• 5
• Solid neighborhood joint

I'm not sure what happened with Mr. Bland, maybe it was an off night. We live right around the corner so have been here many times and always come away happy. Although the menu of the day at Saludpan is more consistently incredibly awesome, the menu at EL is usually great and when it sounds a little lacking, they have great wok dishes to fall back on. The outdoor seating is cute and cozy and a little more separate from the sidewalk, so you don't get as many beggars as other places. They also have some good vegan household supplies there that I haven't seen anywhere else and excellent granola bars. I wouldn't call the place "dirty hippy" either, just because the owner has dreadlocks. It's just a cute restaurant with super friendly owners & staff. Maybe something a little more stylistically antiseptic like McDonalds would be more to that commenters liking.