Among many fascinating aspects to the remarkable One World Café, the most prominent was their eclectic menu. With features like Tangy Tahini, Edameme, Baked Chickenless Parmigian, and my personal favorite, the “Not Dog” – One World was clearly not your average city eatery.
This cozy little place is squished between a number of gorgeous buildings, including John’s Hopkins University. But while the eatery is housed in a upper-class and sophisticated area, the draw to One World is as fabulously strange as the menu. Customers were in ties, dresses, and jeans sporting piercings, tattoos and ribbons. There were obviously no stereotypes in this free atmosphere.
Its modern décor includes yellow and orange sponge painted walls, with colored waterfront photography for sale sporadically about the restaurant. Two mini levels bisect the giant room, one holding a massive bar, and one the dining room.
But the structure of One World is much less interesting than its array of foods and drinks. The majority of the entrees and dishes are made with organic and chemical-free fruits, veggies, and whole grains – in other words, you can eat pasta and big frothy coffee drinks free of guilt! They even serve espresso and Liquor in the same healthy fashion. Yea, I don’t know how they do it either but let’s just accept this miracle without questioning.
The menu is huge, with breakfast, soups & salads, appetizers, sandwiches, entrees, coffee, smoothies and liquor. In the nature of a true non-vegetarian, I ordered a pasta dish with balsamic roma tomato reduction, fresh basil, and garlic and finished with mozzarella cheese called the Tuscan Penne Pasta which came with a salad and garlic bread for $13.95. The sauce was different, but delicious, and I got a ton of food for my money. They even have specified items on the menu for Vegans, which as a whole, are faced with a nearly impossible mission when they try to eat out. My friend ordered the O.W.C. Wrap, a vegan feature, which was stuffed with mixed greens, guacamole, sliced tomato, grated carrot, fresh herbs and sprouts with herb dressing for $7.95.
Impressed by the menu, the service continued to raise our opinion of the place. Our waitress was sweet and down-to-earth, stopping to talk to us for the majority of our meal. She even told us about the owner and how she came to open such a specific and interesting restaurant.
In general the trip was extremely successful, but I was a little put off by a seeming bug problem. Because of the lovely weather, a few of the doors to the eatery were open and we had some bugs swarming our table. Add a few screens to the breezy openness and this One World would have been a perfect one. |
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