Restaurant News

Despite its regional status, Pinky Cole’s Slutty Vegan is nationally recognized with celebrities including Tyler Perry and Shaquille O’Neil claiming the vegan burger chain as their favorite restaurant. Now, Cole – the founder of Atlanta-based Slutty Vegan – is eyeing significant national expansion, securing $25 million in a Series A funding round. Led by social commerce giant ...

A Michelin-starred meal, from the comfort of your couch? Eleven Madison Park’s Chef Daniel Humm is making it a reality, unveiling the new Eleven Madison Home – a meal kit delivery service that brings the masterful plant-based fine dining directly to New Yorkers. Eleven Madison ...

Burger King changed fast food forever when the chain introduced its mouthwatering Impossible Whopper back in 2019, making it the largest fast-food chain to offer a plant-based burger option (though White Castle did it the year before). Now, Burger K...

The good news for plant-based eaters is that fast-food chains are doubling down on vegan menu options, introducing meatless burgers including the McPlant, Impossible Whopper, and Beyond Famous Star Burger. Unfortunately, these fast-food chains often fall short when serving vegan customers by including dairy cheese and egg-based mayo on the sandwiches. Until now, most fa...

In 2006, Chef Mike Rypka bought a food trailer and a red Vespa and rode around Austin, Texas, passing out cheap, delicious tacos to attract people to his food trailer, Torchy’s Tacos. Now, Torchy’s has nearly 100 locations across 11 states and thousands of fans nationwide, but plant-based customers have found that its vegan options are limited. Hearing their concerns, the regiona...

McDonald’s dropped the most buzzed-about plant-based menu item when it unveiled the McPlant, leaving customers drooling over the meatless burger. But for now, the exclusive release has people wondering, when can I try it? McDonald's fans nationwide have been waiting patiently to try the new meatless McDonald’s burger, and following its successful trial period, the fast-food giant announced that th

Has Gordon Ramsey grown a heart? That’s what you might wonder when you hear that he just added vegan burgers to his latest menu. Ramsey, known as an unforgiving chef and screamer, is making sure that vegans (who he has derided the past) will be well served when they show up this Chicago restaurant, Gordon Ramsay Burger, which just opened in the River North neighborhood. Gordon Rams...

As restaurants worldwide embellish their menus with plant-based alternatives, vegan giant Impossible Foods has taken matters into its own hands to give customers more meatless options. The plant-based protein company announced recently opened its first plant-based restaurant concepts across the United States, aiming to provide consumers everywhere with the brand’s signature vegan meat products. Th

For decades, fine dining has been meat-centric, defined by entrees that feature duck, steak, or other signature animal-based dishes. Now, consumer interest is rapidly shifting away from meat-centric dining and the worldwide fine dining scene is following suit...

OmniFoods paved the road for plant-based pork products, initially releasing its OmniPork products across Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian companies. After years of anticipation, the meatless pioneer debuted its vegan pork products at select restaurants in the United States. The comp...