Dining Out: Bean Vegan Cuisine (Charlotte, NC)

Bean Vegan Cuisine in Charlotte: It's dark and dim and filled with vegan versions of otherwise artery-clogging truck stop dishes. My low class, hillbilly ass rejoices!

Side note: Their interior design as based around geek culture things, particularly comic books. That's all fine and well if you're in to that sort of thing, but I liked the little table display that touted the ecological benefits of eating lower on the trophic levels. Good job, Bean!

Above, the Cowboy Burger topped with seitan bacon, daiya cheddar, onion rings, and pickles--flavored with both ranch dressing and BBQ sauce. It was SO goddamn delicious. If I lived anywhere near Charlotte, I'd be one chubby porker for eating there all the time.

The burger is served with one side; I chose tater tot casserole, but kind of regretted it. I was expecting deep-fried, crispy tots with some diaya melted on top and some veg thrown in for color. Instead, it was mushy and gray. Should've gone with the fried pickles. Ah well, more incentive to go back and try any of the other delectable diner foods they offer!


Also of note: Bean is not only 100% vegan comfort food but also a grocer. The store was closed when I stopped in for lunch, which was terribly disappointing bc they are the one store in NC that carries "Vegan Magic" (formerly known as Vegan Bacon Grease). Very much wanting to try that product, I went ahead and ordered it online from Vegan Essentials.

I'll be back, Bean! And I will look at your gloriously large room of vegan groceries!! #ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney