The Rawtarian Community
The Rawtarian Community is one of the largest online raw food communities. In addition to this community forum, you can browse and search thousands of community recipes added by over 5000 talented Rawtarian Community members just like you!
Visit The Community
Comments
Bitt, I did an Advanced Search for "Alexandria DC Washington" and got quite an assortment of threads. I know not all of them will have precisely what you are looking for, but for what it's worth, here's the link:
http://www.goneraw.com/search/node/type:forum Alexandria OR DC OR Washington -state
I shop at MOMs (the one in Rockville, Maryland). They do stock some raw prepared foods--they tend to be dehydrator things--Raw Breakfast Crusts (what I have for breakfast every day), some 'raw tempura' and so on. They do stock some living (fermented) sauerkraut, grated beets, etc. They don't have a juice bar, at least the one at Rockville doesn't. They have good produce and that is the vast majority of what I buy-however, if you are a Thai coconut person, MOM doesn't stock them (at least in Rockville). There is at least one Whole Foods in Alexandria--you could go there for juice.
There are darn few raw-friendly restaurants in the DC area aside from Java Green.
There are some cafes--Senbeb up by where I live (NW DC/Takoma Park), and Everlasting Life Cafe (Georgia Avenue). These places are pretty much carryouts and they are not 100% raw. The chef at Senbeb, Khepra Anu, is an awesome person and I like his raw creations a lot. It is completely inconvenient for you in Alexandria, though. If you were to go there, I would definitely call ahead and have something set aside--you wouldn't want to go all that way only to find that the raw stuff was sold out. Senbeb is metro-accessible--about a 5 to 10 minute walk from the Takoma Metro (red line). Definitely call ahead if you're planning to check it out--you might also ask Khepra to whack open a fresh young coconut for you. He sells coconut water that he drains from the coconuts and puts in plastic jugs.
There is a juice bar in downtown DC:
http://www.juicejointcafe.com/
I've been there several times. The juice is really good (they make wheatgrass juice too). It's not far from the Farragut North metro stop (red line).
Here's a link from Happy Cow about DC veg. restaurants:
http://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/district_of_columbia/washington/
The DC area is just not the greatest for dining out if you want raw food.
If you will be here on April 20, and if you have access to a car and don't mind a long drive, check this out:
http://goneraw.com/forum/6-course-raw-dinner-greater-dc
I've eaten at Great Sage (before going raw). The food is really good, and I am sure the raw dinner will be very good indeed.
Hope you enjoy your stay.
Does the Whole Foods have a juice bar? Ours in Seattle doesn't always, depends on where you go.
Thanks for all the info!