3
Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine:
American, Chinese, Indian, Italian, Mexican, Thai
Price: $$
Rating Criteria
1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Not Sure
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
No
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
No
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
No
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
No
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Not Sure
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Not Sure
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
No
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
Yes
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
No
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Yes
Rating Created by:
Katy Talento
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Location & Contact
408 Elden Street
Herndon, VA
Vegan restaurant that also styles itself as a health Mecca, including offering health and nutrition classes, communities, and affordable takeout. The dishes are all different ethnic vibes, but are entirely plant-based. Lots of organic options, very friendly staff, affordability is great.
Good option if you're looking for a veggie infusion, which, let's be honest 12-spooners - sometimes we can neglect :) Watch out for unfermented soy products. The owners/staff will happily tell you what's in their dishes and how everything is cooked. They are evangelistically plant-based, so there are no animal fats in their food. Good organic products, organic teas, safely sweetened desserts, and kombucha.