Rahel makes vegan Ethiopian cuisine in L.A.

Rahel is an award-winning restauranteur

Rahel opened her first restaurant (Messob) in Los Angeles in 1985. Her mission, to provide authentic Ethiopian cuisine.

Her dishes are crafted from age-old recipes full of delicious flavor. In 2000 she left Messob to pursue a higher dream.

She opened "Rahel Vegan Cuisine," fulfilling her vision to establish the first ever -- and still the only -- 100% vegan Ethiopian restaurant in the world.

She is committed to preparing the most wholesome, conscious, enjoyable foods free of harm to animals, people's health, and our planet. Anyway one looks at it, real vegan food is the optimal diet for all. That's Rahel's passionate vision!

Vegans can rest assured their meals are 100% animal-free with absolutely no cross-contamination with non-vegan items. There have never been any such items in this facility. Customers can rest assured they are being served the healthiest and most enjoyable Ethiopian cuisine.

Non-vegans have declared with delight, "At Rahel's, there is so much variety and flavor [that] I didn't miss [animal products] at all!" Rahel also caters to anyone with food allergies.

For instance, there are no nuts in any meals or any of the facility's food preparation areas. (Desserts with nuts are prepared off-site.) And there's coffee, which originated in Ethiopia.

Rahel also offers gluten-free injera (authentic Ethiopian flatbread), gluten-free vegan cheesecake, and over 90% of the dishes are naturally gluten-free.

Rahel Vegan Cuisine has repeatedly been voted "LA's Best Vegan Restaurant" by the people of Los Angeles at LA's annual World Vegan Day Celebration. More