SO…Texas isn’t for vegans they told me. Food isn’t for vegans when people are ignorant in ordering and preparing. PERIOD. So I have 3 wonderful friends and their families who live in Dallas/Fort Worth area. I was in town for 3 days for client meetings. Normally, if I don’t know where I can eat I look for 3 types of places: mexican, sushi & mediterranean. I can almost ALWAYS eat vegan there. The first night we went to an Italian restaurant in the area we were staying, and they assured me the food was vegan. Somehow I felt uncomfortable about it, but my co-worker who I traveled with was really not in the mood for discussion on food matters. SO, I stayed and ate there. Well, my stomach told me guess what?! That wasn’t vegan…there was dairy of some sort in it. NOW I am certain of dairy in products because I end up spending a lot of time in the restroom and have a horribly painful tummy ache. Anyway…the next morning I at least managed to get up early and head to Starbucks. I walked to SB & got a vegan coffee at least. My coordinator at the office was supposed to include a vegan lunch for me…well that ended up being bread, tomato, romaine lettuce and a huge chunk of chicken. Well, that ended the lunch for me…and I had a luna bar. Thank GOD for those things…at least I had some food!
That second night I was over the moon since my local friends said we would go to Esparza’s for mexican food. I had loved it when I visited Dallas many times before and hadn’t been in years! Well, it was nearing 6:30 before we made the 30 minute drive to meet my friend (two of my friends picked me up…love them!) And we were all starving. They picked a place called Spiral Diner instead. I didn’t really know anything about it, nor did they, they said it was all Meredith’s idea since it was really near their house. So I could have cared less, I knew it had vegan food and I was ready to eat.
We rolled up to this quaint little building and walked in and I was in love! Love at first sight! It was a 50’s feel and lots of ‘retro’ everywhere. I loved it! Then Meredith told me that the WHOLE menu was vegan!!! I was like wait WHAT?!!!! So first we got our drinks, and I got the agave limeade…which I am absolutely HOOKED on now. Haven’t found any as good since Spiral Diner, but I am still searching. And going to try my own soon. So onto the menu I could have honestly eaten everything because I was SO hungry. But I was drawn to the ‘Breakfast all day’ section and drooling right away. I caved in and had the breakfast quesidilla. We had hummus & pita appetizer and when my food arrived I was like a rabid dog to a squirrel. I devoured my quesidilla delicately, enjoying the flavor and taste and texture of all the veggies and food and cheese. Oh heavenly!!! Absolutely everything was SO good.
Spiral Diner I profess my love to you!!! Come to St. Petersburg, FL!!! We need you here! I need you here!
Sorry I didn’t get food pics…I was too hungry 😉 Next time!
And does anyone know what a mcnut burger is??
