Anyone familiar with Deepak Doshi, or the story behind Doshi House in the Third Ward, gets a kind of fuzzy feeling about this place. In 2010, Doshi left his six-figure-income job to open up a cafe and community center, a place for people to come by for a cup of coffee and a healthy, affordable meal. Because he is vegetarian, the food he offers is also vegetarian. This means that if you come by at lunch, you can have a creamy garlic and mushroom soup of the day with a panini sandwich such as the super-tasty Mumbai Streets, a whole grain bread filled with turmeric curried potatoes and peas, sautéed onions and Muenster cheese. Dinner is a one-pot meal that rotates for each day of the week: Vegan Fajita Fridays, Monday Creole Red Beans and Rice, Tuesday Thai Red Curry, Wednesday Three Bean Chili, Thursday Jamaican Jerk and Saturday Not-So-Butter-Chicken. Dinners start at 5 p.m. and cost a mere $6.95 a plate until they run out, because Doshi's philosophy is that "everyone should have access to a healthy, affordable meal."
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