Ecopolitan in the Media

Recent events:

We were featured as Best Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurant in the "Best of the Twin Cities" edition of last weeks City Pages, who called our cuisine "Yummy and wildly inventive". Go to www.citypages.com for the complete listing.

Pulse of the Twin Cities featured Ecopolitan in their article, Virtuous Businesses: Seven Local Entrepreneurs Who Get it Right. It can be read online at www.pulsetc.com.

Ecopolitan was nominated in the Best Healthy Dining category at Aol City Guide, who stated that "This one-of-a-kind venue is the ultimate health source." Go to www.aolcityguide.com/best for more information.

Buon Gusto Magazine gave Ecopolitan a splendid review in their new November issue, noting our "Delightfully colorful & texture pleasing" cuisine.

Minnesota Monthly reviewed us in the vegetarian section of their latest Restaurant Issue, citing the food "attractively presented" as well as "The most politically correct plate".

• Buon Gusto Magazine gave Ecopolitan a splendid review in their new November issue, noting our "Delightfully colorful & texture pleasing" cuisine.
• Minnesota Monthly reviewed us in the vegetarian section of their latest Restaurant Issue, citing the food "attractively presented" as well as "The most politically correct plate". 

 Recent events

• Ecopolitan has been awarded Best Salads at Citysearch.com!
• Ecopolitan has been nominated as the Best Organic Restaurant in Minnesota on Organic Style's Reader's Poll Restaurant Guide . You can cast your vote at www.organicstyle.com.
• Mpls/St. Paul Magazine: Ecopolitan was voted as one of the 5 top vegetarian restaurants in the Twin Cities.
  

Prior Events

• KFAI Radio  -  "Health Notes with Dr. T" : On Monday, January 5th, Ecopolitan owner and founder Dr. Tel-Oren was interviewed on Kinshasha Kambui's program Health Notes. Programs can be heard for two weeks at http://www.kfai.org. This is the first in a series of interviews called "Health Notes with Dr. T" which will air monthly. Health Notes can be heard Monday Mornings from 9am-11am on KFAI Fresh Air Comunity Radio, 90.3fm Minneapolis, 106.7fm in St. Paul or at www.kfai.org.
• Tonya Kay, Professional Dancer and member of STOMP, wrote a wonderful article on her experience in Minneapolis and Ecopolitan. You can view it online at www.tonyakay.com/blogger.html. (Scroll down to November 9th, "All the Right Reasons")
• Newsweek has mentioned Ecopolitan as one of the top raw restaurants in the country, describing the food as "bountiful and beautifully presented."
• Two former Ecopolitan chefs, Norman and Maggie, have been interviewed for a special article in the September issue of Minnesota Home and Garden.
• Ecopolitan's web site was featured as the "Cool Vegan Site of the Month" at www.veganomics.org, an online vegan resource.
• Entreé Magazine: A wonderful raw-food article featuring Ecopolitan with bright and colorful pictures was published at the SUMMER 2003 edition of InCircle   Entrée magazine. In January, this national magazine sent a photographer (and his assistant) from New York City, in order to spend an entire day "shooting" at Ecopolitan, for a large article featuring "the top three raw food restaurants in the country." Ecopolitan has been honored to be selected for this article, putting Minnesota on the map!
• City Pages did a nice review of Ecopolitan's Offerings.
• Ecopolitan has become the first restaurant ever to receive Membership in The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) without having to undergo changes- in fact, we were told that we are the leaders in sustainability and ecology among all American restaurants, by a wide margin! We hope that other establishments will follow suit and narrow this gap... We have given the GRA many ideas (already employed at Ecopolitan) on how to broaden the list of eco-friendly steps that are given to member restaurants.
• KFAI Radio: On February 3, 2003, Ecopolitan's Joe Noreen, Kristen Tredrea and Dr. T were interviewed for the program "Health Notes." The live show covered many aspects of the raw foods in general, and of Ecopolitan in particular. As a result, the producers of the show expressed interest in having Dr. T do a monthly program with them about health, nutrition, and raw foods. That's a great exposure for the Raw Food Movement, and a great opportunity to educate the public! A heart-felt "Thank You" to the producers/interviewers, Kinshasha and Antionette, for increasing the health and awareness in the Twin Cities.
• During December, We have been favorably featured in the University of Minnesota Magazine and in City Pages' "favorites" list (apparently, someone REALLY liked our Beet Soup...)
• In November, one of the largest vegetarian-friendly websites (40,000 hits daily), www.vegparadise.com, wrote a special article about raw food and raw restaurants, featuring Ecopolitan as one of the country's leading establishments in this category, and definitely as the leader in terms of ecology and sustainability.
• October: A television crew from channels 45 and Fox-Sports came in to cover every aspect of our oxygen bar, and stayed longer for other healthy Ecopolitan features. The program aired mid-October. We have received a copy of the recording.