sauteed in our house made chipotle-orange marinade w/sauteed onions & peppers. with warm flour tortillas, guacamole, sour cream, brown rice & black beans
Steak$13.79
Chicken$12.29
Seitan$13.29
Tofu$11.79
Southern Fried Chicken Breast
$12.29
in a sweet bourbon sauce with broccoli and garlic mashed potatoes
Grilled Old Fashioned Meatloaf
$11.29
with garlic mashed potatoes, carrots and our house made mushroom gravy
Jumbo Cheese Ravioli
$10.29
served in a house made vodka cream sauce
add grilled chicken 2.00 add breaded chicken cutlet 3.00
Coconut Curried Tofu Stirfry
$12.29
with seasonal veggies, coconut milk, garlic, and white wine over brown rice
Sides
garlic mashed potatoes, vegatables, house fries, brown rice & black beans
While writing his Pulitzer-Prize-winning musical Rent, Jonathan Larson visited Life Cafe. If you’ve seen the show you probably remember the scene where the characters danced on the tables of Life Cafe and sang La Vie Boheme. Why did Jonathan choose this East Village institution to be in his play of love, life and hope? The basis of the story behind Rent is akin to Life’s story which is also a story of love, life and hope – and about rent, or rather, trying to pay it. It’s a tale of how the tiny coffee house opened in 1981 almost by accident in the front section of the storefront that a young couple, Kathy and David, rented to live their life and make art. It’s a story about how quickly the cafe became an anchor and the heart of the neighborhood serving inexpensive food and drink while hosting poetry readings, performance, musical and visual art shows in the midst of the culturally explosive1980s East Village rock ‘n roll art scene. It’s a story that provides the answer to the question visitors to the Cafe are always asking, “How’d this place get started anyway?”