Mercury Cafe
Restaurant, Coffee/Tea/Juice, Bar
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vegetarian-friendly
$$ - average
Eclectic (Fusion)
$$ - average
Eclectic (Fusion)
A vegetarian-friendly restaurant and mega-community hub.
The Mercury Cafe is a restaurant and bar that serves vegetarian meals and desserts. They also offer various dancing lessons and live music. The Mercury is not entirely vegan-friendly, although there are several vegan options.
The Mercury Cafe's strength is its community - you will find all kinds of people participating in community meetings, poetry slams, capoiera, swing and tango dancing, and more.
- (Mostly) Organic
- Brunch
- Kid-Friendly
- Large Group-Friendly
- Live Music
- Romantic
Added by Annabelle. on Dec 26 06 (updated Dec 28 07)
The Mercury Cafe is one of my favorite restaurants in Denver. Their vegetarian-friendly options include the fidel burrito, vegetable linguini and dina's tofu. The light tea is a wonderful way to get a taste of lots of goodness - and the light tea always has a vegetarian option. They have vegan desserts (including a tasty vegan chocolate cake) and some of the best coffee I've ever had. The owner sources as much of the food from local, organic and sustainable sources as possible. (99% of the food is organic; 80% is local)
Other Sustainable Practices: on-site solar and wind energy (just installed last year) and low-flow toilets that you have to see to believe. They compost all their organic waste and even water the herbs and flowers around the building with their water and tea wastes.
The biggest strength of the Merc is: Community. It's a huge community hub - you will see people of all sorts participating in community meetings, casual get-togethers, film screenings, music, poetry slams and dancing. You must experience the Mercury Cafe to see how important it is to community life in Denver.