Urp.
Just ate at Soul Veg, an all-vegan soul food restaurant on the South Side. (Did I just say an all-vegan soul food restaurant on the South Side? It is the only all-vegan soul food restaurant on the South Side. Clearly.) The barbecue sauce was some of the best I’ve ever tasted (and apparently honey-free, on account of the crazy vegans). The rest of the food varied: the peas were canned and the red beans and rice were a little dry, but the homemade cucumber salad dressing was divine. Unfortunately for me, all that fake meat and barbecue sauce have settled uncomfortably in a big lump in my stomach.
Also, my toilet is making exploding noises. And Monte just threw up green feathers.
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current book: The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich. I tried to read Love Medicine years ago, and felt so little empathy for the characters that I actually quit reading it a mere 30 pages from the end. The Antelope Wife is much better; a lovely, magical, and epic story spanning the history of the Ojibwa tribe. The story unfurls all at once without the burden of chronology.
current music: Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago” while imagining L.E. mowing her first yard ever.
current socks: I have neither socks nor blisters to tell you about. Honestly. What is the world coming to?
Posted 21 August 2006
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Love love love Soul Vegetarian East. Favorites include the tofu tidbits, the BBQ Twist sandwich, the gyro, and anything with prince dressing.
I have to say, though, about four years ago I went to a place called Vegetarian Express Gourmet on 111th Street. I don’t remember if it was vegan or just vegetarian, and it wasn’t explicitly soul food, but considering its location, there was plenty of soul food on the menu. This site suggests that it’s closed, but apparently a new all-vegan eatery (Veggie Bite) is in its place. And right underneath that listing is Vegetarian Fun Foods Supreme, a fast-food joint on 87th Street. So there may be more than you think…