The Naked Cafe

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About

The Naked Cafe, a women-owned brunch destination in New Encinitas, brings a globally influenced whole-foods menu to the El Camino Real retail corridor at 288 North El Camino Real. The café's emphasis on organic grains, plant-forward plates, and vegan-adaptable entrées like the coconut French toast parallels the clean-ingredient philosophy at Lotus Cafe & Juice Bar on South Coast Highway 101. Established as the fourth Naked Cafe location after a 2002 Solana Beach debut, the Encinitas outpost launched in 2009 and holds Surfrider Foundation sustainable-restaurant certification for its waste-reduction and conservation protocols. The brunch kitchen runs concurrent egg, griddle, and cold-plate stations producing dishes from the Rising Sun quesadilla to avocado toast alongside mimosa and matcha latte service, a format complementing the sandwich-forward lunch counter at Board & Brew on Encinitas Boulevard. The catering division scales the same whole-food base — sprouted-grain breads, house-roasted vegetables, and cold-pressed dressings — into event platters configured for groups of 50 or more.