Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

Taverner

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26. Healthy sounds great on paper, but it has trouble selling

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 03:19 PM

Oct 2013

And the fact that it is REALLY hard to get excited over spinach greens. Maybe you do, but I can't.

If a Vegan FF place is to proliferate (and that would be my goal, far over making money) it would have to compete with Burger King, McDonalds, etc.

Veggie burgers can be made to be BETTER tasting than Beef Burgers

Even that "beef flavor" - you can get that from a variety of mushrooms

The beef flavor in McDonalds Vegetable Oil? It comes from mushrooms.

People don't want to eat Buckwheat Groats over Daikon Salads with a sprig of cilantro

People want food that tastes like food

This, I think, is one of the biggest things holding back the general population from going veg

Accessible and good tasting veg food

And the Health Browbeaters aren't helping things any. Just because THEY love the taste of kale shakes doesn't mean everyone else will

Add to this that once you stop eating meat, you can be much more liberal with MSG and salt - and there is no reason why a Vegan FF place wouldn't just do well, they would PROLIFERATE the nation

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Is there a market for Vegan Fast Food? [View all] Taverner Oct 2013 OP

Been waiting for this for years. villager Oct 2013 #1

SF and Berkeley as test markets, maybe El Lay (Venice or Santa Monica) Taverner Oct 2013 #2

Although there is one thing about NYC... Taverner Oct 2013 #3

Here's what we have now in NYC- LiberalElite Dec 2013 #42

Every falafel ever sold tells you there is such a market. Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #4

There was a great place in San Diego in the 90s called 'Faque Burger' mwrguy Oct 2013 #5

My guess is wrong location Taverner Oct 2013 #6

Hillcrest seems like a good place for one mwrguy Oct 2013 #9

We have Veggie Grill in California State the Obvious Oct 2013 #7

Veggie Grill ain't bad -- but is it exactly the template Taverner was calling for? villager Oct 2013 #10

Here you go... State the Obvious Oct 2013 #12

Much more upscale than I would want to do Taverner Oct 2013 #14

Was the texture the same? CrispyQ Oct 2013 #17

Sure! You need a food processor Taverner Oct 2013 #18

Thanks! CrispyQ Oct 2013 #20

That is why you have to seriously liquify the "meat" Taverner Oct 2013 #21

Yes - I wouldn't want to compete with veg restaurants Taverner Oct 2013 #13

There is also this in the East Bay Taverner Oct 2013 #8

There's a place in Brooklyn, NY.. SummerSnow Oct 2013 #11

There was a veggie burger place in Boulder several years ago. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #15

There is a new healthy fast food (upscale) coming to my neighborhood soon but i can't remember kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #16

Corn chowder with cashew cream, oh my! CrispyQ Oct 2013 #19

I always thought this was possible, FirstLight Oct 2013 #22

I think we can do even better. We can make a veggie burger that tastes better than beef Taverner Oct 2013 #23

yes! FirstLight Oct 2013 #25

Bill Hicks was the man! Taverner Oct 2013 #27

Agree 100% Beringia Dec 2013 #43

My thoughts. . . StrayKat Oct 2013 #24

Healthy sounds great on paper, but it has trouble selling Taverner Oct 2013 #26

I think there is a market for this, and if that's your goal, you could potentially do very well. StrayKat Oct 2013 #33

Noodles and Co. ginnyinWI Oct 2013 #31

Yup, yup. StrayKat Oct 2013 #34

The market is evolving within existing franchises. MADem Oct 2013 #28

True, but all these places are just doing "me too" Taverner Oct 2013 #29

The problem is getting past people's attitudes. ginnyinWI Oct 2013 #32

The challenge in making these kinds of places viable is that MADem Oct 2013 #35

yes DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #30

A favorite local fast food chain here in inland SoCal Codeine Oct 2013 #36

It would do well here in Chicago mucifer Oct 2013 #37

Evos. n/t flvegan Oct 2013 #38

Sunflower Drive In in Fair Oaks makes the best vegan fast food. LeftyMom Oct 2013 #39

Did anyone mention Orean's? pothos Oct 2013 #40

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Would be nice if Mcdonald's made a veggie burger Beringia Dec 2013 #44

No vegetarian restaurants here where I live in North Georgia. RebelOne Dec 2013 #45