Blue Nile Café serves up healthy Ethiopian food at the Kansas City City Market. The Blue Nile Café was recently named one of Kansas City's Top 100 Restaurants by Where the Locals Eat and selected as "Best Ethiopian Food" by "Vegetarian Kansas City." Combo plates are served family style on a bed of injera, and Ethiopian food is eaten with your hands. Both mild and spicy dishes are available as well as beef, lamb and seafood. The restaurant serves beer and wine and is closed on Monday.
Blue Nile Café
20 East 5th St
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 283-0990
bluenilekc.com
Blue Bird Bistro offers natural food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dishes are made with sustainable and local organically grown meats and vegetables. Everything from your salad to your dessert will arrive artistically plated in the classy-casual dining room with crisp white linens and fresh flowers on every table. Start your meal with the homemade soup of the day, followed by a bison or black bean burger on a whole wheat bun. The Blue Bird Bistro offers creative options for vegetarians, including large organic salads, green curry on a bed of organic rice and manicotti with pesto cream sauce. Enjoy the complimentary house-purified drinking water.
Blue Bird Bistro
1700 Summit
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 221-7559
bluebirdbistro.com
Eden Alley Café boasts a completely vegetarian kitchen. The restaurant features "vegetarian, vegan, raw, gluten-free and soy free" menu items made with "local, organic and traditional ingredients." Embark on this healthy culinary adventure with a baby falafel and a Betty Bailey berry salad, followed by the ultimate garlic grilled cheese (cashew cheese for vegans) or a homemade veggie burger on a whole wheat bun. Entrees come in three sizes and there is a kid's menu. This restaurant offers entrees in three sizes and has a kid's menu. There's free covered parking and wheelchair accessibility on the Jefferson side of the garage.
Eden Alley Café
707 W 47th St
Kansas City, MO 64112
(816) 561- 5415
edenalley.com