Quiet Storm

First of all, what a great name for a restaurant!

I was so excited to hear about Quiet Storm.  It is billed as a vegetarian/vegan cafe in the Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and let me just say, no menu could be more the opposite of last week's adventure. While neither husband or I have anything against eating meat, there were plenty of things on their Saturday Breakfast menu to tempt our taste buds.

The menu really speaks for itself as far as its uniqueness.  Very interesting, and not at all typical for Pittsburgh.  They had a great selection of teas, and lots of specialty coffees.  For breakfast, I chose the Nyam (Jamaican-inspired cornmeal-coconut pudding, topped with roasted sweet potatoes, bananas & cinnamon-maple syrup) and husband went for the Original Breakfast Burrito (scrambled eggs, spicy black beans, smashed red taters & cheddar, topped with salsa and sour cream) with a side of "housemade seisage".  We were really curious about the seisage. Apparently it is made from seiten and turned into what the unsuspecting might mistake for a sausage patty.  The seisage aside, neither of us left hungry.  The food was really yummy.

"Kitchy" is the one word that comes to mind when thinking of the decor of this restaurant.  Similar to Coca Café, 50's-style kitchen tables and diner booths furnish the restaurant, and the art on the wall is all by local artists and is available for sale. I love the multi-colored tile on the floor, and the giant wrap-around counter.  Reminds me of an old Woolworth's.  More interesting things in this place include a bookshelf full of interesting reading material, and a fully functional pinball machine!

I love this place.  I love that it is different and that the owners have setup shop in a depressed inner-city area and are helping it revive and renew.  "Seisage" and all.