Ecopolitan, Minneapolis, MN

Ecopolitan is Minneapolis's only all-vegan raw restaurant.  The city does have lots of veg-friendly places, and vegan pizza options (which we're hopefully having tonight!)  When my friend was at work yesterday I went on a lunch-time mission to Ecopolitan.  I had checked out the website beforehand and saw that there's also a health center and shop where the restaurant is located.  I set off and ended up walking the whole way there.  It was a sunny cool afternoon and I strolled for about 45 minutes.  The Ecopolitan house is located in Minne's Uptown neighborhood and all the leaves on this tree-lined portion of street had turned bright yellow.

In the hallway to the left is their health center and to the right is the small-ish restaurant with 2 front seating areas and a juice/smoothie bar in the back.  

I went round back and was seated and hung out with the menu for a bit.  There was lots that looked good!  I went with the "chili cheese" burrito and loved it.

collard leaf wrap with lentil "taco meat", fresh veggies, sprouts, sunflower seeds, cashew "sour cream" and pine nut not-cho "cheese", served with fresh guac and salsa.  optional hot sauce?  yes please!

This burrito truly was the sum of it's parts adding up to a delicious and satisfying meal.  I'm not a raw eater by any means and I was definitely impressed.  Two more tables showed up while I was there and since the place was small and empty we chatted a little.  According to them, the purple kale salad and the eco-sausage pizza were great too.