Cafe Gratitude

About

Café Gratitude is a collection of plant-based restaurants specializing in gourmet cuisines. We strive to create a menu and environment that supports health and sustainability for both our community and the planet. We practice business through a term we call “Sacred Commerce”, where we provide inspired service, honest and transparent communication, and express gratitude for the richness of our lives.

Our Mission

Café Gratitude is our expression of a world of plenty. Our food and people are a celebration of our aliveness. We select the finest organic ingredients to honor the earth and ourselves, as we are one and the same. We support local farmers, sustainable agriculture and environmentally friendly products. Our food is prepared with love. We invite you to step inside and enjoy being someone that chooses: loving your life, adoring yourself, accepting the world, being generous and grateful every day, and experiencing being provided for. Have fun and enjoy being nourished. Welcome to Café Gratitude!

SEIZAN DREUX ELLIS - EXECUTIVE CHEF

Chef Dreux Ellis oversees the development and execution of the organic, plant-based menu at all Café Gratitude restaurants in Southern California. In April 2012, Dreux came to Venice, California as Executive Chef of Cafe Gratitude in Southern California bringing his health-based, flavor driven cuisine to a wider audience. He now oversees the culinary direction at all the restaurants in the region, including Arts District, Larchmont Village, Venice, and San Diego, and the new upscale iteration of the iconic restaurant, Gratitude, in Newport Beach and Beverly Hills.

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Locations

Los Angeles
639 N Larchmont Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
(323) 580-6383
8AM - 10PM Everyday
San Diego
1980 Kettner Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 736-5077
8AM - 10PM Everyday

Valet available Thursday-Saturday from 5:30PM-11:30
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Newport Beach
1617 Westcliff Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 386-8100
8AM - 10PM Weekdays
8AM - 10PM Weekends

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7AM - 10PM Everyday
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For general inquires please email us at info@cafegratitude.com.

Arts District
300 S Santa Fe Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 929-5580
8AM - 10PM Everyday
Venice
512 Rose Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
(424) 231-8000
8AM - 10PM Everyday

90 minute parking in downstairs garage with validation
Beverly Hills
419 N Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(424) 389-1850
8AM - 10PM Everyday

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RENEWED
I AM RENEWED
A CLEANSE PROGRAM BY CAFÉ GRATITUDE

Eating clean is easy.
To cleanse does not mean to diet. It means to detox, refine, and rejuvenate. However, the word “cleanse” has become intimidating and scary, because it now associates its meaning with deprivation and restriction.
With this misinterpretation in mind, we chose to develop our cleanse concept based on this simple truth: Eating clean is easy and furthermore, is a tangible and enjoyable lifestyle that promotes one’s vitality, health and well-being. It restores both the mind and body not only through what we consume, but through love, acceptance, gratitude, worth, creation, abundance and generosity.

Meal Plan
1 day: $65
3 days: $195
5 days: $325
Clean eating made easy. A daily menu of food and beverage for those who want to refresh their eating habits, try a plant-based diet or detox and rejuvenate for the season. Our juices and tree nut milks are cold-pressed in-house & never high-pressure pasteurized.
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Juice Plan
1 day: $55
3 days: $165
5 days: $275
A curated detox plan made up of cold-pressed juices, fortified waters and tree nut milks for experienced cleansers who are determined to reset, renew and reawaken their vitality. Our juices and tree nut milks are cold-pressed in-house & never high-pressure pasteurized.
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Café Gratitude offers organic, plant-based cuisine and yet we cannot guarantee that guests with food or beverage allergies may not be exposed through cross contamination. If you have a food or beverage allergy (particularly to nuts or seeds) we therefore recommend that you not dine with us. As such, please understand that Café Gratitude cannot be responsible for any injury, loss or damage claimed by any guest with a food or beverage allergy who consumes our food or beverages, regardless of the circumstances.

WHY SOIL MATTERS:
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

After 8 years of living in San Francisco to birth Cafe Gratitude,Terces and I decided we'd try our hand at farming. We were led to 21 acres of fertile soil in Pleasants Valley, Ca. near Vacaville. We called our new mission, Be Love Farm. Our intention has been to create a place where our community practices stewardship of both our earth and our hearts. With a fair dose of beginners mind we set off to grow nutrient dense fruits and vegetables for our cafes.

In 2009, Shankar Venkataramen, an engineer with more enthusiasm for vegetables then software showed up at our gate ready for a new chapter in his life. I suggested he buy the prune orchard down the road and we'd could farm together. Seven days later it was done.
Be Love Farm and Hillview Organics is an ongoing experiment in regenerative agriculture or carbon farming. This means using agriculture, partnering with the plant kingdom, to drawdown the excess carbon in the atmosphere and capture it in soil humus in order to stabilize the climate and reverse ocean acidification and desertification. We have a motto, “Annuals, under the protection of trees, with the redemption of grasses". This means that we sow our annuals ( plants that grow only one season) amongst trees ( for their soil stabilizing, cooling, evaporation cutting, nutrient dredging powers) and rotate our annuals with perennial grasses ( for their soil building, carbon sequestering, livestock feeding , water holding powers). We keep the earth as covered and undisturbed as possible, continually looking for ways to shift to more perennial production systems. Shankar's passion is for vegetables, at Be Love we focus more on trees, vines and cows; together we produce an A (Asiago) to Z (Zinfandel) cornucopia of foods including 50 varieties of vegetables, fruits, nut, olives, eggs, honey, etc. We delivery twice a week to the Los Angeles cafes and once a month the cafes send us 20+ employees to have a nurturing respite at Be Love farm. We are blessed with an abundant life and are thankful to our customers for supporting our enterprises and our path of earth stewardship.

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