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Full Review here - http://www.straight.com/article-153770/vegan-with-virtue-tastes-right Vegan with virtue tastes right at Radha Yoga & Eatery By Carolyn Ali Publish Date: July 17, 2008 Three things make Radha Yoga & Eatery stand out among vegetarian restaurants. First, it serves exclusively vegan fare. Second, its goal isn't profit. And third, it goes far beyond salads and veggie burgers to serve innovative dishes that place as much emphasis on presentation as on taste. After a meal there, even dedicated bacon eaters might have to admit that good food is good food, whether it contains animal products or not. Radha is hidden away on the hardscrabble fringes of Chinatown in a century-old brick building. Condo construction sites flank both sides. But at the end of a flight of stairs to Radha's second-floor perch, you land in an alternate universe. A homey calmness prevails. Hardwood floors reflect the sun that shines through picture windows. Glass domes on the bar are filled with cookies. Fans turn lazily overhead. Radha operates as a nonprofit organization, to promote the yogic teachings of Swami Sivananda Radha. By day, the airy space is used as a yoga studio and for catering. Three nights a week, it's open as a restaurant. "It's not really run in a traditional way where the chef is at the top," explains chef Andrea Potter in a phone interview. The four cooks, the baker, and even interested servers brainstorm what goes on the menu. "My job is to filter through the ideas," she says. Trained as a chef, Potter cooked in high-end establishments in Scotland and Ireland before doing a six-month stint as an entremétier (vegetable cook) at Feenie's. "We do a lot of experimenting," she says of cooking at Radha, because there aren't many vegan fine dining or raw dishes to imitate. (To learn more about raw food dishes, in which no ingredients are cooked, see page 13 of Summer Vitality.) Radha does serve the requisite salads, grain bowls, and burger platters. But it also offers a three-course table d'h'te that changes seasonally, and a different raw-food option each week. Pricing's easy: all appetizers and desserts run $7, mains are $13, and the table d'h'te goes for $25. Almost everything is made from scratch with organic ingredients, and organic beer and wine are available. Full Review here - http://www.straight.com/article-153770/vegan-with-virtue-tastes-right