<p>is there a health food store near campus (a place where i can buy stuff like non-dairy cheese and other vegan things) ?
i know there is a grocery store in university village but i kinda doubt they have any selection of vegan things!</p>
<p>is there a trader joes and/or whole foods nearby also?</p>
<p>Closest Trader Joe's is quite a distance away. Whole Foods I'm not sure of. Check their website store locators and use 90089 as the zip code.</p>
<p>There is a "health food store" in UV but it's kind of sad. Superior (the supermarket in UV) has tofu, soy milk, and some frozen Morningstar farms kind of stuff. Smart and Final, the quasi-warehouse store on Vermont, has some veggie stuff, albeit in large quantities. The Ralph's on Vermont and Adams has a decent selection of frozen veggie stuff, and some veggie lunch "meats" etc. They just opened a big Ralph's Fresh Fare format store downtown, which is very accessible by bus from USC. The TJ's and WFs are not especially convenient to USC.</p>
<p>Be sure to checkout Veggie Soul, a vegetarian soul food place, on the south side of Jefferson just east of Normandie. You can easily and safely walk there from campus. Service can be slow so we often call and order before setting out from campus.</p>
<p>i went to the health food store in UV today, reminded me of home a bit. the guy working there was hella tight. with a lot of label reading and patience i was able to get lots of vegan food.</p>
<p>is there 1?</p>