real food daily

real food daily is quite honestly one of my favorite restaurants in los angeles. not only is the food completely vegan, but their menu includes things like nachos (not-chos), a spicy blt wrap with tempeh bacon, and dark fudge brownies with chocolate chips. this is the kind of vegan restaurant where you can take your "normal" friends and they'll leave raving about the food.

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sometimes i go to rfd if i'm craving something that i used to eat before i gave up meat and dairy...like a pizza or a club sandwich. the nice thing, though, is that they also offer super healthy options that are more classically vegan like the real food meal that is based on the principles of macrobiotics and comes with brown rice, beans, greens, land and sea vegetables, pressed salad and dressing (i prefer the house). there really is something for everyone.

[how in the world is this vegan?]

and of course i cannot end without addressing dessert. the dessert at rfd is to die for. trust me - butter and eggs are not all they're cracked up to be (no pun intended). i'll take this vegan chocolate cake anyday (or the carrot cake, or the coconut cream tart, or the chocolate cream cake, or the strawberry sourcream 'tofu chz' cake.)


there are two real food daily locations: santa monica and west hollywood.

oh, and don't worry if you can't make it to either of those locations because they deliver!