The Cutting Board Bakery & Cafe - Mesa, Arizona - Review

After settling in to our Az lifestyle (which we are loving) we have to limit our eating out, due to so many different vegan places we could easily drain our life savings eating out everyday.  The wife was informed of this place in Mesa that has a full vegan menu with vegetarian options. I like the way that sounds so that is where this week's review comes from:

1. The Cutting Board Bakery & Cafe
2. 2235 S Power Rd #116, Mesa, AZ 85209
3. (480) 654-8081

As you park in the strip plaza lined with other store fronts the entrance is off to the side in a tunnel that offers outdoor seating that has a lot of shade. When you walk in the place it is spotless and has a very modern feel with plenty seating. 

As you order the menu is very well detailed to there is no question of what you are getting, this is one of the better priced menus that I have seen in a vegan eatery. 

click here for a better view of the lunch & dinner menus

With free ice cold water there is really no need for other beverages, but they have plenty of choices of bottled drinks and juices/smoothies to chose from.  

We sat down after ordering at the counter and with in minutes out came our food, which is awesome ( I hate long waits). As I have said before how they plate and present the food shows how much love has gone into the preparation and this place puts a lot of heart into what they are making. We were only a couple of bites in when we swapped plates (we love to share each others food) neither one of us was at all disappointed this place rocks. 

bb burger $11.75

The Black Bean patty tasted so good and fresh it could have been made in my own kitchen.

half sandwich + half salad $ 7.75

 The veggies on Amber's Vedg-head sandwich were super fresh and crisp, and the dressing for her salad was out of this world good, a maple mustard wow I will be making that at home for sure. 

All and all what we have here is a perfect place for a great meal. A great place in a good location with ample parking, super fast and friendly service, with a great atmosphere. We have not yet had their breakfast but the menu looks very good and we will be stopping by one of these mornings. 

You will want to check this place out, I am sure you will agree with Amber and myself this is true vegan paradise.

Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Market San Diego Ca.-Review

After googling around trying to find the bestest vegan breakfast in the San Diego area this place kept coming up. Now back home most of the grocery stores have a hot food department and most really are not that good, and there are none locally that serve a 100% vegan breakfast.

Where I come from the co-op was a feed mill that produces feed for livestock and farming supply. The thought of a customer owned grocery store is awesome to me, with the fact that it does not sell any meat products just blows my mind. The fact that we are able to wake up and run to a place for breakfast just really gets me happy. I love tofu scramble, I have been told that I make it to much at home because I just truly can't get enough of it. If you would have told me 2 year ago that I would be a tofu junkie, I would laugh at you and called you crazy.

Now as you pull up to this place get ready because parking is limited and in high demand so get aggressive or park on the street. As you walk in you are on the grocery level and you walk up to the cafe level and wow what a sight. They have a fully stocked salad bar along with with a mixed salad case that has potato salad and stuff like that. With a self serve coffee area that has some of the best coffee I have ever tasted in the world. 

Now here is where it gets real fun, while you order you breakfast you tell them how much you want of each item and they weigh your plate so you only pay for what you eat. Certain items cost more than others so they weigh as they go, so if you want a lot of one certain thing you can get it. This place really is awesome cause you can totally customize what you want to eat. I am talkin bout biscuits and gravy, tofu scramble, roasted potatoes all which tasted like they were made in my kitchen. 

They have a fully stocked bakery case which is also charged by the pound, so cool. There are plenty of juices to chose from also that are made fresh daily. 

The grocery side of this place has a lot good deals for the members most prices were comparable or even better than back home. If I lived out here, this place would be the only place that I would have to go get my supplies for the week. 

To sum it all up, they have a great vegan breakfast, out of this world good coffee, and a rockin grocery store all under one roof which makes me very jealous that I don't have this at home.

Our last day we went back again for breakfast and sat outside, gorgeous weather!