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On a block lined with various greasy spoons, Siggy's hangs out the health-food shingle. Organic is the buzzword here; all of the produce and most of the restaurant's dairy products and grains meet USDA organic standards. Step inside and you’ll likely hear a blender whirring handfuls of fresh wheatgrass and fistfuls of fruit into smoothies. The small counter up front handles takeout orders as well as coffee and squeezed-to-order juice. Past this station are a dozen tightly packed tables, with a banquette along one egg-yolk-yellow wall and work (for sale) by neighborhood artists on the other. The menu trawls through easy pleasers: eggs any style, sandwiches, salads, and a handful of mostly vegetarian hot dishes. Though there's not much red meat to be had, carnivores can get a turkey burger or a curry chicken sandwich with a crunchy seam of cashews and apple. This is New Age nosh at its most basic. — Jennifer Paull

That "aliens eat free" sign? They do hold to their word if you come dressed up like a green visitor from outer space. But having resident or naturalized alien citizenship status won't cut it—Gabriel Byrne already tried that.

Farmer omelette, $8; curry chicken sandwich, $8.75