Alive Restaurant   

The Asian-themed dining room is more like a small, cheerful living room, with cushioned benches, wood tables, bookcases, and a homey bit of clutter. Raw food--no meat, wheat, eggs or honey, and nothing heated above 118 degrees--is more of a lifestyle than a cuisine, and this tiny cafe embodies the philosophy perfectly. Each dish is slowly, lovingly prepared to order, though the ultra-vegan fare is highly specialized. "Pasta," for example, is soft strips of zucchini disguised as noodles. "Pizza" is served on pressed flaxseed crust with whipped macadamia nut "cheese." Soups feature ingredients like seaweed, ginseng and mountain yams, while salads feature fresh organic produce.