Follow Your Heart Market & Café is a wonderful little Café and grocery store located in the Valley in Canoga Park. It opened up in the 70’s with founders Michael, Bob, Paul, and Spencer opening up a food counter in the back of a natural foods market. They then moved up into their own store front and ended up officialy as Follow Your Heart.

Whether you need to stock up on your favorite brand of vegan snacks like Outstanding Foods Hella Hot Puffs or Beyond Brands Chicken Strips, or your looking to have a sit down experiance with out-of-this-world vegan food, you’ll find it all here.

They also have a beauty section filled with makeup, soap’s, hair products, as well as loads of vitamins and nutritional supplements. There is always someone there to help you if you have any questions which is always nice.

I love that I am always greeted at the door when ever I come in. The overall vibe is wonderful and seems very reminiscent of its photos of the shop taken back at its beginning.

I would highly recommend ordering the ‘Love Plate’ which is an original menu item from when FYH first opened. It is an sandwich with avocado, tomato, and sprouts sandwich with a cup of homemade soup and a glass of iced berry tea.

another great dish and one of customers favorites is the ruben sandwich wich is a vegan take on a classic.

My absolute favorite menu item, however, is the ‘Tandoori Curry Chicken’. It come warm with rice, vegan chicken strips, and choped tofu smothered in a delicious curry sauce. It also comes with a samosa and sweet sauce on the side.

There are loads of other menu items like there vegan chicken pot pie, vegan alfredo, mexican baked potato, as well as a wonderful vegan brunch selection.

Whether you stop in for a bite to eat, to browse their grocery section, or to buy some of the cool little nicknacks and crystals they sell, you will be sure to have a wonderful and pleasant experience.