you are drooling over your I Am Awesome, you might be drooling over Jake Gyllenhaal one table over, too. Café Gratitude Los Angeles 639 Larchmont Blvd Los Angeles 90004 Café Gratitude Venice 512 Rose Ave Venice 90291 [Photos via]