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Restaurant Review Friday – Magnolia Cafe

14th May, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

Last week I went to Magnolia Cafe on Lake Austin Boulevard for lunch with my parents and we all got tasty vegetarian dishes – Magnolia Cafe has a lot of vegetarian options, and although better known for its great breakfast foods, Magnolia Cafe is also a great place to go for a light and healthy lunch.

My Father tried the “Love Veggies” which is described as “a steamy platter of broccoli, mushroom, spinach, yellow squash, zucchini, onion, and bell pepper in spicy garlic and serrano butter. Served on brown rice topped with jack cheese.”  His looked the most tasty of the 3 dishes we ordered, and he said it was really good.  For $7.95 it came with a lot of veggies.

My mother had the Chef salad which was $6.50 and gigantic. It was enough salad for 3 meals. It had broccoli, black olives, avocado, egg, and other goodies on it.

Finally, I had the Veggie Taco, which had avocado, black beans, cheddar and jack cheese, tomato, sprouts, and sour cream.  I wasn’t crazy about it, it was a little too sloppy for me and the chips that came with it weren’t very crisp, but it was only $4.50.