Cafe Attitude

Family get-together a couple nights ago. Vegan outing. First Naan-N Curry, which was a funny, busy, and very spicey Indian restaurant in the inner Sunset. Too spicey. We couldn't finish half the vinadaloo.

It's the kind of place where you order at the coutner, get your plates and silverware from the pantry yourself, and the chairs looked like they'd been thrown out by a methadone clinic. The kitchen is right in the middle of everything and the Naan (bread) was fresh and yummy.

BUT...


Then we went to Cafe Gratitude for dessert. What a creepy, sanctamonious, and unduly expensive place that turned out to be.

All raw vegan (you don't want to know what Irish Moss is). You feel like it's run by a cult. There are quotes from the bible on the bill, bizare paintings on the wall from the game they are pushing (River of Abundance). The dishes are all Affirmations. A slice of pie might be I AM AFFLUENT, and they'll serve it saying, "You are affluent." My $7 slice of pie was one inch wide at the most. I wasn't feeling THAT affluent anymore. Coffee was cold, about 2/3 full, and I never was offered sweetner or creamer (or a refill).

The conversation was fun and we enjoyed ourselves. Maybe it wasn't the right place to laugh about how Mozart uses rape as a part of courtship in Don Giovani. This place is Politically Correct.

I guess if you're a raw food vegan there aren't many places you can go to party. But maybe if you're a raw food vegan you don't have the energy or balls to party anyway. I guess their target demographic are the chronically sick, and the self-righteous parnoid delusionals.

I tried to do some research online. I figured the "staff" were proabably unpaid cult members (their job abllication askes, "How do you feel about sacred commerce?") and the owner had a fleet of Rolls Royces, but I couldn't find out much. I think he originally made a fortune with a clothing line (Flax?).


Supposedly they ask you what you are grateful for before you leave. They smartly neglected us. I'm grateful I never have to go there again.