M Café de Chaya
7119 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
La Brea Avenue
323-525-0588
The juxtaposition couldn't be more delicious: Around the corner from the perennially mobbed Pink's, where hot dogs come slathered in fluorescent chili, is a jewel box of a cafe serving macrobiotic food to the health-obsessed.
Macrobiotic cuisine has come a long way since those early days. Forget brown. The food at the new M Café de Chaya is nothing of the sort. It's so full of color and flavor that the adjective that comes to mind is vivid.
-- S. Irene Virbila
Times Restaurant Critic
Nov. 16, 2005
Hours: Daily, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.One on the sidewalk terrace.
Fax: 323-525-0310
Venue Details
| Cuisine |
California
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Veg./Organic
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| Rating |
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| Ambience |
Macrobiotic cafe with a fresh urban vibe and food that will appeal to both the health-obsessed and somebody who just wants a good salad or a tuna burger. Communal tables share space with tiny two-tops and a handful of French garden tables outside.
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| Best dishes |
Breakfast panini, wild salmon Benedict, Moroccan millet salad, M chopped salad, tuna tataki, tuna burger.
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| Best table |
One on the sidewalk terrace.
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| Desserts |
Linzer cookies, black cherry almond muffins, chocolate truffles.
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| Of Note |
Wine and beer. Street and lot parking in front.
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| Prices |
Soups, $3.50-$5.75; salads, $7.95-$13.95; rice bowls, $10.50-$14.95; sandwiches and wraps, $7.75-$13.75; patisserie, 90 cents to $5.95.
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| Service |
Helpful and friendly. Order and pay at the counter; a server will deliver your food to the table.
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| Wine list |
Small selection of organic wines from California and France. Corkage, $5.
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