Organic food buys

[banterpigeon]

I've just joined melbourne chat and was surprised to find nothing on organic food and living so i thought I'd start the topic!!



Best Organic meal I've had lately was at the cafe PEA @ 101, in Richmond. (it's 101 Swan St.. hence the name) and that was fantastic.. It's a new place so it's still finding its groove, but the meal was yum <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> and the service terrific! [color="#3333FF"]Highly recommended![/color]



Anyone been? Know of any other cool organic joints around Melbourne? I've become addicted to organics.. oh the irony.. <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[glen]

hi banterpigeon and welcome to the forum! I am guessing that the Vegie Bar in Brunswick St, Fitzroy would be organic but I am not sure. They are certainly 100% vegetarian.



[url="http://www.vegiebar.com.au"]http://www.vegiebar.com.au[/url]



Is Cafe PEA a vegetarian place?



Cheers, Glen

[banterpigeon]

They're not 100 vegetarian, but they do have vegan dishes. They're mainly an organic place. i've tried Vegie bar (was there yesterday) and they're also pretty good.. but they've been around for a while now.. so I feel like i've had their menu over and over.



I know there are some organic food shops like Organic Wholefoods I think they're called and they're in Brunswick and Collinwood and they have little cafe's attatched to them.. but I wasn't impressed with thier meals.



But Pea @ 101 in Richmond had really incredible meals plus they're open for dinner so I'll go check it out one night and then I'll post my experience later.



Any other places around town that I should be checking out? <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[glen]

here are a few ideas. i haven't been to kaleido but they claim to be pro organic:

Kaleido Restaurant & Bar

Unit/shop Melbourne Central

Floor/level Ground

Cnr Little Lonsdale & Elizabeth Street

MELBOURNE VIC 3000

MELWAY REF: 43 H7

Phone: 03 9650 0833

Fax: 03 9650 0699

Email: email@kaleidorestaurantbar.com

Website: [url="http://www.kaleidorestaurantbar.com"]http://www.kaleidorestaurantbar.com[/url]

The concept of Kaleido Restaurant & Bar originated from the desire to create a venue that was sophisticated but playful, colourful but warm, and welcoming but stunningly unique. Kaleido Chef, James Wilkinson, offers Australian style cuisine with a twist of french inspiration, combined with a strong focus on fresh organic produce. With an exceptional wine list, Kaleido will truly bring diners a new level of superb quality food & wine experiences accompanied by professional, friendly service.

also this festival might be of interest but it is not until february next year:

Sustainable Living Festival

16/02/2007 - 18/02/2007

The Sustainable Living Festival is a free family event and it's on again from the 16th to 18th of February 2007. Celebrating sustainability and all things green, the festival showcases more than 100 exhibitors and over 300 talks, performances, twilight films, artworks and workshops. Explore a range of eco-friendly home, garden and transport ideas. Sample the huge variety of tasty organic food and wine and much more. For more details visit [url="http://www.slf.org.au/festival"]http://www.slf.org.au/festival[/url]

here are a few more ideas (from the yellow pages):

EOC - Earthworm Organic Cafe

Eat Healthy, Work Healthy, Play Healthy

MR5A/ 3 Southgate Ave Southbank VIC 3006

ph: (03) 9645 5565 Cafes

Balwyn Bio-Dynamic & Organic Meats

340 Belmore Rd Balwyn VIC 3103

ph: (03) 9857 9379 Butchers--Retail

Savvy Organic Pizza

Shop 3 Belgrave Arcade, 1647 Burwood Highway Belgrave VIC 3160

ph: (03) 9754 6642 Take Away Food

Organics On The Go

1377 Toorak Rd Camberwell VIC 3124

ph: (03) 9889 9922 Take Away Food

[marco]

nice list glen. i forget about the yellow pages and tend to just google everything these days <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Guest]

Hi



Southside, there are a couple of good places -



Glo Health in Elsternwick (main strip of Glenhuntly Road) has some really nice organic salids, sweets, coffee etc. plus produce for sale. At first I thought they were expensive but when you consider most of it's organic it's pretty good.



There's also a health food store opposite Windsor station which do some amazing pastries and sandwiches and so on. Not sure if the food's organic but the coffee definitely is.

[glen]

thanks for the info Hannah!



cheers, glen <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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