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I've been here only once and had the California Salad. It comes with a couple small pieces of onion bread, which is actually a raw dehydrated cracker, not the soft spongy stuff you usually think of when you hear the word "bread". The bread has basil walnut pesto on it which is called "pate" on the menu (a bit confusing).
The salad and entree seem to be essentially the same thing except the entree has more onion bread and costs a couple more bucks.
The salad is a delicious medley of fresh, flavorful organic greens, cranberries, walnuts and seeds tossed in a homemade dressing that is sweet and tangy. I like the onion bread and pesto it comes with - you gotta like garlic, though, and I do. The portion size is huge. I think it would be nice for two people to share a salad and raw dish for a light but nourishing lunch.
They also have desserts like mud pie, carrot cake and cheesecake.
It's a nice relaxed cafe atmosphere with lovely dish ware, dark colors in the dining room, and big cushioned chairs. The ambiance transcends its strip mall setting. The staff is friendly but the place is a little too quiet. On a weekday at noon I was the only diner there for most of my lunch, and the most prominent sound was the hum of a refrigerator. Then someone put on some music, very quiet.
I would like to come back and try some of the raw specialties but I'm not sure I will get to them, seeing as how the salad is so good. They also have fresh pressed juices here.
There's a sign out front saying that they have classes on juicing and nutrition. The staff members told me they were on a juice fast, when I went there. But it's a little weird to be told how much better it is to juice, while you're eating a meal at a restaurant.
You don't get tap water here, you get a plastic bottle of "spring water" - I'd like the option to just have filtered water without the plastic, though.
A little spendy for a salad but it's organic, fresh and delicious, and that's extremely rare in Phoenix. Good food can be medicinal and Organic Shores fits that category.
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