Posted in Houston, Restaurants, Stores, Texas on 6-30-13
Family owned and operated since 1971, A Moveable Feast is dedicated to providing its customers the best of health foods and vitamins with service by a friendly and knowledgeable staff. The restaurant was opened several years ago within the store to demonstrate a healthy style of eating and to prove once and for all that healthy food tastes really good. The phrase “a moveable feast” was originally used to describe a feast day or holiday that fell on different dates from year to year. It has become a metaphor for things that change over time. Ernest Hemingway used the phrase as the title of his memoirs of life in Paris in the 1920s, saying that “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” A Moveable Feast Restaurant and Store is a place where people gather to celebrate life, socialize with friends old and new, discuss art, philosophy and current issues of the day while enjoying good food and drink. John and Suzanne Fain,...
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Posted in Houston, Restaurants, Stores, Texas on 6-30-13
Sunshine’s Health Food Store & Vegetarian Deli is a cozy neighborhood jewel nestled right across the way from University of Houston’s main campus. Known for its scrumptious vegetarian food, refreshing raw salads, fresh fruit juices and super knowledgeable staff; Sunshine’s has become the all-inclusive one stop shop for wellness education and healthy foods. Opened in 1983 by Vergis Bourgeois better known as “Sunshine”, Sunshine’s was one of the first health food stores serving raw and cooked vegetarian dishes in Houston. Sunshine’s is currently operated by Vergis’s daughter Arga V. Bourgeois, one of Houston’s best raw food and vegetarian chefs who has also produced the ever-popular DVD “Raw Food Delights”. With over 30 years of providing the community with wellness and health education, Arga is quoted with saying “Sunshine’s has evolved over the last three decades into a socially responsible, community minded, lifestyle wellness deli and health store providing vegetarian and raw foods with flavor”. While creating delightful vegetarian and raw food dishes, Sunshine’s Health Food Store is also known for stocking a wealthy inventory of dietary supplements, all natural detoxifiers and hard to find skin care products and grocery...
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