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CLOSED: Loving Cafe
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Vegan
Vegan
American
Organic
Fast food
Asian
This vegan restaurant offers comfort foods such as burgers, sloppy joe, salads, curry soup, and many more. Uses organic and local produce. Also serve gluten free foods and some raw foods upon request. Confirmed closed, Oct 2014.
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Added by katje on 26 Aug 2011
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6 Reviews
First Review by briank
noahbarton
Points +19
Pretty much fantastic - Edit
All the staff was very friendly and polite and the food and smoothies were really good. The smoothies are all fruit no shenanigans. I will definitely be coming back
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Sarahbellum
Points +28
Be Prepared To Wait - Edit
The food is great. I love the sweet potato wrap and my husband said the philly "cheesesteak" was awesome. The lattes and smoothies are also very good. The girls that work there are very pleasant but the service is slooooow. You can be the only person in there and it still takes forever.
Read morePros: 100% Vegan, Raw Options
Cons: Slow
Guest
kvelistruan
Points +60
So glad to have found this great place - Edit
We got there at 7:30 on Saturday (before hitting the Spectrum) and even though they were having a slow evening and were going to close early they stayed for us. The grill had already been clean but they fired it up again and made a Reuben Burger which was declared to be the best "burger" ever. The owner is friendly and knowledgeable. She has regular classes on how to cook her recipes. We will be going back again and again.
Read morePros: friendly staff, 100% vegan, uses local produce
Cons: napkins are too small for the great food
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Larry74
Points +249
Not The Loving Hut! - Edit
Not worth the trip. Very disappointing. Mediocre at best. Spaghetti noodles with Asian dishes? Um, i have never been to a vegan restaurant where my food was prepared in a microwave before, and i never will again. I wish i could say better. Service was nice, but food did not match. I'd rather have poor service, and really good food.
Read morePros: service
Cons: Location, food, price
dnadenizen
Hi Larry,
Read moreMy name is Dana, I'm one of the workers at the cafe. Firstly, I wanted to apologize to you for your less than satisfactory experience at our cafe. Our goal is to do the best we can to make sure that everyone who comes here has a good experience, enjoys the food and leaves feeling like they've done something good for both themselves and the planet and/or animals. Being fairly new, we're still working out some of the kinks. Concerning the use of microwaves; we have a tiny kitchen with very limited cooking space. We would prefer to use the microwaves as little as possible, but at times that can prove difficult. Due to negative feedback concerning the use of the microwaves, we have added several menu items that can quickly be prepared without using them (via grill, oven or pan). We'd be happy to hear any more feedback or suggestions that you might have; and again, we apologize for the bad experience you've had!
Thanks,
Dana
Guest
DC Vegan
Points +345
What a disappointment - Edit
My boyfriend and I have been to several Loving Hut restaurants on the East Coast and decided to try Loving Cafe because it's near his mother's house. It's a nice-looking place, very casual, and I appreciate that the Supreme Master TV is not playing, but I wasn't happy about the horrific Christmas music radio station that was playing.
Read moreThe main problem is the food. If you are going to try to win people over with vegan food, it had better be good. It had better be somewhat inspired. It had better be good portions at reasonable prices. I had a BBQ "chicken" dish with rice and got a ladling of morsels of almost flavorless soy "chicken" and a huge amount of brown rice. That's it. My boyfriend's veggie burger and his mom's wrap were decent, but the chips they came with were thrown on as an afterthought.
The problem is everything is microwaved. The young woman who served us was heating up everything in the microwave--our dumpligs, the spring rolls that came with no sauce, my BBQ chicken, and the other food. And it still took a little too long to come out. The only thing a microwave should be used for in a restaurant is maybe heating up a dessert; it should not be used for cooking the food.
If you are nearby, maybe it's worth it on the way to or from home, but it's certainly not worth traveling to.
Pros: cute restaurant
Cons: bland, uninspired food, everything microwaved
dnadenizen
Hi DCvegan,
Read moreMy name is Dana and I'm a member of the staff at the Cafe. I just wanted to take the time to apologize for your negative experience you've had with us. I've shared your review with the other members of our staff at the cafe, so that we can do our best to improve customer experiences here in the future. We've reviewed and amended our BBQ chicken recipe and have decided to add fresh seasonal veggies and a larger amount of veggie protein to the dish (again...sorry about that!). In addition, concerning the microwaves; we have a tiny kitchen with very limited cooking space. We would prefer to use the microwaves as little as possible, but at times that can prove difficult. Due to negative feedback concerning the use of the microwaves, we have added several menu items that can quickly be prepared without using them (via grill, oven or pan). If you have any more suggestions of feedback we'd be happy to hear from you! Thanks,
Dana
Guest
briank
Points +28
Would love to try it again - Edit
My wife and I decided to stop and eat while we were driving through for the holidays. Unfortunately, they were out of several items, so we didn't get to try some of the menu items we most wanted to sample.
Read moreI had the philly steak sandwich, which was hot, tasty, and messy. My wife had the BLT veggie burger, which was topped with an unusual, smoky, semi-marbled faux bacon. Both sandwiches came with a small scoop of delicious, slightly fruity slaw.
Their menu includes a number of simple appetizers and sandwiches, as well as a handful of other entrees. The food is prepared with their sparse kitchen equipment, but they manage to do a really amazing job. I'd love to stop by and try them again when they have more items in stock.
Guest
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