Urth Caffe   

For a quick, guilt-free meal, you no longer have to run around like a free-range chicken with its head cut off. Serving delicious food and a better conscience as their specialties since 1989, the first Urth Caffe spot in West Hollywood proved that natural ingredients and "cage-free," vegetarian-fed animals can, and do, make for a satisfying main course. Shunning the meatier, poly-saturated, cholesterol-enhanced options on the farm, the second Urth has the same menu as the first, serving a bevy of organic and chemical-free sandwiches, salads and desserts. On a boutique-ridden stretch of Beverly Drive, batches of health hounds stop in daily to spike up on Spanish lattes and "divine" spice chai in between wedding gift purchases, while the more meal-oriented fuel up on an apple wood-smoked bacon and leek quiche or Urth's trademarked organic granola. For lunch and dinner, the grilled cilantro chicken breast sandwich is popular and quite suitable as is the more decadent vegetarian lasagna. And, really, there's no better way to finish off some vegetarian chili than with a piece of the fantastic Oreo cheesecake, which does a wonderful job of impersonating something much worse for you. The Beverly Hills location enjoys a more charming brick-lined exterior than the WeHo spot, but the clientele is perhaps less "left leaning" and more Martha Stewart, as they settle in next to the mosaic-tiled fireplace on polished wood flooring. Although lines at the counter can form to somewhat impatient proportions, the outdoor porch area seems easier to navigate through than the bustling 'who's who' fest at the Melrose spot.