This from the LA Times food section: The Grateful Bowl
There’s one dish at Café Gratitude, the new vegan restaurant on North Larchmont Boulevard in Los Angeles, that stands out from the others. It’s called the I Am Grateful bowl. Piled high with shredded kale, quinoa, black beans and garlic-tahini sauce, it’s filling, flavorful, healthful and free.
That’s right. $0. The cafe says it’s the “community supported grain bowl” and lists the dish’s suggested value ($7) but doesn’t require payment. You can order the dish and pay nothing or something, or pay the suggested value and add a donation for those who can’t pay. It doesn’t matter how much is in your wallet.
One customer, Daudi McLean, a vegan chef himself, made his way to the cafe when it first opened. He, his wife and five kids were eager to try what the new eatery had to offer. But the gratitude bowl is what has him returning now.
Recently, McLean’s family found themselves without the money they once had. Due to a bad business deal they could no longer maintain the same lifestyle. Since their first visit, they’ve found themselves back again a couple of times — eating once for nothing, then for only $10.
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