Hi! I'm new to the Washington DC area and am looking to hook up with people who are into raw foods.

Anyone out there interested?

Michelle

Hi Michelle,

There is a meetup based in Northern Virginia. They have lots of activities:

[www.meetup.com]

DC is not NYC or San Francisco in terms of having many raw food restaurants.

Java Green in downtown DC has some raw things on the menu, as well as a juice bar (http://www.javagreencafe.com/)

Senbeb Cafe is close to the Takoma metro stop (Red Line). The chef, Khepra Anu, is a raw foodist (although the cafe also sells cooked vegan entrees). I'd call first to see if there are raw foods available (sometimes they sell out). It's more of a carry-out than a sit-down place (although there are a couple of tables and a patio in back):

Senbeb Cafe 6224 3rd St. NW 202-249-0917.

The Northern VA meetup has meetings at Senbeb sometimes. At one I went to, Khepra showed up how to open coconuts (he gets his from Florida) and made sugar cane juice for us as well as raw pizza and raw lasagna and salad. It was rally good. Khepra also has a side business called "Mojo Juice Club". He sponsors juice fasts, yoga, and does retreats in Panama and Costa Rica with other raw food folks:

[www.mojojuiceclub.com]

There are several salad places in the DC area like Sweet Green, Mixt, and Choppt.

My husband and I shop at My Organic Market in Rockville (a suburb in Montgomery County, Md.). They have prepared raw food in the refrigerator case and a raw food section where you can get truly raw nuts, raw cookies, kale chips, buckwheat granola and stuff like that. I'm sure there are similar things at Whole Foods and Yes! (another organic market with stores in DC).

There are farmers markets galore where you can get wonderful fresh produce:

[www.freshfarmmarket.org]

[www.takomaparkmarket.com] (we go to this one; we live in the area)

[www.virginia.org]

[www.mda.state.md.us]

Last year, Raw Spirit Fest was held in a park in the Maryland suburbs. I don't know whether it was a one-time thing or whether it will be repeated. You could e-mail the people who run it and ask:

heavenly@rawspirit.com

While I don't consider the DC area a mecca for raw foodists, still, one can manage quite well.

Welcome!

Elizabeth aka Raw Librarian

Thanks so much Elizabeth, very helpful indeed! I will check this all out.

Hi! I am new to raw foods and new to Maryland (between DC and Baltimore). Thanks for all the great links Elizabeth!

There actually is a new raw restaurant here in DC!

Elizabeth's Gone Raw

[elizabethsgoneraw.com]

It doesn't happen to be your restaurant does it?

Wow! It looks so yummy (and expensive)

I was asked if this was my restaurant.

Nope. My name is Elizabeth Moon and I'm a librarian, like my name sez. If it were mine, I certainly wouldn't hide my ownership, I'd promote it (to get customers and all that ...)

The owner is Elizabeth Petty, who has been in the food industry for a long time.

[elizabethsgoneraw.com]

I'm in northern va and am just starting to explore raw foods!

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