Santa Monica Library Ale House

Meeting up friends for a drink is always easy as a healthy vegan thanks to Barnivore.com (list of vegan booze), but drink + food makes it difficult!   Once place we've been taking full advantage of lately has been the Library Ale House in Santa Monica.  Aside from the great selection of booze they'll happily make a healthy meal for us, as well.  We start with the; Vegetarian Southwestern Salad
romaine, spinach, cilantro and basil with black beans, brown rice, avocado, salsa fresca, roasted corn, jack and cheddar cheese and tortilla strips with ranch dressing

-minus cheeses (barf)

-minus ranch dressing (double barf)

-minus tortilla strips (MexFatty)

Add a little hot sauce and you've got a healthy plate of beans and rice with some great salsa fresca lettuce and tomatoes!  Not the most spectacular meal, but it really hits the spot and you can lead a normal healthy vegan lifestyle amongst the natives.