SFVS Discount Program welcomes Alive! Vegetarian Cuisine

[Guest guest]

Our SFVS Discount Program directory will be updated at

http://www.sfvs.org/discounts.php to include the following:

San Francisco Restaurants

Alive! Vegetarian Cuisine, 1972 Lombard St. between Webster & Buchanan, SF

94123, 415-923-1052 (www.aliveveggie.com) 5% discount on dine-in or take-out at

restaurant only

 

For over 5 years, the Marina District's Alive! Vegetarian Cuisine Restaurant has

specialized in organic, raw, vegan cuisine using only the freshest, local and

seasonal produce from local farmers. " It's food that's healthy, well-balanced

and delicious, prepared as fresh as possible, " says owner and executive chef

Leland Jung.

 

Leland hired a traditional Chinese medicinal chef/herbalist to help Alive!

develop recipes involving ingredients such as gojiberries, astragalus, and

ginseng. He also consulted with a feng shui expert to design the restaurant's

interior, which offers a Zen-like atmosphere (in contrast to the bustling

atmosphere of Alive!'s booth at the Ferry Building Farmers' Market, named among

SF Weekly's Top Ten Street Food at

http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-07-16/news/san-francisco-street-food-top-ten/.)

 

When tablehopper's Marcia Gagliardi went on her detox/cleanse this past spring,

she included a healthy meal at Alive! writing: " It was a pleasure to be in a

restaurant where I could have almost everything on the menu (well, except the

organic wine). In my booze-free existence, I opted for the coconut. I swear, I

went wild for my fresh coconut juice, such a tasty treat. The

carrot-orange-ginger combo was another vibrant winner. The appetizers were

good, like the flaxseed flatbread with cashew cream, tomatoes, and avocado

($12). . . . The maki roll with a sunflower seed miso pate, carrots, and

shiitake mushrooms was excellent—it almost had the texture of imitation crab

inside. "

 

Broowaha reviewer wrote: " The restaurant's modern Zen dining room and hidden

urban garden made us feel supremely comfortable almost instantly. The

knowledgeable and very professional wait staff at Alive! are true followers of

the raw food movement, but they aren't pushy about it—they know their stuff and

can answer any and all of your inquiries about the food; but only if you ask,

which is nice. Sometimes I like to be educated about what I'm consuming, and

other times I just want to be left alone to eat it without a narrative. "

http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=4732

 

Alive! was selected as Best Raw Food by SF Weekly.

http://www.sfweekly.com/bestof/2007/award/best-raw-food-563243/