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ooey gooey vegan cinnamon rolls & more at swingers!
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January 26th, 2009quarrygirlLA restaurants, swingers

UPDATE 4/25/2011: DON’T EAT AT SWINGER’S. they put lard in “vegan” items.

UPDATED POST: the cinnamon rolls featured in this post were originally supplied by dee’s bakery and donuts, but after learning about the conditions of her kitchen and non-vegan ingredients, swingers has discontinued their dee’s bakery products.

swingers diner on beverly has been a regular haunt of ours for a long time, especially on weekends for breakfast. the smart-ass and ironic pseudo-50s-style diner has a whole lotta attitude (their slogan is “ass, cash, or grass, nobody eats for free”), plus a huge menu with more vegan options than i could ever possibly try. mr. meaner and i usually both order the vegan burrito, but we’ve posted about that before and decided to branch on our past visit and try some new stuff.

we hit up swingers for breakfast on sunday, and the first thing i noticed as i walked in the door was a huge tray of plump cinnamon rolls sitting on the counter. the waitress saw me scoping them and called out to me, “you should really try one of our rolls! they are absolutely delicious and they’re VEGAN.” that sealed it. it’s pretty rare i see a random mouth-watering dessert and find out i can eat it…that pleasure is typically reserved for omnivores. i ordered one and savored every bite regretted it later after seeing the kitchen it was made in.

vegan cinnamon roll from swingers

the cinnamon roll turned out to be from dee’s bakery, and i can’t stress to you how un-vegan this tasted. (probably because it wasn’t) argh.

gratuitous frosting close up

after murdering an entire sinful, frosting-filled bun, we opted for some healthy entrees: the vegan cobb and the tofu saute.

vegan cobb: sauteed tofu, soy cheese, avocado, sweet corn, tomatoes, crispy onions, and carrots with organic mixed baby greens tossed in tahini-dill dressing. $10.95

the vegan cobb was amazing. the cheese tasted like tofutti slices (which i love) and the sauteed tofu was perfectly seasoned. plus it came with mounds of vegetables and really fresh avocado. awesome all the way around. for a big meal salad, you could do a lot worse.

the tofu saute was also quite tasty, and had a certain asian flare to it.

tofu saute: tofu, sauteed quinoa, broccoli, snow peas, mushrooms, carrots, red cabbage, garlic and ginger with a squeeze of fresh orange, served with a swingers salad. $9.25

these little mounds of tofu were perfectly seasoned and came with a whole ton of crispy vegetables. it definitely tasted light and healthy; the ideal contrast to all the warm frosting floating around inside my belly.

with so much great vegan stuff on the menu, there is no reason not to give swingers a try. ok, for some folks it may be a little bit arrogant and cooler-than-thou in an annoying hipster sort of way…but, don’t worry, it’s way too far west to take itself very seriously. if this place were in los feliz i may be intimidated, but it’s two locations are in weho and santa monica, and the servers are a lot more cooky than they are snotty.

and whether you are looking for some hard core vegan junk food, late night munchies, healthy salads or overwhelming desserts…swingers has it all. plus, it’s a place you can take your meat-lovin’ friends and find something on the menu for everyone.

so head over there fast. and if you are lucky enough to get a hot vegan cinnamon roll, fucking do it.

swingers
8020 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 653-5858
Tags: dessert, salad, scramble, weho

11 responses to “ooey gooey vegan cinnamon rolls & more at swingers!”

Lex January 26th, 2009 at 23:02

Dee is a miracle worker!
Brittany January 26th, 2009 at 23:19

I went to Swingers last week and they were out of the cinnamon rolls. Must… go… back!
Vegyogini January 27th, 2009 at 09:23

I still haven’t made it to Swingers, but it’s on my never-ending list. WELCOME BACK!
Michelle January 27th, 2009 at 10:22

Vegan cinammon rolls are calling me! Must visit Swingers ASAP! Thanks for the heads up! 🙂
Melisser January 28th, 2009 at 02:35

Damn, I will take a cinnamon roll!
TravelingVeg January 29th, 2009 at 10:56

The cinnamon roll pic is making me drool.
littlelemon February 10th, 2009 at 01:28

Wow Quarry Girl, You are one of my new found favorite vegan blogger!!! I really enjoy reading your blog and learning so much about L.A’s vegan scene, Thank you so much!! ^_~ I can’t help to wonder if you get to managing well to eat so many different kind of yummy food and able to stay in shape haha, I so want to try all these…but, I think my body probably can’t afforded it all, maybe some, but not all… lol…well, Best Luck to all Vegan! and Thank You~~
wally1219 February 20th, 2009 at 22:52

Try the vegan multi-grain pancakes with banana. On Thursdays in Santa Monica you can also get them with chocolate chips as the special. We got them with both and they were like fresh, warm cookies from the oven-with syrup! Yummm.
Happy Herbivore February 22nd, 2009 at 19:59

after seeing this post I realized the cinnabons I’ve been starring at (with my lip hanging out) for the last year are vegan… !! so, naturally, I was completely rational, and txted my spouse we were eating swingers for dinner … and ordered myself one. oh yah…!!
britt August 20th, 2009 at 23:15

Dee’s Bakery is actually very vegan and very yummy. Everyone talks crap about her and the bakery because they hear false rumors that are truly unfair to her passion and commitment of delivering us vegans awesome goodies to choose from. I’m still all for Dee’s Bakery…Regardless of what you all say.
Red November 13th, 2011 at 15:37

You might want to know that the link to:

“UPDATE 4/25/2011: DON’T EAT AT SWINGER’S. they put lard in “vegan” items.”

links to “follow your heart buns not being vegan”.

I would really like to know the details of the swingers lard issue.

Thanks for a GREAT blog!