Dallas will be the first location of Slutty Vegan in Texas

by Courtney E. Smith 

One of Atlanta’s favorite restaurants is making its way to Texas, with the first location in Dallas. Slutty Vegan is bringing its take on plant-based food to Deep Ellum. Perhaps a little ironically, it will be on Main Street just across from one of the neighborhood’s favorite meat-first joints, Pecan Lodge. It is slated to open its doors in May 2023, serving lunch, dinner, sit-down, and takeaway meals for the late-night crowd.

Slutty Vegan specializes in vegan comfort food, and the Dallas menu will include the One Night Stand, a vegan burger with all-vegan bacon, cheese, caramelized onions, lettuce, tomato, and Slut Sauce on a vegan Hawaiian bun; the Heux Boy, a po-boy with vegan shrimp tossed in a New Orleans-style batter; and the Hollywood Hooker, a vegan chopped Philly with jalapenos, bell peppers, caramelized onions, vegan provolone, and mayo on a hoagie, according to a press release.

Pinky Cole, the founder and CEO of Slutty Vegan, is ready to invite “vegans and meat-eaters alike [to] break free from kale and quinoa salads.” As part of her expansion into new cities and media, Cole released Eat Plants, Bitch, a vegan cookbook, at the end of 2022 and opened a new restaurant in Harlem, New York City, and two in Atlanta earlier this year. Cole says she was drawn to opening a restaurant in Deep Ellum because of its “strong cultural roots as one of the first commercial districts in the city for African-Americans, bringing to life Slutty Vegan’s philosophy of supporting historically Black neighborhoods.”

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