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I’d come across this company on Instagram. I frankly struggled a bit to find out where they were physically located (in Connecticut), so I opted to order online. Everything arrived quickly (frozen). I went in with no expectations. I was thoroughly impressed with their take…
This is like an insanely elevated cornbread. It is absolutely drenched with honey butter and loaded blueberry flavor, yet perfectly balanced and incredibly moist. It was beyond good. They do a different flavor of cornbread every week! I can’t wait to try more. Follow them…
I stumbled upon Ethno when I had a late-night good vegan food craving and I was so glad I did. The owner was so warm and inviting. While the menu is not 100% vegan, he’s created a solid list of options. The stir fry was…
I am slowly working through Three Girls Vegan’s wide selection of pizzas (they keep introducing new options). This BBQ chicken pizza might be my favorite so far (and possibly my favorite pizza EVER). You can barely see the crust, it is so LOADED with pieces…
This is our local go-to Italian restaurant. My dinner of choice includes their escarole white bean soup, the beet salad (with goat cheese, candied walnuts, onions orange balsamic vinaigrette), a side of fresh broccoli, pappardelle (with sauteed wild mushrooms, rosemary, shallots, and finished with an…
When I lived in NYC, my favorite lunch was building my own salad from Just Salad! I even, for a time, had my own reusable Just Salad bowl (I’ve always loved their focus on sustainability). I was excited to be the first customer at Just…
This was my second visit to The Stand (they are 100% vegan). I was excited to try their jackfruit grilled cheese (which is buffalo-marinated jackfruit, mozzarella, grilled nine-grain bread, served with blue cheese and celery). I had it prepared gluten-free. Worth noting, this is a…
This chain has been as close (to me) as New York City for a while and hadn’t had a chance to check them out. I was happy to come across a location in New Haven, CT. I went for the potato mozzarella (they call it…