I love Salt Lake City for loving donuts. Jeff visited over President’s Day, so I looked up some new vegan eats. There are several, including Big O Doughnuts which serves plant-based gourmet donuts. Here we have coconut, maple, rose, key lime pie, plain glazed, and lavender lemon.
Passion Flour Patisserie was stared by a French-pastry-trained chef who became vegan. The pastries are phenomenal. (And I learned there is such a thing as Chickpea magazine!)
Also at Passion Flour, the smoked benedict: Canadian “bacon” topped with smoked tofu, sun dried tomatoes, sautéed spinach, and creamy hollandaise served on an english muffin.
Sage has moved again, so we had to check out their new location. This is their mushroom escargot: roasted shiitake mushrooms and carrot butter pate served with french bread. It was amazing. (Jeff took this photo.)
Even Stevens will donate a sandwich to a local non-profit for every sandwich they sell. This is the jackfruit torta: jackfruit carnitas, pepitas, guacamole, salsa morita, radishes, cilantro, lettuce, and pickled onions served on a sweet bun. (And they have a couple other vegan options on their menu.)
One more round at Big O Doughnuts. We have the peanut butter and the s’mores. I asked the cashier how business was going (since I noticed they closed once because they sold out). She said people will come in wanting multiple dozens at once, including one customer who wanted seven dozen. “But that’s, like, all of them.” (Jeff took this photo.)
And I’m happy to report that Vertical Diner got its groove back after moving to a new location. We have the excellent breakfast burrito and the avalanche. (Jeff took this photo.)
And a Vertical Diner brownie for dessert.
If you’re wondering what happened to the old Vertical Diner location, I have two words for you: Vertical Pizza, the plant-based pizza parlor. I can’t decide if I’m more excited about this or the donuts. We have the cheezeburger pizza and the taco pizza.
I’ve heard Bombay House was good, but hadn’t ever bothered to drive all the way over there. (It’s almost six whole miles away.) But now I can’t stop thinking about how to get back and have the vegetable coconut kurma again (the dish in the middle). It’s mixed vegetables cooked with onions, tomatoes, cashew nuts, golden raisins, coconut milk, and spices. They have an extensive column on their menu of other vegan/vegetarian options. (Jeff took this photo.)
I’d also heard about City Cakes, the all-vegan bakery, but had never bothered to get over there (almost 1.5 miles away). City Cakes is impressive. I immediately recognized the items in their display case because I’ve seen them for sale at Whole Foods, Even Stevens, and other vegan friendly places around town. Their food was extremely reasonably priced, the service was quick, and you get to eat next to the factory-style floor are where the magic presumably happens. And it was good. We have a waffle with berry syrup, a spinach cheese scone, and a potatoes au gratin breakfast burrito.
City Cakes pastries to go. A fruit tart, a peanut butter bar (the bottom is brownie, the middle is peanut butter, and the top is chocolate), a coconut cupcake, and a cinnamon roll.
Even after Jeff returned home, I was well into the habit of trying new vegan things, so I tracked down the Poutine Your Mouth food truck at food truck Thursday. You can veganize most options on their menu. It was life-changing.
The vegan version of the magic mushroom poutine: mushrooms, onions, kale, gravy, and big blobs of vegan cheese over perfect fries.
And one more trip to Big O Doughnuts. (Well, there were several more trips, but they were sold out twice.) I snagged the lavender blueberry.