Pulse Cafe is a restaurant that specializes in using simple ingredients to create a wide variety of fresh and healthy options. The menu includes smoothies, high protein baked good, soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and burgers, along with a variety of coffee and tea beverages. It features many vegetarian and gluten free options. It's located on Montana Avenue just south of 15th Street.
Main Squeeze is a fresh organic juice and vegan smoothie shop. Its menu features cold-pressed juices, cold-pressed juice cleanses, hybrid cleanses, rainbow cleanse and full-body restorative cleanse, which come in flavors such as orange juice, pineapple mint ginger, watermelon mint, almond milk and summertime green.
Known as Newsroom Cafe until 2008, Interim Cafe specializes in organic and vegan foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast, served before noon, features various dishes made with organic brown eggs, like the Broken Organic Turkey Bacon Frittata, Huevos Cancun and the Breakfast Burro, along with hemp-tofu scramblers, served with gluten-free toast. Sandwiches and salads have regular and vegan selections. The "regular" choices include organic chicken, turkey and tuna, while the vegan choices use hemp tofu, raw and vegan cheese. All burgers are veggie patties, and quesadillas use whole wheat tortillas and low-fat part-skim cheese. Various bottled drinks are available, along with vegan smoothies and Interim's own Chocolate Salvation, an organic chocolate, sugar-free vegan soft serve. At the counter, a glass case displays various vegan and organic baked goods like cobbler, muffins, scones, cookies and protein bars.
Sparky's Frozen Yogurt Shop has been on Main Street near Navy since 1983. This non-fat frozen yogurt haven is truly a "mom and pop" store, with Sparky himself running the shop all these years. It offers 50 flavors of guiltless pleasure. You will have to come back again and again to taste all 50, however, as it offers just six flavors at a time and flavor lists get swapped out twice a week. You do the math! The shop has fresh strawberries, raspberries, bananas and pineapples as toppings, or you can stick with the usual topping fare: cookies, sprinkles, M&M's, gummy worms and the like. Sparky's also offers smoothies.
One of three locations in southern California, Mrs. Winston's Green Grocery is located just off Ocean Park Boulevard. Mrs. Winston's Green Grocery offers its shoppers a range of healthy food and organic produce, household and beauty items, gum, chocolate, candy and snacks. In addition to its selection of grocery items, there is also a soup kitchen and a large, well-stocked salad bar. Customers can enjoy their food outside at the shaded patio style tables. This grocery store is also located right behind Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
Unurban of Santa Monica is located at the corner of Pico Boulevard and 33rd Street. It is a combination cafe and gift shop. The eclectic shop sells sandwiches, salads, coffee and small gift items. Food specialities include turkey chili and vegan soup. There is often live entertainment including open mike poetry, music, and comedy. There is free WiFi available.
Tutti Frutti is a fun, bright and energetic frozen yogurt shop located on top floor of the Santa Monica Place mall. Only blocks from the ocean, this oasis of frozen treats features tart and creamy flavors such as Strawberry Cheesecake, Peanut Butter, Mango and Peach; along with plenty of do-it-yourself toppings to choose from. Tasting is welcome and customers are able to serve themselves as much or as little yogurt as they want. No sugar added varieties are available.
