OK, OK. With menu items like “The Goddess,” “The Swami” and “The Udon Miso Masterful,” this organic cafe won’t shatter any stereotypes about earthy-crunchy-touchy-feely types. Who cares? Get your mind right, your damned chakras aligned and your (soon-to-be firmer) ass to this affordable spot, where the grain-based salad bowls, vitamin-packed smoothies, just-squeezed juices and other flavorful fare is as delicious as it is healthful. Goofy names, great eats.
Life Alive
765 Mass. Ave., Cambridge • (617) 354-5433
lifealive.com
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Vegetarian/Vegan
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- 487 Cambridge St., Boston
- (617) 208-6091
- rootboston.com
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Vegetarian/Vegan
2016 Winner: Whole Heart Provisions
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- 487 Cambridge St., Boston
- (617) 202-5041
- wholeheartprovisions.com
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Vegetarian/Vegan
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- 5 Beach St., Boston
- (617) 422-5898
- cuongsvegan.com