Vegetarian Restaurants
It happens every time. No matter if it’s a group of friends heading out for a Saturday night dinner, or just the girlfriend and me figuring out our Sunday afternoon lunch date. The phone inevitably rings or an email arrives with the question: Is there anything on the menu I will be able to eat?
The answer: Yes. It’s not that hard to please most vegetarians like me. Really. I quit meat a decade ago, and from Limon to London. I’ve found something to eat every time I’ve pulled up a chair. Admittedly, many times in Limon that meant pairing sides of potatoes and peas to squeak by. Not here.
Quantity often is a factor to fill up without meat, and few veggie dishes in town beat the Roti at Piscos in sheer size. On a menu bursting with succulent Latin food, this huge Venezuelan tortilla wrap filled with a perfectly balanced mix of sautued Portobello mushrooms, chipotle cream cheese, black beans, lettuce, tomato and avocado is a hearty eater’s dream. If somehow there’s room for dessert, the banana chimichanga a fried flower tortilla stuffed with bananas, granola and sweet potato syrup and served with ice cream is blissfully exotic.
On that note, the exquisite pan roasted baby vegetables at Vesta Dipping Grill are truly out of this world. Served in a lemon-thyme vinaigrette with Fontana cheese and a potato pancake, Executive Chef Matt Selby’s foray into veggie fare is one of the city’s most unique. Thanks, in part, to the wide selection of dipping sauces. We chose the miso, black pepper and yuzu soy to accentuate the mini carrots, squash, mushrooms and onions. All combinations are phenomenal.
One of the most remarkable meatless dish in the area, though, requires a trip to
Piscos,
Vesta Dipping Grill,
Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 South Broadway,
