Borrowed Earth Café
Simply the Best Food on the Planet...
(630) 795-1729 or(630) 795-1RAW
970 Warren Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515
Visit our website: www.borrowedearthcafe.com
HOURS:
Monday 3:57PM – 9:03PM
Tuesday – Saturday 10:57AM – 9:03PM
Sunday CLOSED
APPETIZERS
Cheese Perogies $6.95 Little delicious bite-sized crescents of jicama lovingly wrapped around a blend of nut “cheese” flavored with garlic, nama shoyo (raw soy), lemon juice, and paprika.
Hummus & Crackers $6.95 Delicious middle-eastern favorite--delicately seasoned cashew and sesame seed hummus is absolutely perfect for dipping the Borrowed Earth flax crackers.
Nori Rolls $7.95 Oriental side of rolled avocado, cilantro, and jicama “rice” beautifully wrapped in a raw nori sheet.
Dolmas $6.95 Incredibly edible garlic, lemon, pine nuts and “rice” seasoned with magic and currants tenderly wrapped in a grape leaf and served with a perfect creamy sauce—an explosion of flavors in your mouth.
Stuffed Mushrooms $7.95 A perfect start--mushrooms stuffed with pine nuts and a delicate blend of spices and herbs.
SALADS
Borrowed Earth's World Famous Salad $13.95 Our chef's creation of six different side salads blended lovingly with our delicious Borrowed Earth House Dressing.
Kale-Licious Salad $12.95 A hearty blend of delicious kale, pine nuts, raisins and sun--dried tomatoes served with a mouth-watering dressing.
Borrowed Earth Blended Side Salad* $7.95 Three side salads blended lovingly with our Borrowed Earth House Dressing.
I Can't Believe It's Not Egg Salad $7.95 Creamy eggless "egg" salad made with nuts, diced celery, scallions, served on a fresh bed of greens with flax crackers for dipping.
* So, what is a side salad. We go to the grocery store every morning and buy fresh organic produce (locally, whenever possible) and create side salad medleys--blending several vegetables together to form a side salad. At any time we might have up to 12 different side salads. With an entree or a wrap, side salads are served on the plate with your entree or wrap.
SOUPS $5.95 cup $6.95 bowl. Ask your server for our daily special.
ENTREES
The Earth Sampler $14.95 Can’t decide? Try our Earth Sampler! Comes with a kebab, falafel, stuffed mushroom, two dolmas, and three side salads
Planet Pizza $14.95 Classic pizza made with a sprouted rye crust, covered with a tempting marinara sauce, mushrooms, tomatoes and almond ricotta “cheese.” Served with three side salads.
Earth Burger $13.95 A hearty walnut / carrot garden “burger” packed between Borrowed Earth “buns”with raw catsup. Served with our famous jicama “fries.”
Spinach Frittata $13.95 This Italian delight marries the flavor of fresh shredded spinach, creamy nut cheese and fresh vegetables all artfully formed. Served with three tasty side salads.
Burrito Loco $14.95 Fresh guacamole, sour cream “cheese,” salsa and spicy sunflower seed “beans” wrapped in a corn tortilla. Served with three tasty side salads.
Lasagna $16.95 Layers of zucchini noodles, spinach, and vegetables topped with a cashew ricotta "cheese" and marinara sauce. Served with three tasty side salads.
WRAPS All our wraps are served with two tasty side salads.
Far Easter $10.95 Oriental feast of fresh julienned vegetables blended with an out-of-this-world teriyaki sauce rolled in a seasonal leaf wrap with jicama “rice.”
Falafels Falafels Falafels $10.95 You will be required to say it three times fast. Be prepared. Enjoy this medley of intelligently ground nuts combined with rich, aromatic and exotic spices rolled together and wrapped in a delicate seasonal leaf wrap with tomato, shredded lettuce, red onion and a creamy sauce.
Spring Onion Cheese $10.95 Sunflower seeds, pine nuts, olive oil, and spring onions blended to make the perfect creamy herb "cheese" spread on a seasonal leaf wrap rolled with fresh vegetable.
Indian Curry $10.95 Exotic combination of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers and tomato sauce wrapped in a seasonal leaf wrap.
DESSERTS Ask your server for our daily dessert specials.
Sweet Tooth Rainbow Pie $6.95 A heavenly layered rainbow of chocolate, vanilla & strawberry banana “ice cream” pie on a chocolate nut terra firma crust.
Out of this World Cheese Cake $7.95
Out of this world taste. Chocolate and vanilla “cheese cake” on a nut terra firma crust.
Guilty Pleasure Ice Cream $7.95
Ask your server for our flavor of the day.
Savoy Truffles $2.50
Have a little sweet: Ask your server for the day's flavor.
BEVERAGES
Hot or Cold Teas
Clove, Chamomile, Yerbamate, Jasmine, Hibiscus, Mint, White, Green, Rooibos, $2.95 cup / $5.95 carafe
Smoothies* $6.95 (12oz) / $8.95 (16oz)
Piña Colada – coconut, banana, pineapple
Holy Cacao! – Cacao, banana, agave
Mixed Berry - mixed berries, banana, agave
Earth Green – fresh greens, seasonal fruit, banana
* Extras (add $2) maca or hemp protein
Chocolatté – cacao, banana, agave, coconut water, and a hint of cayenne pepper $4.95
Yerbamaté Latté – delicious boost of maté energy with nut milk, cinnamon & agave $4.95
Coconut – exotic young Thai coconut milk served in the shell with a straw $4.00
NOT JUST FOR KIDS
Spaghetti Marinara (nut free) $8.95
Zucchini pasta served with a delicious marinara sauce.
Un-Grilled Cheese Sandwich $6.95
Cashew nut “cheese” served between two slices of Borrowed Earth Bread. Comes with a scoop of banana ice cream.
Ants on a Log $5.95
Celery stuffed with raw almond butter or hemp butter* with raisins ants that go marching one by one. Comes with a scoop of banana ice cream.
Mom, Can I Really Have a Banana Split for Lunch or Dinner? $6.95
Yes, you can. Fresh whole banana split down the middle topped with almond or hemp seed butter* and sprinkles of shredded coconut and raisins.
P.B. & J $5.95
Raw almond or hemp seed butter* and agave served between two pieces of Borrowed Earth "Bread." Comes with a scoop of banana ice cream.
* Add $1.50 for hemp seed butter
NOTE: We use NUTS in almost all of our dishes and all of our food may have been in contact with NUTS. Aside from NUT ALLERGIES we can accommodate or work with other dietary needs. Please let your server know if your diet has been restricted or altered because of an allergy.