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all you can eat vegan buffets: soul food, brunch, indian food!
18October 9th, 2009flore cafe (closed), LA restaurants
flore cafe vegan soul food buffet. all you can eat. $10. (photo courtesy of cuteanddelicious.com)
hey los angeles vegans, we’ve got some news about one of your local restaurants and some important info about what you should be eating this weekend. it turns out flore cafe has switched up their business model a bit. they are no longer open during normal hours, and are instead bringing us a few bottomless epic vegan feasts each week for just 10 bucks a pop. coming up saturday through monday, flore cafe is hosting three vegan buffets consisting of soul food on saturday, brunch on sunday, and curry on monday. this is gonna get awesome. (btw, do not confuse flore cafe with its sister restaurant flore down the street. flore cafe is at the corner of sunset and descanso!)
if you are wondering why the picture above is so damn lovely…it’s because i borrowed it from last week’s review of the flore cafe soul food lunch buffet on the cute and delicious blog. the post praises the buffet and asks, “What could be better than all you can eat vegan macaroni and cheese?…The cole slaw was honestly the best slaw I’ve ever had in my life…It was fresh, crunchy and sweet. So good.”
while flore cafe is still around (they not be for long), you should really take advantage of their ten buck all you can eat deals…starting with this weekend. saturday you have the amazing soul food deal as raved about above, sunday you have the incredible brunch that we have blogged about several times before, and monday you have an all new indian dinner that sounds pretty damn exciting to me.
here’s the full schedule and menus:
Saturday, October 10th Noon – 4pm
All You Can Eat Soul Food $10
Macaroni & Cashew Cheese
Collard Greens
Black Eyed Peas
BBQ Tofu
Corn Bread
Cole Slaw
Iced Tea
LemonadeSunday, October 11th – 10am – 3pm
All You Can Eat Brunch $10
Tofu Scramble
Sausage
Bacon
Potatoes
Waffles
French Toast
Fruit
Bread/Jam
Coffee
OJMonday, October 12th 6pm – 10pm
All You Can Eat Indian $10
Aloo Gobi
Saag Paneer
Jasmine Rice
Lentil Dal
Kheer (Rice Pudding)
Flat Bread & Raita
Mint Iced Teasee ya there?
Flore Cafe
Tags: all you can eat, breakfast, brunch, buffet, curry, indian food, silverlake, soul food
3206 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
18 responses to “all you can eat vegan buffets: soul food, brunch, indian food!” 
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Went to brunch last week. Seriously, some of the best food I’ve eaten at Flore Cafe. I’ll be there again on Sunday!
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i want that mac and cheese SO BAD. i have to try to make it over there.
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saag paneer? are they continuing their almost-vegan ways or will it be tofu instead of cheese?
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miss anthrope October 10th, 2009 at 09:32
they said the buffets would all be vegan, so i think/hope it’s fake paneer.
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yeah. still, it’s an odd choice to veganize a cheese curry dish when there are so many already-vegan delicious Indian dishes.
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Do you work at Flore? Because it’s really really mediocre and you keep recommending it. Seriously. I like most of the restaurants you recommend but Flore is definitely near the bottom of the list.
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miss anthrope October 10th, 2009 at 10:31
Nope, I don’t work at Flore (or Flore Cafe, which is actually the restaurant this post is about).
This is the only vegan buffet in LA right now, though. I enjoy it, and I don’t want to see it go away.
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miss anthrope October 10th, 2009 at 11:03
Just got an email from Flore Cafe, the “saag paneer” is vegan!
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Claudine October 10th, 2009 at 11:34
I agree with Chase. …Sorry, quarrygirl. Most of your recommendations are awesome, but this one falls short. The food just isn’t very good at the Flor Cafe buffet. (And the food at main Flore is dirty – they just got shut down by the health dept for vermin infestation.)
As for the buffet… Ugh. I so wanted to like it, quarry girl. But the truth is some of it’s dry, some of it doesn’t look fresh, and all of it is mediocre at best. It’s a great concept but fails horribly in execution. 🙁
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I ate the soul food buffet last weekend, and the brunch as well. Both were fantastic!! Don’t listen to the haters, this is a great deal.
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I’m not sure what some people are expecting for a $10 all you can eat deal, but I had the soul food buffet last week and it was great, especially for the price. The food was free flowing, everything tasted delicious, I watched refills being made fresh in the kitchen and brought out for serving, the staff was exceptionally friendly and even offered to let me take extra servings of whatever I wanted home with me. Nothing was dry, old, dirty or boring- I enjoyed everything they served.
I agree with Kelly… if anyone is reading this far, don’t listen to the haters and go try it out for yourself. If you still think you got screwed for your $10 then I don’t know what to tell you other your standards are much higher than mine.
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Flore Vegan was NOT shut down for vermin infestation. Flore Vegan “the main restaurant” is located at 3818 W. Sunset Blvd. and has never had a “closure”. Warmest wishes and lots of love, Flore
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Claudine October 10th, 2009 at 18:20
Sorry Miranda, I just confused my Flores.
The Flore CAFE was shut down. As in the one with the buffet.
Per: http://www.lapublichealth.org/phcommon/public/eh/closure/restall1.cfm
FLOR CAFE, 3206 W SUNSET BLVD, LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90026
* Date Closed: August 18, 2009
* Reason for Closure:
Vermin Harborage
Vermin infestationSorry peeps. 🙁
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justvegan October 14th, 2009 at 01:27
quarrygirl you’re recommendation of flore cafe is spot on in my book. Thanks for putting the word out! I’ve been loving these buffets! I hit all 3 this weekend! They were great, Sunday was so packed that I didn’t even get to try everything.
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My wife and I recently visited Flore Cafe. We’ve been to Flore as well, and love their tuno-melt.
No doubt, the food is delicious.
My question is, why are both locations so dumpy??
We paid $28 bucks for two sandwiches with two iced teas. Not a cheap lunch, but it’s so good I don’t care.
What I do care about is the “B” rating in the window, and the unappealing atmosphere.
I’ve noticed a trend in many LA vegan restaurants, the atmosphere leaves something to be desired. Why is this? Are compassionate business owners not smart business people?
I would never bring a carnivore I want to convert to vegan to this place.
Mark O. October 9th, 2009 at 22:15