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Cafe Gratitude is a small chain of organic plant based restaurants. There are currently two locations in the San Francisco Bay Area in Berkeley and another in Santa Cruz and three in the Los Angeles area, in Venice, Larchmont Village, and in the Downtown Arts District. There are additional locations in Kansas City, Missouri and San Diego, CA.
Owners
Except for the Kansas City location, Cafe Gratitude is majority owned and managed by Love Serve Remember, LLC (which also owns and manages Gracias Madre).
Philosophy and atmosphere[edit]
Cafe Gratitude is managed by incorporating the principles of Sacred Commerce, outlined in a book of the same name by Matthew and Terces Engelhart, who are also part owners of Love Serve Remember. Sacred Commerce opines that business can be a center for personal transformation as well as source of right livelihood. Sacred commerce outlines a quadruple bottom line for business referred to as PASS: Profit: Love of the business entity, Awakening: Love of Transformation, Service: Love of charity and Sustainability: Love of the Earth. Ultimately Sacred commerce is a system for using the work environment to culture one’s heart and experience more love.
Popularity
The Los Angeles locations are regularly visited by a number of celebrities, most notably singer Jason Mraz, who is also an investor in Café Gratitude and Gracias Madre.[2]
The San Francisco location closed a while ago, and I think the Berkeley one has been closed for over a year.
