A Vegan Deli?

Yes it's true my friends, right off of sunset boulevard there lies a small little hole in the wall vegan deli called Flore. While I am always anxious about traveling to places completely unknown to me and far far away, I must say I was pleasantly surprised. The entire surrounding area of the restaurant seemed to be a meca for the starving artist types. College age and a little older people were everywhere, and it seemed this was their turf. Indeed I felt the art scene was alive and well here.

The place was small, but probably could accomodate atleast 20 people. Taking up most of the space was a large glass case lined with fresh produce and home made organic vegan deli items! Things like potato salad and baked tofu and cupcakes filled the case to the top. I knew right away this was going to be yummy. All of the staff seemed in their early 20s, and while they were friendly they weren't overly social...and I find that's true of most delis. I was confused at first if we just sat down or waited to be seated, but it became aparent most just came in and sat and waited for someone to notice them. ;p

I ordered the potato tacos....one of my favorite fatty foods to indulge in that I hadn't had since a trip I took to San Diego last year. So good! Probably could've used hot sauce (which I was offered but declined because I really wanted to taste the food first), but I loved the cilantro sauce that came with it. Yummy! Bryan wasn't too pleased with his broccoli burger, but only because he seemed to think it would be more veggie than grain (he doesn't cook much, and I'm sure has no idea how hard it is to make veggie patties! Let alone ones chock full of vegetables!)

I wish I had had time for desert or to ask him if any of the cupcakes were gluten free but alas, we had to be back to meet friends at Universal City Walk. Oh well, guess i'll just have to make another trip shortly! I do urge all of you to give the guys at Flore a visit, you won't regret it! Oh and try the ginger ale, very refreshing! (pictures coming as soon as I get them off of bryan's phone!)