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Peace Tree Juice Cafe
516 S. Main Street
Monticello, Utah, 84535
(435) 587-5063
Website: http://www.peacetreecafe.com/ (Main focus is on the Cafe located in Moab, Utah)
Located on the Main Street of Monticello, Utah, sits the Peace Tree Juice Cafe. A former residential home, the Cafe is brightly colored with their signature lizard on the front wall. There is another Cafe located in Moab which was just newly renovated in 2012; the Cafe in Blanding closed about two years ago, so that location should be removed from their sign. Whether sitting on the patio or the interior dining area, you have a wonderful view of the flowering plants and herbs; hummingbird feeders attract the aviary jets; it is an overall…
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