Our mission is to celebrate the connection between personal health and wild lands.
We serve lunch to the community every Tuesday and Friday from 11:11 to 2:22pm. Our benefit lunch specializes in locally grown, wild harvested, and living foods!
Please visit our website for more information about Turtle Lake Refuge and our work in the community.
Community education center with a cafe offering twice-weekly raw food, vegetarian lunches. Based on 65 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.9 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
848 E 3rd Ave, Durango, CO 81301
Phone: (970) 247-8395
Website: http://www.turtlelakerefuge.org/
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Hours
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed |
| Tuesday | 11:11 AM–2:22 PM |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | 11:11 AM–2:22 PM |
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Reviews
Dr. Cija Ebeling, Ph.D
What a beautiful and refreshing experience we had at the Turtle Lake Refuge Cafe today! This is one spot I didn’t want to miss while visiting the area we look forward to moving to soon! Great spread today! Love all the staff and locals we spoke to today! We also got to enjoy petting the furry friends there visiting as well! Great experience! Love the mission and purpose! Many Thanks!! ~ Dr. Cija Ebeling, Ph.D. ✨
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Maryl Winterscheid
It’s always such an enjoyable lunch date. Raw, local, vegetarian and vegan food that fills you up.
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Nathan Reynolds
(I’m a chef here, full disclosure)
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Kayla M
Lovely place for a light lunch in a relaxing atmosphere. Really appreciate the raw, vegetarian food option in town. It’s a not for profit organization as well!
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Meredith Chamberlin
Love this place. Their sprouts are so good. Fun “chef menu” style lunches!
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James Minks
Absolutely beautiful place with amazing people who grow and prepare delicious food.
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Lucille Glassman
AMAZING!! I would eat here everyday if I could… Raw vegan food that tastes delicious and is good for the soul is what I’m all about. The staff are friendly and you can see the sprouts and veggies that they grow… Farm to table in one place! I really hope you support them and enjoy ♥️
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Tanya’s Ethereal Footsteps
My husband and I stopped by Turtle Lake Refuge for lunch today. We were driving through Durango, looking for a plant-based restaurant to eat at. Our experience couldn’t have been better! We were sat at an outside table under a tree. The staff members were sweet and attentive. We were given green drinks to start, then a plate of mixed, sprouted greens with soup and vegan lasagna. Every bite was delicious! Then we were given apple vanilla ice cream on top of apple cobbler. It was so good I wanted to ask for more, but I didn’t want to appear gluttonous.
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Janna Profile
The food was delicious on Friday. Such a fun setting on the back patio where the plants have grown up so much like the jungle.
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joshua coats
What a divine treat in an absolutely stunning neighborhood! The food is all raw (uncooked) and all vegan, I know what your thinking, settle down. The food is delicious! I honestly don’t know exactly what we ate, but it was all vegetables and micro greens, and I would eat it everyday if I could. We were also served a quenching wheat grass and turmeric tonic, outstanding, and a raw dessert, which was some sort of date, nuts, chocolate concoction. Thumbs up for it as well. A great experience if your in the area.
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