Service: 7/10 Cauliflower wings: 9/10 Orange tofu: 3/10 "Hostess" cupcake: 7/10 Peanut butter dream cupcake: 7/10 Cauliflower steak: 6/10 Charita bowl: 5/10 Kale salad side: 10/10 Kalelupas: 7/10 Masala Burger: 9/10 Barbacoa Tacos (temporary menu item): 8/10 Cotton candy (temporary menu item): 5/10

I love restaurants that emphasize an environmentally sustainable, cruelty-free vegan/vegetarian lifestyle.

Too bad the menu here isn't 100% vegan - but all items are vegetarian, and some that are not vegan have vegan options.

Interesting to learn that the same company owns both Green Vegetarian Cuisine and Earth Burger.

There's a broad selection of menu items, which is good. Too bad breakfast isn't available all day. I would like more healthy menu items, but it is good that there are several healthy choices.

The acoustics don't seem great - the room is pretty echoey. But it's not a bad little restaurant.

The cauliflower wings (I neglected to take a photo) are excellent, the best I've ever had. Highly recommended - as long as you don't mind eating something deep fried. Not the healthiest choice.

The orange tofu was highly disappointing. The tofu, broccoli and slaw were all quite bland and flavorless. I asked for more orange sauce, hoping that would fix it. That didn't add any flavor, but just made it extremely salty. At least it's a halfway healthy choice (although I think the tofu is fried?) - perhaps it would be more enjoyable with getting some other sauce on the side.

The hostess cupcake wasn't bad. Not great, but as good as a typical snack cake from a store shelf. Props for making a convincing baked good that's completely vegan.

The peanut butter dream cupcake, similarly, wasn't bad. Not amazing, but not bad. I especially liked the filling in the center.

The charita bowl's main claim to fame is that the restaurant donates a few cents for charity for each bowl. I wish they took a different approach - like donating a percentage of all profits or prompting for a donation at check out. The charita bowl has a broad spectrum of healthy ingredients, which is great. Unfortunately, it's essentially flavorless and uninteresting.

I was morbidly curious about the cauliflower steak. Fortunately, my expectations were low. There is absolutely nothing steak-like about it at all. Let's be real: it's a thick slice of a head of cauliflower, flavored with miso and roasted. It doesn't taste bad, not at all! But it's not a steak. It rightly belongs as a side in a slightly smaller size, or as an appetizer in a larger size, cut into florets. But it makes no sense to make it an entree, especially since the entire dish has no protein. (Side note: the kale salad side is quite good.)

On a recommendation from a friend, I tried the kalelupas. Not bad! Having essentially an entire kale salad on each corn tortilla made eating it a messy, complicated affair. The salad tasted good - and sweet. I suspect they put a significant amount of sugar in it, which would make it a less healthy option. But still, not bad, and at least the refried beans add a hint of protein.

The masala burger looked interesting, and I was not disappointed. The patty held together firmly. The flavors, the sauces were a bit different than your standard burger - it was definitely sweeter. I'll likely have this one again in the future.

I decided to try an unusual item, the "cotton candy cupcake." It turns out this was just cotton candy, or perhaps cotton candy shaped a little like a cupcake - no cupcake is included. It's just your standard cotton candy, meaning just sugar and flavoring. I prefer other kinds of desserts, personally.

I tried the weekly special, barbacoa tacos, where the "barbacoa" was made from the stems of a particular kind of mushrooms. Not bad at all! I wouldn't mind a bit more veggies in the taco and maybe some sauce or gucamole though.