And also, as a queer person, I’m grateful to work at such a safe space that’s so comfortable and accepting of the LGBTQIA+ community. My grocery bill has gone down because I can eat everything on the menu, which I really appreciate. Why are you grateful to work at Café Gratitude? It relieved a lot of my eco-guilt, and it’s helped me feel a lot better physically and sharper mentally. I slowly, over the next six years, started phasing out meats and cheeses and have now been plant-based for three years. When I came out to California to attend college, I started becoming aware of all the environmental detriments of eating meat. Why did you choose to switch to a plant-based diet?ĪDAM LANFEAR: I used to eat a lot of meat I grew up in New York and worked at a lot of pizza places and ate a lot of fried, delicious and greasy food. He recently spoke to GT about his appreciation for Gratitude and why he opts for a plant-based diet. After the pandemic layoff, Lanfear feels like there isn’t a better name for the restaurant where he landed. Café Gratitude is open every day, 11am-9pm, for indoor and outdoor dining and takeout. And the desserts, beginning with fresh vegan cheesecake available in different flavors, don’t disappoint. Lanfear explains that the names of the dishes on Gratitude’s menu are as thoughtful as the food itself, such as the buffalo-sauce-tossed “Daring Cauliflower Wings” and the fried “Magical Mushrooms.” His personal favorite is the “Amore,” a Caprese-loaded sandwich. The downtown spot-100% vegan with an entirely plant-based menu made up of primarily local organic ingredients-is filled with cool art and laid-back vibes that pair well with the friendly service. After a few months, Lanfear ended up at Café Gratitude. Café Gratitude will live on, and is loved always, you can help here.Manager/server Adam Lanfear had worked at a popular restaurant on the wharf, but was laid off during the pandemic.
Please continue to support sustainable earthing and farming practices and organic gardening and farms. Ӣ Los Angeles-Venice location opens in May, Yay! Ӣ Los Angeles will remain open and is doing fabulously. Please frequent the caf̩s and tell your friends how much help the community needs just to have access to good quality farming practices and food.
What is the future of Cafe Gratitude? hhmm, well, as the necessary adjustments are made and growing pains mature, let’s celebrate that they are still here and help support them! Donations are very helpful for the legal bills and are greatly appreciated.ĭonate to the Legal Defense Fund here or call 41 They live and work on their ‘Be Love’ organic, bio-dynamic farm in Vacaville, CA, where they personally grow much of the food supplied to the local cafés. Owners Terces and Matthew Englehart, the supercouple who gave birth to the concepts embedded in Gratitude culture, envisioned a world healthier through sustainable earth practices and a gathering place for people to share good quality locally farmed vegan food, a clean environment and healing on multiple levels. The all-time favorite Berkeley location (yes, the one with the fireplace) will remain open with glee!
#Cafe gratitude santa cruz update
While several of the beloved bay area locations will close (see update below) a few will still remain open. Expensive and exhaustive defense costs forced the small company to sell several locations to resolve the lawsuits. The closures come amidst a lawsuit brought by former employees. As a community gathering place, the transformative eclectic cafe quickly became greatly loved and appreciated by many. Café Gratitude, in a few years, was to become a successful, unique and unprecedented bay area restaurant chain. The great vegan/ raw Cafe Gratitude helped pioneer the vegan and raw food movement which has generated a world wide re-discovery of what real food is, earth consciousness, positive vibrations through food as medicine, abundance, a world of plenty, real organic farming, sustainability techniques and much more.
There would be an aching hole where quality organic delicious vegan food, community, love and gratitude once reigned. Then the lingering feeling felt like the loss of a best friend. The be-loved Cafe Gratitude lives on! Thank the great spirits, stars and community support! When the news broke that all of the Gratitude Cafe’s would be closing, it felt like a punch in the stomach.
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