On the night of the third, my friends and I had dinner at Grumpy’s Green on Smith St in Fitzroy. It’s fun discovering awesome vegetarian cafes in Melbourne with Sarah – I also like Vegie Bar on Brunswick St for woodfired pizza and sangria. Grumpy’s Green is another cosy choice on a parallel street. It’s an eco-friendly lounge bar, that serves a selection of vegetarian snacks and meals, keeping their carbon footprint down by serving locally brewed beer and wine and meals with ingredients that are 100% locally sourced. You can read about all their other lovely initiatives to make Grumpy’s eco-friendly here. I think its neat that they have Earth Hour three times a week and have live acoustic music by (soy) candlelight.
We missed that but our dinner was delicious nonetheless. I ordered the nachos with their chilli bean sauce, sour cream and guacamole. Sarah had the veggie burger, Turkish bread with a chickpea and sunflower seed pattie and lettuce, tomato, onion, roast capsicum, cheese & Grumpy’s mustard mayo; and Mark, a pizza off the Specials board. Their menu has lots of vegan and gluten free options. A great thing about the place is that they offer a vast array of seating choices. Barstools and regular tables and couches to sprawl on. I found it hard to choose between the low table with the massive collection of comfortable cushions by the window and the lovely beer garden at the back, settling for the former on that frosty night.
This is their website.
Grumpy’s Green, 125 Smith St, Fitzroy, VIC
If you ever go to San Francisco, you should check out Cafe Gratitude. It’s also very eco-friendly and uses local, organic produce only. And all the names of dishes are meant to boost your self-esteem like “I am perfect”, “I am wonderful”, etc. The waiters may also serve as counselors if you desire.
How do you know this? I was JUST telling people that I would love to spend a year in San Francisco.
London loves a good vege cafe, come here. see babycakes.
Awesome – vege cafe references for Melbourne is exactly what I needed <3
Right, when I’m next in Melbourne I’ll be going here – after a visit to Shanghai Dumpling of course
Haha I lived in San Francisco last summer as I was interning there. For two months. If you ever go, I have a full list of restaurants to recommend.
Yayy glad you enjoyed this place, my friend is quite good friends with the people that own it =)
I went here the other night and loved it!! Great food and lol, I loved the decor! Thanks for the recommendation!