Vegetarians must have it rough in Alaska. I sometimes shudder at the wilted, moldy greens found in bins at the local grocery store. Most of the vegetables come from thousands of miles away, and that doesn't make healthy eating any easier.
Yet vegetarians still survive in Anchorage, in part due to restaurants such as Organic Oasis Health Foods & Juice Bar on Spenard Road. (click here for complete review) Loge on or sign in at the adn site for free to read this review.
 

Eating Out
Organic Oasis
By Amanda Coyne
The Anchorage Press
Janurary 30 - February 5, 2003 / Vol. 12, Ed. 5

Although I tend to be suspicious of health food restaurants, and even more so of people who eat in them, I love Organic Oasis. Let there be no doubt about that. I love the racks of wheat grass, the freshly baked bread and the au naturel smell. I love the original art on the walls. I love all the plants and the huge space and the wooden tables and the long, stainless steel bar, where you can sit and watch a chef do wonders with sprouts and tomatoes and brown rice ñ ingredients that, try as you might, you can never make taste nearly as good at home. (click here for complete review)
 

Organic Oasis is green in an unhealthy land
Off the Menu review
By Sonya Senkowsky
Anchorage Daily News
(Review published June 28, 2002)

For a while now, I've ignored the little restaurant tucked in a Spenard strip mall behind Bosco's Comics, because I didn't think I was an Organic Oasis kind of gal. (click here for complete review)
 

Organic Oasis
By Shareen Holm
The Anchorage Press
June 24 - 30, 1999 / Vol. 8, Ed. 25

I was surprised the first time I walked into Organic Oasis. Itís located in Spenard in a peculiar space; I opened the door and felt like Iíd been channeled to another city, or at least another part of town. The décor is clean and hip, like something youíd find in an East Coast warehouse district, minus the echo and honk of a big city. There were around 20 wooden tables dappled with foliage and a large, uneventful view of parked cars.(click here for complete review)