Voted best vegetarian restaurant Chicago in 3 consecutive Years 2006,2007,2008 - read more about us
CHICAGO's 1st VEGETARIAN RELAX CAFE - The Lake Side Cafe serves high quality, vegetarian-organic cuisine and freshly made juices in a quiet relaxed atmosphere.


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Magazines available at the Lake Side Cafe:
(Free Publications)

Conscious Choice Magazine
Yoga Chicago
Chicago Reader
Evolving Your Spirit
Monthly Aspectarian
Rogers Park 2000
DevCorp Journal (Rogers Park)
The Onion

Our Commitment for the Environment:
Lake Side Cafe is dedicated to make environmentally conscious choices beyond just food ingredients. We strive to move towards a "leave no trace" approach of running the business, considering every aspect of it.
Here is a generous list of links to companies we do or did order from, to show our commitment as well as to encourage the reader to make more conscious choices, step by step. You will be able to change your life with just those links.
Enjoy!

Food Vendors:
Sustainable Foods - produce
Frontiers - spices and more
Equal Exchange - vegan chocolate sauce & more
Rishi Tea - teas
Solay Wellness - Himalayan salt
United Natural Foods - food and drinks
featuring companies such as:

Our Local Food Producers in Chicago:
Mu Tofu - tofu and tempeh
Upton Naturals - seitan products
Temptation - vegan ice cream
Earth First Farms - apple cider (Michigan)

Packaging - to go dishes:
Onyx Environmental Solutions - packaging cornstarch instead of plastic
Eco-Products- packaging cornstarch instead of plastic

Cleaning Products:
Earth Friendly Products
Biokleen
Seventh Generation
Kleen Free

Pest Control:
A-Plus Natural Solutions - enzymes, cedar oils...

Recycling:
Recycling Site "TRI" 1445 N Pulaski Ave - back end portion of garbage - recycling (brought to recycling site pre-sorted)
Groot - Blue bag system - customer portion of garbage

Construction and Furniture:
Greenmaker - construction material
Precise and Snug - insulation cellulose and more
Bright Future Futon Company - bench pillows
Eco-Friendly Flooring - bamboo table tops
American Clay Enterprises - clay plaster (red, red yellow walls at LSC)
Swiss Design Group - green architecture
Bioshield Paint Co - wall paint
Healthy Green Goods - in the house products

Future Perspectives:
Solar Panels
Bio Diesel Recycling: used kitchen oil
Compost pickup
If you have information about these areas ,
we would appreciate your feed back.

Support the Environment in our Neighborhood:

Newleaf Natural Groceries (in Rogers Park) Organic Food Store/Veggie Box/Delivery
Wild Tree Cafe Cafe - Organic where possible
Ethical Planet eat, wear, clean vegan - retail store
Healthy Green Goods Products for a healthy household


Vegan and Vegetarian Groups in Chicago

meetup.com - vegan
www.go-veggie.org

GoodnessGreenness Paste into search: recipes -about page 7: Tomato Sauce Concassé

Organizations offering discount cards for Lake Side Cafe:

Vegdining
Chicago Bicycle Federation
Go Veggie
www.chegg.com
Rogers Park Garden Group
Lake Side Cafe - 1418 W. Howard St at Sheridan Rd, Rogers Park - Chicago, IL 60626 - ph:773-262-9503 -