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| - I can see how the location and hours of CrudaCafe are obstacles to popularity (in addition to being raw/vegan/healthy in a space where baked goods, meats and cheeses reign) but it seems to me (a person heavily biased in favor of raw food) that the quality of the food makes walking past animal carcasses and bovine rape bi-products by 5pm worth it. The menu is so marvelous to read, I had a hard time not ordering multiple things. But I went with just one thing - the sweet potato mesquite sandwich. The "bread" was the best raw bread I've ever had; it was soft, yet sturdy, and flavorful - not at all reminiscent of cardboard. Add some yummy nutty cheese, avocado and a ton of fresh vegetables (including beets, my fave!) and wow, real food tastes so good! My only gripe about this "sandwich" is that it was extremely difficult to eat - there was definitely no picking it up due to it's massive size, overflowing bounty of fillings and bed of arugula and even more veggies...a plastic fork was a poor match, but I got through it. It being a very delicious, filling and nourishing meal.
*If you've read my review for Urban Herbivore and saw that I criticized putting potatoes on a sandwich and think I am a totally hypocritical bitch for now honoring a sandwich featuring potato, hi! Potato was serving as a starch in place of bread on this raw sandwich which makes it OK. But potato served on bread as part of a roasted vegetable medley is just cheap filler and superfluous starch that absorbs dressing and detracts from the more delicate flavors and textures of other veggies.
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