Gratitude Cooks Good Food That Happens to be Vegan

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 31, 2016
When I went to the Gratitude, the new Newport Beach outpost of the vegan restaurant chain, I saw a characteristic common to the past few such eateries I reviewed: The dishes are given code names. The ravioli isn’t called ravioli; it’s called the...
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