Roxanne's closes

[Guest guest]

When I heard about this, I thought that perhaps I'd send them an e-

mail.

 

I live in San Rafael, and up here in Marin there are virtually no

restaurants for us to go to. Something in Larkspur would be really

practical. However, I have not patronized Roxanne's for two reasons:

 

1) In the detailed philosophy published on their website, nowhere do

they mention the health and happiness of animals as either a point to

their diet, or even a pleasant side effect of a raw diet; nor do they

mention (they're big on the environmental thing) how devastating the

farm animal system is on the environment and how eating lower on the

food chain stops that. You'd think there'd be at least one mention of

animals..

 

2) I rather resent being forced to pay $44 (without dessert or a drink) to

eat anything at all. It's either $44 or nothing. How about letting people

come and try a dish, for say, $15? We can't afford to spend over $100

without even knowing whether we'll like the food or not. Even the

prices of their take-out stuff are ridiculous. I know they are in a very

rich area of CA, but many of us vegans aren't rich.

 

It seems to me that by doing these two things, they weren't trying to

reach any vegans or vegetarians, but just trying to reach a target rich

market worried about health with fancy food. I don't think there's

anything wrong with reaching out to a new clientele - it's even

admirable - but not if you alienate the obvious customers.

 

There's my two cents.

Emily