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I've waiting a long long time for this. Since opening, @tributepizza has served these gorgeous slabs adorned with farmers market fruits, nuts, seeds, house made bread and then your choice of vegetables, meats, or cheese. But, on my visits past, the vegetables on offer were not (obviously or marked) vegan. • The tides have turned. Tribute now has a dedicated vegan menu (its labeled Plant-Based but rest assure, it is vegan). Here we have the Vegetable Board ($15) piled with Sugar Snap Peas blistered under a mint chimichurri, Green Beans dusted with lemon garlic breadcrumbs, and a beer blanched Scarlet Runner Bean Salad in a pond of cilantro lime aioli. Perfect doilies of persimmon, sweet seed granola, apple pinwheel, wedge of pomegranate, and a swath of mustard completed the indulgent start to dinner. __________________________________ #VeganAppetizer #TributePizza #AllTheVegetables

I picked up this dapper gingerbread gentleman by @mayascookiessandiego at last weekend's @firstfridaynightmarket. His snug royal icing sweater with lattice green trim silms his girthy scale. His thick brown body brims with sweet ginger and spices and I ate as much as I could while fresh. But I could not eat him all. • Now, his dismember corpse is neatly stored in my freezer. I pulled him out tonight to gnaw on his frozen toes with a cool glass of Viognier. ______________________________________ #VeganCookies #GingerbreadMan #VeganGingerbread

Just devoured an extra messy Poppin' Jalapeño Burger ($12.25). I've touted this layered stack of double seitan patties, vegan American cheese, pickled jalapenos, lettuce, and vegan pimento cheese sauce as a surprising tidy package—today it was anything but. Still, I love this burger... So dribble all over me Mr. Poppin', let your cheese run down my fingers and sauce ring around my lips. I adore you all the same. _______________________________________ #VeganBurgersinSanDiego #VeganBurger #NativeFoods

I like trying new places. Which makes it hard to feel a sense of belonging anywhere. Still—although I do not eat here as much as deserved—@grainscafe always makes me feel like a regular. My food comes out extra spicy (just how I like it) and with cilantro removed for my husband (how he likes it). Service is kind, water glasses are full, and they always let me know if they have good mangos in stock for my favorite pandan sticky rice under salted coconut creme ($5). • I like all of the appetizers. All of them. And rotate the selection on every visit. This weekend, the OG Salt and Pepper Calamari Mushroom with serrano chilies ($7) and Tofu Nuggets ($6) were up. The hook for me are the sauces—I waste none of the a lime infused spicy verde and sweetly spiced plum even if that means slurping the last drops on their own. • The Drunken Angel ($13) is my main main here. Quinoa angel hair stir fried with the drunken complexity of a ginger, garlic, sesame, and chili sauce. Threaded with button mushrooms, fried tofu, peppers, onion, tomatoes, and shaved rings of serrano peppers under a garland of young green peppercorn and basil. • On that chilly post-storm night, the staff indulged in heartwarming bowls of Chinese-style Hot and Sour Soup. Mid-meal, streaming bowls of the staff meal appeared on my table. Maybe I'm delusional to think it an act of friendship, but it feels close enough. __________________________________________ #VeganThaiinSanDiego #GrainsCafe #VeganCalamari

"I met a super cool cotton candy lady... And it's vegan!" said @dasheye at the planning meeting for @veganinsandiego's very first Vegan Taco Cook-Off. Until that point it had been years since I'd indulged in the fluffy treat (not since the 2013 closing of Fatty's in Eagle Rock). As the evening fell over City Heights and the gates opened to hungry taco judges, a rainbow hair maven spun her organic sugary threads into grand poofs capturing the airs of roses and grapefruit. With a bright attitude, Vanessa Corrales now delights vegans up at down the Southern California coast with her ethically mindful nostalgic magic. ______________________________________ #GetFluffedUp #FeelTheFlavor #CottonCandy

It is becoming delightfully common to happen upon vegan staff at very non-vegan restaurants. Through the kindness of my server, Emily, I found my way through the menu modifications at @theblindburro. • The only vegan as-is items are the guacamoles—standard and especial... I went especial ($12). Mashed avocado binds chunks of roasted sweet potato, corn, and rajas with house made plantain chips (shared frier). I scraped some of the salt from Caramelized Pineapple Margherita ($12) to season it. • Pinto beans and rice are prepared with animals, leaving the Veggie Tacos ($14) and Power Bowl ($13) as the substantial entrees. Over two corn tortillas, a generous plop of boiled or fried cauliflower comes drizzled in a fruity BBQ sauce over kale salad, avocado, and matchstick radishes. I asked for all the hot sauces and received a rainbow of actually spicy house made pepper slurry. • The Power Bowl—scoops of quiona and kale salad with avocado subbed for goat cheese—benefited from what ended up being my favorite dish: a side of Mole Black Beans that came with the tacos. The spiced and slightly sweet beans smothered the blatantly healthy ingredient under better tasting but just as healthy sauce. • Blind Burro offers an extensive printed allergen list—highlighting what dishes independently have nuts, egg, soy, and dairy—although it requires a strong interesting in detailed reading while hungry. Which made our friendly server indispensable in creating our pleasant evening in a very non-vegan establishment. ___________________________________ #VeganTacosinSanDiego #VeganMexicanFoodinSanDiego #TheBlindBurro #TacoTuesday

Born as a Mumbai street food, the Vada Pav can now be found throughout Indian. It's at far to few spots in the rest of the world—one of which is the chaat and thali house @sattvikcatering. Here the battered and fried mashed potato patties break open to revile the golden turmeric hue. Cilantro and tamarin chutney creep down its crevassed face as a small offering of raw onion tumble as the bun is lifted to the mouth. I ordered this as a ($6) snack but found the carb-forward double sliders filing enough for an entire afternoon. _________________________________________ #VeganIndianinSanDiego #VeganChaat #VadaPav

"Not today Satan!" I yelled (in my head) at the Turkey Dinner Sandwich at @veggiegrill—the scars run deep from the last one I had. I've been disappointed with every "seasonal" dish by @veggiegrill for what feels like years*—still I keep going, hoping for something good. Today they delivered on that hope with The Far East Bowl ($10.95). • A fillet of @gardein chickin' comes glittered in crisp breading and sesame seeds over a bed of brown rice sweet with cilantro green curry sauce. Charred florets of garlic-chili drizzled broccoli nestle with a small lightly picked salad and tuff of mint and cilantro leaves. The array of textures and flavors play off each other—sweet, tart, heat, fresh, bright—making each bite different, no better or worst then the last. I hope this dish makes it to the permanent menu where previous seasonal specials reside. The Far East Bowl is infinitely better then the best selling "Mediterranean" "Supergreens" Salad that I must assume a bunch of trolls convinced Veggie Grill to make a year-round offence. • *Except the Summer Corn Bisque which is my favorite dish they've ever made. _________________________________________ #FarEastBowl #VeggieGrill #DeepFriedVegan

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