Cheap Eats 2009

If you need to remember what good, fresh veggies taste like, Proper Eats can help. This vegan cafe-grocery is loaded with good and good-for-you food. The sesame-peanut noodles ($9) with wilted spinach, grated beet and fried tofu triangles are great. Sit on a pew or at a table, drink a beer ($4 pint, $15 pitcher) or a smoothie ($3.75), and eat tempeh tacos ($12) or a tabouli wrap ($7.50) at this funky, feels-like-a-co-op St. Johns cafe. (LC)

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