Euphoria Loves RAWvolution: A “Candy Store” for the Health Conscious - Raw Food Café Brings Food and Consciousness Together in One-Stop Shop

New raw food cafe and market in Santa Monica serves up prepared raw food to dine in or take out and raw food snacks and treats.

Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) May 30, 2006

Not your typical raw food restaurant, Euphoria Loves RAWvolution—L.A.’s healthiest hangout—is a haven for food lovers to enjoy a prepared meal or purchase snacks and ingredients to create their own meals at home.

“We wanted to create a space that could exist as a community center where customers come to share food and consciousness together,” says Euphoria Loves RAWvolution Owner and raw food lifestyle coach Janabai Owens. “Euphoria Loves RAWvolution’s approach to the raw food movement is non-dogmatic. We want this lifestyle to be accessible to everyone so people can eat healthy and get on with their lives.”

The café, which is open for lunch and dinner, features raw entrees, side dishes and desserts prepared by co-owner and renowned raw food chef and “RAWvolution” author Matt Amsden. To meet the needs of busy locals, the café offers food by the quarter pound or meal specials that feature an entrée and two or three side dishes. Chef Amsden creates a selection of entrees such as Big Matt with Cheese, Italian Pizza or Stir-Not-Fry and side dishes include Cucumber Dill Salad, No-Bean Hummus and Eggless-Egg Salad, to name a few.

“The flavor of raw food is so fresh and alive because it is as nature intended—full of living water and life force,” says Amsden. “We shop local farmers markets and Santa Monica Co-Op for the freshest and finest organic ingredients. We want our customers to know that the food they purchase from Euphoria Loves RAWvolution is the best they can get.”

The meals can be taken to-go or eaten in the bright, bohemian café. In addition to the prepared meals, the growing grocery section features a host of superfoods including raw chocolate, exotic fruits, futuristic supplements, organic treats and radiant body care. Shoppers can explore the products and learn about the health and beauty benefits from the knowledgeable sales staff.

For those raw food fans who are unable to regularly visit the café—or live on the other side of the country—Euphoria Loves RAWvolution also offers “The Box,” a food box filled with a selection of two soups, four entrees, four side dishes and two desserts, designed to feed a customer for four to five days. These boxes, which have a celebrity and local following, can either be picked up at the café or are delivered via Fed Ex to the customer’s home. The Box allows raw food lovers to easily eat healthy delicious meals, prepared by Amsden, in their own home.

Euphoria Loves RAWvolution’s commitment to health consciousness and the environment doesn’t stop with the food. All of the packaging and utensils are biodegradable and recyclable, and the café is working with the Health Department to change the regulations for cleaning materials in restaurants. “It doesn’t make sense to force our employees to use products that state ‘harmful, do not ingest’ on the package. If it is harmful to ingest, we don’t want it near our customers or staff.” Janabai has worked closely with the Health Department to develop standards for a hydrogen peroxide alternative that is just as effective as bleach and sanitizers, but is non toxic. Euphoria Loves RAWvolution is also actively involved with Sustainable Works, a non-profit organization whose mission it is to manifest the concepts of sustainability and the actions associated with living a sustainable lifestyle into the daily activities of individuals, institutions and businesses.

Euphoria Loves RAWvolution is open from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and is located at 2301 Main Street, Santa Monica, Calif. For information visit http://www.EuphoriaLovesRAWvolution.com, or call (310) 392-9501.

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