a couple of weeks ago now my friends and I followed a whim and found ourselves driving to a location we had never before been. the famous salt flats of western utah. breathtaking. bizarre. worth the two hour drive if you are in salt lake city. and as if the salt had a power to make us hungry, we returned back to the valley grumpy and famished. so hungry that you just don't know what sounds good. you know the kind. enter evergreen. the vegetarian cafe that, like the salt flats, was always an intended venture never before realized. really it fit the theme of the day and forth we did sally for the second time that day. with courtesy the first victim of our hunger we demanded pot stickers of the cheery waitress. she happily obliged and we were happily surprised. tasty with the right mix of gooey and crispy. indeed some of the better pot stickers you can get in this town. sated enough to look at the menu without blurred vision we took to the serious matter at hand and asked the waitress about every dish. luckily there are only a dozen or so. behold our verdict:
curry meatballs. veggies and triangle tofu with (a damn good) peanut sauce. bbq chicken and potatoes.
keep in mind that everything at the evergreen cafe not only is vegetarian, but completely vegan. and fresh! this is truly a feat which took more convincing after we dove into the bbq chicken, double and triple questioning the waitress and then the owner to make sure it wasn't really chicken. had me fooled. not that that is the purpose of the restaurant. to fool. but it really is amazing the diversity of things they can make with tofu. i was a fan of the bean curd before, but i must admit that now, at least with the evergreen, i am a total disciple.
taste for yourself. 755 south state street. prices are extremely fair as well and the food is made fresh when you order.
4 comments:
Your title is genius. So happy to see you writing again!
"forth we did sally" haha classic. This is both entertaining and makes me want to try this place out! Thanks Joseph.
hi cousin,
we have driven past this place a million times and it looks frightening. but the food looks amazing and i think we will have to try it out. thanks for the review.
This is great Joe. I've eaten here before. In fact, the gal who owns this store is the aunt of my friend Dawn. Because of that, I feel somehow privileged when I eat there...which was only once.
I'm going to rely on this blog to tell me good places to eat. Starting today. Due to my newfound enthusiasm for dating, I'm going to need help.
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