Benevolence Cafe

Brunch, Lunch, Take Out, Breakfast, Best Restaurants: In the artsy Short North district, this vegetarian café offers a peaceful sanctuary from the bustle of city life. The premise is simple-healthy food made from scratch daily and served on rustic community tables. But the hearty soups such as Gypsy vegetable, dense homemade breads such as Grains of the Goddess, and heaping salad plates ensure...

The Scene
Tucked away on a side-street corner near the city's public market house, North Market, is the sweet little restaurant-gift shop that owner Nancy Henry calls Benevolence. A trip...

Ethics in life is everything. It is a great understatement to say that trying to run an ethically green café in the middle of a city in the twentyfirst century is a challenge. It is not just a challenge. It is expensive, labor intensive, and horribly inconvenient. But we do it. We shun anything that is ready made. We buy our vegetables as fresh as we can. We squeeze our own garlic, mince our...

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