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the vegan spot is for sale! WTF?!
12October 13th, 2008LA restaurants, the vegan spot (closed)UPDATE: since this post, the vegan spot has CLOSED. a new vegetarian cafe has taken its place. this is very sad news indeed. there is no more vegan spot…but i will leave the original post up below for those of you who want to reminisce.
a big thanks to foodeater for sharing this news via twitter a few hours ago. i wouldn’t have known otherwise.
apparently, the legendary vegan spot on sunset is up for sale. for fucking SALE. that’s right, the restaurant is listed with the price of a whoppin’ $75K on none other than the trusted real estate source craigslist.org. you heard me right. craigslist. the place you’d normally go to sell your old TV, find a roommate, or get some hot m4w/ww4m/t4mw action is now the same site you can hit up to buy your fave vegan restaurant. ahhhhh…the wonderous internet.
here is the link to the craigslist post.
roast beef and cheddar in all its vegan glory!
and here is a picture of the post for you to click on, in case it’s been deleted by the time you read this.
so why, then? why is a restaurant that makes the best vegan sandwiches in town, meals that everyone and their mom has been blogging about, up and selling themselves overnight? i don’t have the answer. all i know is we should all get over there and eat like 8 million sandwiches. pronto.
funny, i was just at the vegan spot last night, would you believe? and i was already half way through writing a post about how in just one week since my last glowing review, the portions and quality of the food have gotten even better (which i didn’t think was possible)! i tried some new stuff, tried some old stuff, and it was all better than anything i’d tried before.
starting with the new stuff. for those of you who love melty vegan cheese that tastes exactly like real cheese, i recommend the quesadilla. the vegan spot switches it up and makes their quesadilla with mozz instead of cheddar, which is a totally welcome change…especially combined with with red onion, spinach and mushrooms. absolutely divine.
quesadilla: spinach and mushroom quesadilla layered with soy mozzarella and red onion in a whole wheat tortilla. served with a side of pico de gallo. $8.95
i’ve had myself some pretty impressive vegan quesadillas, and this is by far the best. the vegan spot’s amazing ability to capture the essence of melting cheese doesn’t stop at just the sandwiches. they’ve got it nailed between a greasy tortilla as well. and all the vegetables in this thing were nothing less than scrumptious! i could have eaten like 8 quesadillas at least. fuck you, vegan spot…your food is too awesome for mortals.
not to be outdone, the vegan burger at the vegan spot is as good as any i’ve eaten before. it rivals m café, follow your heart and all our favorites as the best vegan burger in town. luscious, hearty, and most importantly homemade, this patty brought it. SO GOOD. i could eat like ten of these. oh, and for an extra buck you can add SOY CHEESE. mmmmmmmmmmmMMMMmmmelty and wonderful; beyond worth the $1.
veggie burger: our own veggie burger patty served with a side of thousand island, lettuce, tomato and red onion. $8.95
this thing was off the chain. it seems like every single thing i order from the vegan spot menu is better than the thing i tried before, without fail. i would put this right up there with their other cheesy sandwiches.
oh, and did i mention, the same chef salad that i raved about last week has gotten even better?
it’s more (fake) meaty and much, much huger. you gotta check it out. i’m sure the other salads rock as well…i just can’t help but get this one every time. here is a pic of the latest version.
chef salad: romaine lettuce, tomato, avocado, "turkey", roast "beef", soy mozzarella, maple pepper "bacon" and croutons. served with ranch dressing. $9.95
that salad launched me into a 6 hour food coma and the best sinking feeling of my life. well done. even more fantastic than last time.
if you haven’t tried the vegan spot, haul your ass over there as soon as you can. it’s quickly becoming my favorite restaurant, although i’ve never actually dined in and they don’t serve beer. what can i say, the food just speaks for itself. so good.
so, on a final note: anyone who has some money, click on the about page of this site and send me an email. i’m thinking that if enough of us get together, we can buy this awesome vegan restaurant and eat ourselves into oblivion.
Tags: quesadilla, salad, veganmofo, veggie burger
9 responses to “the vegan spot is for sale! WTF?!” 
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I know, crazy news right? I wonder what happened, they seemed to be doing so well. I keep thinking maybe it’s a hoax, but I think we might just be schlitz out of luck 🙁
On a related note, have you yet tried the seitan quesadilla up the street at their kissin’ cousins, Flore? It’s my favorite of all vegan quesadillas that I’ve had so far. A must!
toliveandeatinla.com/2007/vegan-quesadilla
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That sucks! Ok, who’s going with me so I can finally try this place before it changes hands?
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Haha I just noticed your post on the Doritos recipe. I think I’m going to try to get my hands on a dehydrator and see if that can’t speed up the process. I’ll just have to keep them separate from my mangoes.
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I know Miranda had recently bought out the other owner of the restaurant. Maybe running Flore and The Vegan Spot was too much. I can imagine it would be.
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miss anthrope October 14th, 2008 at 07:38
foodeater – not sure why your link didn’t show up on this site in the comments. hmmm. trying to figure that out. anyways, your quesadilla looks just as good…for sure.
http://www.toliveandeatinla.com/2007/vegan-quesadilla/
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Wha huh? I was just there on Saturday. Me and homies spent $10.50 on Twinkies; they can pay the rent with those things. Ugh, that sucks!
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cecelia October 15th, 2008 at 08:45
I called to order some food to go last week and was a bit surprised that they didn’t ask for a phone number.
I wondered how they prevented people from ordering and not showing up for their food. Anyway, I waited
the 30 minutes that they said it would take and, when I got there, the server who, by the way, was chatting with a fellow employee while I waited at the cash register to be noticed, said “we’re out of the breakfast burrito. do you want something else?”.Now, it was almost 9:00pm, I was starving and not about to wait for them to make something else. I told
him that they really needed to take a call back number when people place order by telephone. His
response was “It was really weird…your number is blocked because I tried to get it off our phone”.So, as much as I like the food, the ineptness has
made me vow to never go back. Maybe a new owner
will be just the thing to help get things together. -
Aw, I hope the place gets saved by some wealthy, hungry vegans! The food looks like it’s worth saving.
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