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Finally, LA is catching up to NY by having an inexpensive, healthy, casual vegan/ macrobiotic cafe!! M Cafe de Chaya is my new favorite new restaurant. A spin off of Chaya (locations in Beverly Hills, Venice & San Francisco), M Cafe is totally macrobiotic–that means no refined sugars, no eggs, no diary, no meat or poultry, but fish is ok. I can’t even describe to you how delicious their deli-style sandwiches and salads are. Let’s just say that I’ve been there 3 times in the past week, despite the fact that I just bought a house and moved last weekend, and I have no money (because of aforementioned house).

The food? A great selection of Soups (try the Lotus Root & Sweet Corn Chowder); Salads (how about the Gado Gado with golden tempeh triangles marinated with lemongrass, ginger & served with greens and veggies); Rice Bowls, with fish, tofu or seitan; Hot & Cold Sandwiches & Wraps (I heart the Madras Tempeh Wrap, the paninis, the Eggless Egg Salad with the crusts cut off!); plus sushi, and a deli case full of sides like Pink Quinoa and Roasted Veggies. Plus they have amazing looking desserts and pastries! I haven’t had the chance to try any yet, but I’m looking forward to finding out what a vegan creme brulee is like.

And they’re open from 8-8 every day, and they have brunch specials on the weekends like tofu scramble and blueberry pancakes. And they’re just great, period.

They’ve alreadystarted merchandising too–you can buy nice M Cafe candles, or organic pantry items and books while you’re waiting for your food.

Plus, they’ve got parking! Not much, but I’ve always found a spot right in front.

M Cafe de Chaya
7119 Melrose
Hollywood
323-525-0588
http://www.mcafedechaya.com

By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.