Green Table, the 100 percent gluten-free, veggie-based, regionally sourced, and almost entirely organic restaurant, is a light and bright vegetarian haven on West De la Guerra Street. Formerly home to Boochies, the café reopened this past February with a new name, new ownership, and an expanded menu, featuring a healthy spin on classic dishes. “A lot of people think eating healthy isn’t necessarily tasty,” said Alexandra Zarnescu, who now owns the restaurant with her husband, George. “We’re trying to make it as tasty as possible.”
Green Table’s flavorful superfood menu should delight people of all dietary preferences, thanks to dishes like the mac and cheese. It’s rich and decadent, as you’d expect, but a complete reinvention, using quinoa pasta, shredded cauliflower, and spinach baked in a goat gouda, coconut milk, tamari, and Himalayan pink sea salt sauce. “Since we opened, we challenged our chef from Europe to add more comfort food items,” said Zarnescu, who also suggests their lasagna, made with almond flour, veggies, and more goat gouda.
The team also pushes attention to detail to a new level. The house-made almond milk, for instance, is created from raw almonds soaked each night and blended each morning into the elixir that provides an unbelievingly creamy and nutritious base for their matcha drinks. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s so worth it, because the taste is totally different than if you’re making it with store-bought almond milk,” said Zarnescu.