As Ms. Cole says in the article, she probably wouldn’t have lines out the door if she’d named it Pinky’s Vegan.
And I just looked at the menu. This is the kind of place with silly names for all the sandwiches, like the “one night stand” or the “fussy hussy”. I much prefer normal, boring names.
This is true. I live with a vegetarian and I’ve found I like the plant based meat substitutes and instead of Tyson nuggets I now buy Gardein or Quorn products. And chickpeas are the main ingredient in an amazing Meatless loaf. I still eat meat but I’m choosing more meatless convenience products.
Now that’s just silly, but I suppose it depends on their clientele. Personally, I would find it embarrassing to order “a one night stand” and perhaps “a dose of the clap” on the side (not sure if that’s a menu item, but it should be!). 
Ick.
I wish them well. There should be more people of color succeeding in building businesses and gaining economic power. But somehow I wouldn’t feel right about patronizing a business with “slutty” in their name, kind of like I wouldn’t agree to go to a Hooters restaurant.
As to the vegan menu generally, there’s lots of vegan dishes I like, but like others I’m not so much into vegan dishes that are trying to pass as meat substitutes. I’ve never heard “you should try this steak, it tastes just like portobello”.
Heh, okay, another eatery with “clever” branding/naming to catch attention.
I say to them hey, you do you.
More of a groaner, for sure.
Though I suppose this will be yet another check under the “How can you tell someone’s a Vegan? You don’t, THEY will tell you!” heading.
Heh… I could not help but think of Casa Diablo in Portland OR (Google it if you’re over 18 and not at the boss’ computer). Though they are WAY beyond your idea…
Speaking as an omnivore, there are plenty of vegetarian and vegan foods that I like just fine, but the things that try to pretend to be meat are almost never on the list. If someone wants to eat more plant-based foods but isn’t yet willing to give up the taste of meat, fake meats aren’t going to help, because they don’t taste like meat.
For the vegans who do so for moral reasons, they may not care about the health aspect. They may have no problems eating an untraprocecessed vegan imitation meat-like food the same way that someone may eat cheeze-whiz and cool whip even though they could easily eat real cheese and real whipped cream.
Yes. 
Just from a business sense, I’d say this is not the time to expand. Wait until the vaccine is more widespread, and COVID is on the decline.
Otherwise, your “customers out the door” is just giving the virus a dandy place to mingle and share, and you risk killing your customers instead of increasing your customer base.
~VOW
With a family member who has a lot of food restrictions following a life-saving medical treatment, I welcome other food options. She misses cheese, and it’s nice to go to a restaurant once in awhile and have cheese substitutes available, for example. Rather than asserting rules for people whose diets you don’t like, you might consider that you don’t know everyone’s reasons, needs, and preferences.
I certainly understand your point, but …
As part of a former job I had to work with slaughterhouses as vendors, touring their facilities.
If somebody likes the taste of meat, but has an objection to the way animals are treated in the name of tasty food – particularly by Big Meat (large corporate outfits) – I’d give them a pass.
What do we do with it? I think we eat there.
This is one of the strongest reasons that pushed me to become a vegetarian 10 years ago
Lol! I was joking about tofurkey, but what’s wrong with Field Roast sausages and alternative cheeses? I just tried some coconut-based cheese last week that was pretty good (but too coconutty for my tastes). My militant vegan sister loves it. My BIL works at a small company which produces vegan meats which are fantastic, although they’re only available to commercial kitchens. Their vegan stuffed “turkey” roast was more popular than the real one at Thanksgiving a couple years ago. Hopefully they’ll begin selling retail soon.
See I’m not expecting animal meat texture and juices from meat like substitutes it’s the smoky char with a satisfactory chew that is filling and flavorful. Portabella burgers I’m all in!
Being from Atlanta, we go to it (though, I will be honest, I haven’t make the trek - it’s on the Westside of town and I’m just to the East of the city, but have heard it’s pretty tasty)
I was mostly joking too, of course (although not about tofurkey). But still, if it’s not made out of some kind of milk, it’s not cheese. I don’t know what a field roast sausage is, but I’m betting it’s not actually a sausage.
Me too! I do them on the grill all summer long. But it’s not a “burger.” It’s a mushroom.
I just don’t get food processed and manipulated to taste like something it’s not. Not that I go to Burger King anyway, but if I did, it wouldn’t be for an Impossible Burger.
Seems to me there’s plenty of fantastic plant-based food out there without having to dress it up as something it’s not.
I do not care what a restaurant calls themselves provided that:
- They thoroughly exceed all health regulations
- Their staff is adequately paid and well-treated
- They don’t label their bathrooms with some jokey confusing sex pun. Just “men” or “women” or “unisex”.
That being said, if anybody asked my opinion of the name, I would say it seems like a shamelessly over-the-top grab for attention. I would be amused by a “slutburger” and would probably order it, but to name your whole-ass restaurant “Slutty Vegan” is just… weird to me. But hey, it’s not my business, go capitalism.
Slutty Vegan uses the Impossible Burger. I’ve had the Impossible Burger a few times (at another local Atlanta burger chain called Grindhouse, which also has meat burgers, and at Burger King which has the Impossible Burger). I think it actually does taste very surprisingly like beef.
Now the Beyond Burger I don’t believe tastes like meat. But their chicken patties taste like chicken at least.