T.H.R.I.V.E.: Vegan/Raw Food Eatery Deeply Hidden in South Beach
Categories: First Bites Lee Klein Raw burger made from...um...
T.H.R.I.V.E. is the name of this little vegan/raw food/juice bar
at 1239 Alton Road on South Beach, but you won't see any
indication of it existing if you walk by. Even knowing the
address won't help, and if I tell you that it is within the
Garden Center, you will still have trouble finding it. Too much
trouble, if you ask me. But vegans and raw food aficionados
won't bother asking me. Instead, they'll be grateful for my
having pointed out that it exists and ignore my quibbles over
the "chickin burger."  First of all, let me say how lovely the
spacious and secluded outdoor dining patio is -- great place to
sit and relax with one of the fresh-squeezed fruit juices and
smoothies served ($6). There are a few seats indoors, too.  But
as for the "chickin burger"...I always feel uneasy ordering a
dish in which both words require parenthesis due to their mock
natures. The "chickin" is some