DisFUCKINclaimer she didn't eat this for 30 days , and didn't call it cleanse i swear if i see a comment like this " haha potatos are unhealthy and you eat junk food haha " I will ... ok i think ill go to bed now bye
The thing you said about the Veggie Grill reminds me of the time I went with my cousins to this restaurant called Native Foods. At the time I didn't know much about vegan food and none of us had any idea it was vegan. We were confused when we noticed the meats were called "native" like native chicken. Even after tasting the food we still weren't positive it was vegan. Now I know what seitan is and that it was definitely not meat haha.
tickledxoxpink Yeah, the food was really good. I only got to go there two times and I just found out the one I went to closed. It's kinda tragic because it was the only vegan restaurant in the area.
@@dreamingrightnow1174 only voodoo has cock n balls donuts. But blue star is better if you want something different. Voodoo is multiple places like denver. Keep voodoo for denver
@@godjhaka7376 Voodoo went national? You sure? I haven't tried (or heard of Blue Star) but I'll have to try it now. I don't discriminate when it comes to donuts; every get's an equal opportunity, but it will be hard to beat Voodoo's raspberry filled for Hanukah.
Next time you visit you'll have to visit more of the Portland-specific eateries! NLB, VG, & Loving Hut are chains but PDX has a lot of great locally owned spots to check out. Hope you enjoyed our bustling city :)
+Robin I live in Medford and will be heading up to Portland soon :) Can you recommend a few of your favorite local vegan restaurants? I'd appreciate it!
Sure! One of my very faves is "Harvest at the Bindery" for brunch or a nice dinner. Also brunch: a.n.d Cafe. Bakeries: Back to Eden Bakery and Sweetpea Baking (next door to Herbivore Clothing and Food Fight! Grocery). Lunch/dinner: Blossoming Lotus, The Sudra, Departure (fancy). Vegan pizza: Sizzle Pie. Enjoy your trip!
Your videos are great. You are one of the best Vegan channels. You're not so negative like most vegans. I been a vegan for 15 years and I don't like Vegans. But I like you and love your channel.
I know this may not sound like a compliment but you are the only vegan on youtube who doesn't act like they smell their own farts besides the bite sized person. Your videos are the only ones besides bite-sized that I can watch with out cringing. Been vegan for 25 days and you have helped a ton! :)
the loving hut in fountain valley, california is SO GOOD. i also love veggie grill and native foods. native foods started in palm springs but now is all over california, oregon, colorado and even one in chicago!
Thanks for sharing what you ate in OR. I was just talking about moving to the NW this morning. I am in New Zealand right now and am from Minnesota so if I move back to the US, Seattle was my choice but then Portland came up this morning and then you post about Portland being the vegan mecca etc. Hmmm... I am sure you are thrilled to know this=P Anyway I am very frustrated with the lack of vegan options across the board here in Auckland ie. shopping/groceries ,restaurants(0) and feel like moving home. But the flip side is, a person should eat more whole foods / keep it basic anyway. No sarcasm, half the fun of being vegan is learning and creating delicious foods from scratch. You are one of the key people I look to for figuring this whole plant-based life out. Thanks so much!
Austin is also a good choice. It was named the most vegan friendly city in the U.S. Austin is even the biggest no-kill city in the U.S., meaning Austin shelters save more animals than any other U.S. city. They really do cater to vegans and animals here.
I so want to visit Portland. Not just because of the vegan options, but it has the unofficial motto "Keep Portland Weird." It's like a city *made* for me!
Yup. I have that sticker on the back of my iPad. Got it a few years ago. Upside down too - weird right? Love Portland. Wish the Canadian dollar was better.
The Loving Hut is a food truck here in Vancouver, BC. At ours they do burgers, fries and onion rings....best vegan burger anywhere. They use Gardein as well. And so proud to say Gardein is a Vancouver based business.
I got so excited when I saw the title of this video! I'm going to Portland for the first time in 2 weeks. I knew there would be a lot of vegan places but it's nice to have gotten some opinions. Thanks! haha :)
+siimplyveronica What you really need to do in Portland is try the Vegan Corn dogs from Hungry Tiger, some baked goods from Back to Eden (way better than Voodoo, their doughnuts are incredible) and if you hit up Veggie Grill I always recommend the Nachos.
You've gotta visit Dun-well Doughnuts in Brooklyn! And there's an awesome vegan diner a block away from it (Champs), plus a Loving Hut a few blocks away.
It's so cute to see you get all excited about vegan options! The city where I live in Switzerland is not very vegan friendly, so I'm like this too when I travel elsewhere in Europe. I often have the impression that all vegans in the US are just munching on vegan doughnuts all day long, so it's good to be reminded that it's not like that for everyone.
Glad you got to visit! If you ever come back, you need to do brunch! Portland does brunch like a boss. Blossoming Lotus, Portobello's, Nectar Cafe, and A.N.D. Cafe are a few of my absolute faves. Waffles ftw!
In whole foods in the baked goods section. Just make sure it has a v on it. They have the vanilla frosted flavor (best), jelly donut flavor -not great and also chocolate.
I just got back from a visit to Portland a few days ago too. I ate at the same food truck I think. Was it on Mississippi Ave? I was also underwhelmed. But I ate some awesome coconut curry tofu deliciousness at a different truck. I didn't make it to Powell's this time, but ohhhh man, that is my all time favorite book store since I was like 8! Glad you had a good time! :)
Great video. I am a vegetarian (more vegan than veg) and live in Portland and you have reviewed places I never knew about so thank you! Always great to discover new places in my hometown so now I have a few more to check out. Ah, the things we take for granted sometimes with how vegan spoiled we are here in the NW with vegan options. Next time, Vtopia cheese tasting is highly recommended.
Loving Hut in downtown PDX is the best location of over 5 I've tried in Europe and the US. It's run by a husband and his wife - cute interior, large portions and great value!
Be sure next time you're here to check out Harlow on Hawthorne (all plant based) and Laughing Planet (tons of plant based options)! They're some of my favorites. The vegan mac and cheese is awesome at Harlow and also at Mac! on Mississippi.
I worked at Loving Hut here in Arizona! Nicest coworkers and bosses ever! They did talk about the religion a fair amount but didnt pressure us into it at all. But the best part was getting a free meal every day! The only reason I left was because the encouraged customer not to tip and then paid us very little, if I wasn't living with my parent I would not have been able to make it. I still eat there frequently but I make sure to tip :) I love that each one is a little different and all have very different menus, ours had a lot of vietnamese dishes because thats what the owners knew, but some american as well and lots of health foods! I remember that book, I loved looking at it, she had some crazy books hahahahaha! When I was hired though I was like wow, this is a cult hahahahah
I am glad your channel has grown to where it is today. You make awesome videos. I am from the Northwest so I go to Portland a lot. If you are ever in Seattle please check out Wayward Vegan Cafe.
At Veggie Grill the Tofu Wrap is so good but the buffalo bomber is ehhhh. If you ever go back try the grillin chickin. The fries are so good and the Chocolate Chip cookies are SOOOO good. I heard most of their food is unhealthy though from several employees. I go there for lunch a lot since I work a block away from the Veggie Grill in Seattle.
Living in Portland does not suck! ;) We live in the Alberta neighborhood (NE Portland), which has it's own little collection of vegan & vegan friendly places (Back to Eden Bakery is one of our favorites). It's dangerous (for our waists), but so, so awesome for everything else. I hope you enjoyed your trip. It's a great town.
Voodoo Donuts tip: go a couple minutes away to the second location across the river on East Burnside, which has no lines, and all the same vegan options.
Whole Foods has amazing vegan donuts in the bakery area, they’re from Posh bakery and you can also get them on their website...the blueberry one is the best IMO, SOO GOOD. They’re like glazed cake donuts! They also have vegan cinnamon donut holes.
Next time you come to Portland, try Portobello (all vegan trattoria) and the Bye and Bye or Sweet Hereafter (all vegan bars). Also make sure to visit the vegan mini mall in Southeast with Sweetpea Bakery, Herbivore Clothing and Food Fight Grocery. Sweetpea makes donuts even better than Voodoo's on Saturdays. :)
Veggie Grill is da bomb, we have them here in Seattle. You probably got the buffalo wrap, which is really good. Thanks for sharing I go to PDX often :)
They just opened an all vegan restaurant called the No Bones Beach Club here in Seattle. Freakin' Amazing food! Also just outstanding vibes, drinks, and selection of "beachy" food. (things like playing 80-90s surfer films 24/7, tikki drinks, surf boards). If you ever hit up seattle, I definitely suggest trying it! they also have a vegan food truck which was where they started. and as for donuts, try mighty - O donuts if youre around as well. ALL their donuts are vegan, and just insanely delicious. My favorite is the grasshopper (chocolate with mint glaze)
I've been vegan for 12 years, have had hundred of mac n cheeses, and the homegrown smoker mac n cheese is one of my favorite mac n cheese's ever! Sad you didn't like it. If you ever come back to Portland, black water bar and the sweet hereafter are great!! Also, Vtopia - all vegan cheese shop with soups and sandwiches! Los Gorditos vegan menu is awesome, and they have fresh made salsa, as spicy as you want. oh and obviously Blossoming Lotus and Portobello! And check out the vegan mini mall :)
+Unnatural Vegan That's great! Food Fight is incredible. They supported me during my battle with cancer. 14 years vegan and I got cancer. Not impossible as you have pointed out.
Yay! You came to Portland! I'm glad you loved it! It's such a blessing to live in a place where vegan food is so accessible! I have to disagree with your homegrown smoker review tho! I live really close to their food cart and I take all of my non-vegan friends there!
If you ever decide to visit Seattle, we have might o donuts, wayward café, pizza pi, araya's and many more. I've been to all the places you've mentioned in Portland. Papa G's was my favorite.
I love Veggie Grill and Loving Hut. The Grill I go to is in San Jose and the Hut I go to is in Elk Grove(CA). And oh my gosh! Voodoo dounuts!? Man I wish I could go there! All the vegan options just makes me want to move to Portland!
+Qwerty Bastard my diet is largely due to a fatal medical condition I have, and the restrictions I have on a lot of plant based items. We are welcome to comment here even if we aren't vegan, right? And thanks for representing the unnecessary comments. Glad they have you as their leader.
Blossoming Lotus is my fav. Get anything that has soy curls in it. A.N.D. Cafe is awesome for breakfast/brunch. Lots of yummy waffles. Back to eden bakery is all GF vegan. Cute little shop. They have food as well as baked goods. They have soft serve too.
Next time you are in town go to Back To Eden Bakery. I love baked goods and I was so happy to find this place after going vegan. They are just amazing. Their chocolate cream pie is to die for. Whole Foods by Powells also has a ton of vegan baked goods. I am addicted to their vegan chocolate chip cookies and so is my roommate who isn't vegan. They are just magical
I've never been to Portland (would love to go someday), but I live in California. Unfortunately, where I live (Central Valley) there aren't many vegan places. There is only one fully vegan place, a Loving Hut. But, it has odd hours and is closed during the weekends. So, that is no bueno for me. I've been to that one before though and they do have good food. There are other Loving Huts I've been to in California like in San Francisco and in the LA area. All of them were different, as in different menu items, but they all were mostly Asian food, mainly South East Asian, which is fine because that's my favorite. I've been to Veggie Grills in San Jose and in LA, great food! There's a lot of smaller vegan restaurants in LA, which is great and whenever I go there, I try to make my way to several of those. Voodoo Doughnuts sounds like a place where I'd be drooling as soon as I stepped in, hehe! Thankfully, the Whole Foods here where I live sells vegan doughnuts.
Going to Portland for a month with my husband. So lucky I found your channel today! Btw, we're not vegan, but we recently started trying to incorporate veganism into our diet.
I've been to the Loving Hut in Cincinnati! Me and my friends love that place. We live in Dayton so it's not that far of a drive, about 45 minutes. If you're close you should have a meet up. I'd love to meet you and have some Loving Hut. :)
Vtopia has the best mac and cheeze! Pappa G's and Blossoming Lotus are my fave restaurants. Also try A.N.D., Proper Eats, SIP, Kure, Back to Eden, SweetPea Bakery, Petunias, Portobella, Obon, Farm Spirit... I like Home Grown Smoker!
I live in London and I've been to a Loving Hut here, in Archway. I'm not going to lie, it was kind of creepy. They serve predominantly Chinese food, which I'm not really a great fun of. But I went with a non-vegan friend who doesn't mind the sweet chilli taste they had going on for most of the dishes. She loved it. I personally loved the dessert: we got a lemon drizzle and a chocolate cake. They were truly amazing!
I started a vegan diet a month ago! And I just found you last week :D IM SO EXCITED YOU CAME TO PORTLAND!! I'm from there, did you hang out on Hawthorne?
Portland definitely seems to be a vegan paradise, thank you for your report! I need to get there some day (as well as so many other spots in the US, I only know Washington DC and NY so far, as I am from Austria, Europe). I already fell in love with Portland thanks to Kristin Lajeunesse and her travel blog and posts. I wonder if you know her and what you think of her "Will travel for vegan food" project. By the way, my hometown Vienna (Austria, Europe) offers quite a good variety of vegan and vegan friendly places as well, meanwhile, as does Berlin in Germany, for example. Just in case someone is thinking about traveling to Europe ;-)
Since I"m new to trying vegan foods, I found this interesting. I'm planning on trying a beyond brat and choa cheese next week. I like the morning star burgers so I don't care to try a more expensive one. I'm hoping it will be a better experience than my past tries with vegan hotdogs and cheese. Just a side note, master is also a term for teacher. I would have chosen that as a translation before connecting it to master/slave. That makes it a whole lot less creepy.
Y'all gotta come up Toronto. You'd all die of the choices and quality. To put it in context, I've never been to a regular restaurant here that didn't have at least one vegan meal that isn't a salad.
New subscriber here. Portland native, but moved last year to Salem. (Stop moving here people! I'd love to be able to afford to live in my hometown!). Anywhooo, you missed some badass places. Ever plan on coming back? I'm sure you've heard of the grocery store we have coming later this year. Very exciting. I still haven't been to a few of the fancier places, but I am definitely going soon. I agree about the mac at Homegrown Smoker. I am not sure what my point is here but I saw a video about vegan food in Portland and felt the need to watch it and comment. Derp. I am curious if you tried out anything of the herbal variety while there, hehe.
Portland was a great trip for me because you can eat so much healthy food on the go. But I don't know if you noticed it there but the pace of life was soooooooo sloooooowwwww. Maybe because I'm from the New York area but I was tearing my hair out there because of how slow everything was. Everyone was super nice but ten minutes felt like an eternity there and everyone seemed so lethargic. I'd go to the bar every night with my friend and things would start wrapping up by 11. It was nuts.
Girl, I just found your channel a few days ago and I already love you! You're so nice and not mean like other vegans *cough* freela *cough* . I am not vegan, nor vegetarian (please don't start yelling at me) but in the past month I got more and more interested in eating more vegan foods and less meat. I could imagine myself eating vegan 6 days of the week but for that 7th day I don't think I would be able to completely give up meat and dairy. I guess what makes it hard for me to go vegan is the lack of food. Like I live in a small country and our supermarkets don't have a big variety of vegan substitutes like vegan bacon or all these crazy non vegan foods turned vegan. We still have vegan products but they are twice the price of regular food. So yeah, I still think that eating vegan is expensive. (maybe it's cheaper in US, idk) Well, I completely gave up milk a year ago and now only buy soya/almond milk because I found out that milk (and probably dairy in general) gives you acne. And I also started doing things like meatless days and now I don't eat meat 3 days of the week (I guess these are my first steps towards eating better?). I just rambled a lot, but my point is that you're so lovely and informative about all these vegan things :D
+Gabrielė Stasiukynaitė And also my mum would so not aprove of me being vegan or vegetarian because she's already saying that I eat a very small amount of meat.
When you mentioned Loving Hut I was transported several years back when I was interning in Hamburg, Germany and sometimes went to LH for lunch with my co-workers. I remember one of them saying it was "run by a cult" and that the employees don't get paid. Hope that's not the case. The branch in Hamburg had mostly Asian-inspired dishes.
Portland has amazing vegan food!! If you get to go again, try Blossoming Lotus and Papa G's. Also, if you get to Seattle area I love Wayward Vegan Café, near UW Voodoo Donuts rocks
There are so many better options for vegan food in Portland than what you picked. As far as Home Grown Smoker is concerned, you just ordered the wrong thing. The tempeh ribs, hush puppies, slaw, grilled hyam & cheese, and the specials are the best. VooDoo is a given Portland thing to do and experience & yay vegan donuts, but Blue Star & Back to Eden are better. You should have hit The Bye&Bye, The Sweet Hereafter, A.N.D. cafe, Vita Cafe, Blossoming Lotus, Canteen, Portobello, Carioca, Sizzle Pie, Falafel House, and many others!
Omg I went to loving hut in Houston for my birthday a few days ago and my whole family went (they usually give me shit about being vegan but it was my bday) The next day my aunt was showing me the pictures on her phone that she took of my daughter and I saw that she had also taken a picture of the Loving hut menu- the page with all of the facts of veganism like how much it does for the environment and how many animals we can save.
Hi Swayze and fellow vegans. I'm so nervous, I'm opening a vegan restaurant next month and I am not sure about the name. I would really appreciate suggestions. Best regards.
Waiting for the "you're promoting junk food in your videos!!!11" comments:) BTW There is a Loving Hut restaurant even here (in Moscow!), it's a really great place! Seems like it is very different from both of the places you've mentioned...
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she didn't eat this for 30 days , and didn't call it cleanse
i swear if i see a comment like this " haha potatos are unhealthy and you eat junk food haha "
I will ... ok i think ill go to bed now bye
Good night, sleep well
+Cornelia Hanimann i didn't sleep yet , 24 hours without sleep :)
+KhalafZone | خلف زون that's unfortunate. 24 hours is a long time, hopefully you get to nap sometime during your day then
+Cornelia Hanimann you are a nice person i hope you have a great day :3 thank you
***** haha, thanks you too
The thing you said about the Veggie Grill reminds me of the time I went with my cousins to this restaurant called Native Foods. At the time I didn't know much about vegan food and none of us had any idea it was vegan. We were confused when we noticed the meats were called "native" like native chicken. Even after tasting the food we still weren't positive it was vegan. Now I know what seitan is and that it was definitely not meat haha.
Awww man! Native foods is the shit! I dream about their Reuben. Love that place! Loving hut is great, too.
tickledxoxpink Yeah, the food was really good. I only got to go there two times and I just found out the one I went to closed. It's kinda tragic because it was the only vegan restaurant in the area.
omg that must have been so exciting !! I wish I could visit such a vegan friendly place one day :)
You messed up going to VooDoo donuts, but it's the one tourists know of most of the time, unfortunately. Next time go to Blue Star, way better donuts!
+AllauniraIRL yes! blue star is amazing!
+AllauniraIRL Do they have penis donuts? My work here is done.
every person from portland says this
@@dreamingrightnow1174 only voodoo has cock n balls donuts. But blue star is better if you want something different. Voodoo is multiple places like denver. Keep voodoo for denver
@@godjhaka7376 Voodoo went national? You sure? I haven't tried (or heard of Blue Star) but I'll have to try it now. I don't discriminate when it comes to donuts; every get's an equal opportunity, but it will be hard to beat Voodoo's raspberry filled for Hanukah.
Next time you visit you'll have to visit more of the Portland-specific eateries! NLB, VG, & Loving Hut are chains but PDX has a lot of great locally owned spots to check out. Hope you enjoyed our bustling city :)
+Robin I live in Medford and will be heading up to Portland soon :) Can you recommend a few of your favorite local vegan restaurants? I'd appreciate it!
Sure! One of my very faves is "Harvest at the Bindery" for brunch or a nice dinner. Also brunch: a.n.d Cafe. Bakeries: Back to Eden Bakery and Sweetpea Baking (next door to Herbivore Clothing and Food Fight! Grocery). Lunch/dinner: Blossoming Lotus, The Sudra, Departure (fancy). Vegan pizza: Sizzle Pie. Enjoy your trip!
Loving hut isn't Portland specific tho they have them all over the world
Your videos are great. You are one of the best Vegan channels. You're not so negative like most vegans. I been a vegan for 15 years and I don't like Vegans. But I like you and love your channel.
I know this may not sound like a compliment but you are the only vegan on youtube who doesn't act like they smell their own farts besides the bite sized person. Your videos are the only ones besides bite-sized that I can watch with out cringing. Been vegan for 25 days and you have helped a ton! :)
the loving hut in fountain valley, california is SO GOOD. i also love veggie grill and native foods. native foods started in palm springs but now is all over california, oregon, colorado and even one in chicago!
Thanks for sharing what you ate in OR. I was just talking about moving to the NW this morning. I am in New Zealand right now and am from Minnesota so if I move back to the US, Seattle was my choice but then Portland came up this morning and then you post about Portland being the vegan mecca etc. Hmmm... I am sure you are thrilled to know this=P Anyway I am very frustrated with the lack of vegan options across the board here in Auckland ie. shopping/groceries ,restaurants(0) and feel like moving home. But the flip side is, a person should eat more whole foods / keep it basic anyway. No sarcasm, half the fun of being vegan is learning and creating delicious foods from scratch. You are one of the key people I look to for figuring this whole plant-based life out. Thanks so much!
It really is. And her tips have been really helpful for picking food
Austin is also a good choice. It was named the most vegan friendly city in the U.S. Austin is even the biggest no-kill city in the U.S., meaning Austin shelters save more animals than any other U.S. city. They really do cater to vegans and animals here.
I so want to visit Portland. Not just because of the vegan options, but it has the unofficial motto "Keep Portland Weird." It's like a city *made* for me!
Yup. I have that sticker on the back of my iPad. Got it a few years ago. Upside down too - weird right? Love Portland. Wish the Canadian dollar was better.
That was actually Austin's motto long before Portland took it. Lol.
I love how you're honest and don't just say you like it cause its vegan! (I feel like some people do that ) love your videos!
You were in my home town! Your one of my favorite youtubers and my fav overall vegan youtubers all together. Thanks for your inspiration.
Mighty-O donuts in Seattle is where the vegan donut action is at.
The Loving Hut is a food truck here in Vancouver, BC. At ours they do burgers, fries and onion rings....best vegan burger anywhere. They use Gardein as well. And so proud to say Gardein is a Vancouver based business.
I got so excited when I saw the title of this video! I'm going to Portland for the first time in 2 weeks. I knew there would be a lot of vegan places but it's nice to have gotten some opinions. Thanks! haha :)
+siimplyveronica What you really need to do in Portland is try the Vegan Corn dogs from Hungry Tiger, some baked goods from Back to Eden (way better than Voodoo, their doughnuts are incredible) and if you hit up Veggie Grill I always recommend the Nachos.
Ashley Stanley Ah, this is great! Thanks for the reccomendations! I definitely want to try out those vegan corn dogs! haha
You've gotta visit Dun-well Doughnuts in Brooklyn! And there's an awesome vegan diner a block away from it (Champs), plus a Loving Hut a few blocks away.
It's so cute to see you get all excited about vegan options! The city where I live in Switzerland is not very vegan friendly, so I'm like this too when I travel elsewhere in Europe. I often have the impression that all vegans in the US are just munching on vegan doughnuts all day long, so it's good to be reminded that it's not like that for everyone.
I just touched down in pdx visiting my sister! Excited to be back visiting after years away. Can't wait to find vegan nomz!!
Have you got a vid on why "plant based" is good over "vegan"? I like hearing your opinions, they're always well thought out
The word vegan causes negative reactions. Non vegans are more likely to try a vegan food referred to as plant based
Glad you got to visit! If you ever come back, you need to do brunch! Portland does brunch like a boss. Blossoming Lotus, Portobello's, Nectar Cafe, and A.N.D. Cafe are a few of my absolute faves. Waffles ftw!
Omg!! Portland is vegan heaven. Loved this video. :)
I am still waiting to try a vegan donut 😁
+Tami Torossian There are vegan donuts at whole foods.
Vegan donuts are awesome! They taste exactly the same as non-vegan ones.
+onceuponanexploration really where?
In whole foods in the baked goods section. Just make sure it has a v on it. They have the vanilla frosted flavor (best), jelly donut flavor -not great and also chocolate.
If you can't find them make them, there are vegan donut recipes like on Mary's test kitchen(^ p^)
I just got back from a visit to Portland a few days ago too. I ate at the same food truck I think. Was it on Mississippi Ave? I was also underwhelmed. But I ate some awesome coconut curry tofu deliciousness at a different truck. I didn't make it to Powell's this time, but ohhhh man, that is my all time favorite book store since I was like 8! Glad you had a good time! :)
There's a veg grill really close to me, and I love it! Their drinks are so yummy, and the food is just amazing.
Hey, thanks for your videos :) this is such a safe, comfortable place for vegans and aspiring vegans.
Great video. I am a vegetarian (more vegan than veg) and live in Portland and you have reviewed places I never knew about so thank you! Always great to discover new places in my hometown so now I have a few more to check out. Ah, the things we take for granted sometimes with how vegan spoiled we are here in the NW with vegan options. Next time, Vtopia cheese tasting is highly recommended.
Loving Hut in downtown PDX is the best location of over 5 I've tried in Europe and the US. It's run by a husband and his wife - cute interior, large portions and great value!
Be sure next time you're here to check out Harlow on Hawthorne (all plant based) and Laughing Planet (tons of plant based options)! They're some of my favorites. The vegan mac and cheese is awesome at Harlow and also at Mac! on Mississippi.
I was really hoping for this to be travel-vlog style. D:
I worked at Loving Hut here in Arizona! Nicest coworkers and bosses ever! They did talk about the religion a fair amount but didnt pressure us into it at all. But the best part was getting a free meal every day! The only reason I left was because the encouraged customer not to tip and then paid us very little, if I wasn't living with my parent I would not have been able to make it. I still eat there frequently but I make sure to tip :) I love that each one is a little different and all have very different menus, ours had a lot of vietnamese dishes because thats what the owners knew, but some american as well and lots of health foods! I remember that book, I loved looking at it, she had some crazy books hahahahaha! When I was hired though I was like wow, this is a cult hahahahah
I am planing to go to Portland during my California trip this year to try some of this very delicious looking food.
I am glad your channel has grown to where it is today. You make awesome videos. I am from the Northwest so I go to Portland a lot. If you are ever in Seattle please check out Wayward Vegan Cafe.
At Veggie Grill the Tofu Wrap is so good but the buffalo bomber is ehhhh. If you ever go back try the grillin chickin. The fries are so good and the Chocolate Chip cookies are SOOOO good. I heard most of their food is unhealthy though from several employees. I go there for lunch a lot since I work a block away from the Veggie Grill in Seattle.
Living in Portland does not suck! ;) We live in the Alberta neighborhood (NE Portland), which has it's own little collection of vegan & vegan friendly places (Back to Eden Bakery is one of our favorites). It's dangerous (for our waists), but so, so awesome for everything else. I hope you enjoyed your trip. It's a great town.
Voodoo Donuts tip: go a couple minutes away to the second location across the river on East Burnside, which has no lines, and all the same vegan options.
Whole Foods has amazing vegan donuts in the bakery area, they’re from Posh bakery and you can also get them on their website...the blueberry one is the best IMO, SOO GOOD. They’re like glazed cake donuts! They also have vegan cinnamon donut holes.
They have veggie grill in Seattle too, I had some today actually. You should come to Seattle next time, we've got pretty great options as well
Next time you come to Portland, try Portobello (all vegan trattoria) and the Bye and Bye or Sweet Hereafter (all vegan bars). Also make sure to visit the vegan mini mall in Southeast with Sweetpea Bakery, Herbivore Clothing and Food Fight Grocery. Sweetpea makes donuts even better than Voodoo's on Saturdays. :)
You should review the vegan restaurants in Memphis! That would be a fun little series
I have never had a bad vegan donut.. I was born in Portland though.. :)
Veggie Grill is da bomb, we have them here in Seattle. You probably got the buffalo wrap, which is really good. Thanks for sharing I go to PDX often :)
They just opened an all vegan restaurant called the No Bones Beach Club here in Seattle. Freakin' Amazing food! Also just outstanding vibes, drinks, and selection of "beachy" food. (things like playing 80-90s surfer films 24/7, tikki drinks, surf boards). If you ever hit up seattle, I definitely suggest trying it! they also have a vegan food truck which was where they started.
and as for donuts, try mighty - O donuts if youre around as well. ALL their donuts are vegan, and just insanely delicious. My favorite is the grasshopper (chocolate with mint glaze)
I've been vegan for 12 years, have had hundred of mac n cheeses, and the homegrown smoker mac n cheese is one of my favorite mac n cheese's ever! Sad you didn't like it. If you ever come back to Portland, black water bar and the sweet hereafter are great!! Also, Vtopia - all vegan cheese shop with soups and sandwiches! Los Gorditos vegan menu is awesome, and they have fresh made salsa, as spicy as you want. oh and obviously Blossoming Lotus and Portobello! And check out the vegan mini mall :)
YES you listed all the better places in PDX :)
Nice. Voodoo donuts are indeed amazing. There is always always a line though.
Thank you, I need to visit Portland soon as my son has moved there from NY and these Veggie options sound good
The curry you ate was probably japanese curry? It's what they usually offer in Loving Huts and it's not supposed to be spicy, only sweet + zingy.
You missed the all Vegan mini mall including Food Fight Vegan grocery store and Scapegoat Vegan Tattoo! Plus much much more.
+FOGATRON Ⓥ I did visit Food Fight! Finally got some VeganEgg. :)
+Unnatural Vegan That's great! Food Fight is incredible. They supported me during my battle with cancer. 14 years vegan and I got cancer. Not impossible as you have pointed out.
Yay! You came to Portland! I'm glad you loved it! It's such a blessing to live in a place where vegan food is so accessible! I have to disagree with your homegrown smoker review tho! I live really close to their food cart and I take all of my non-vegan friends there!
There's a loving hut in Melbourne Aus which sells Vietnamese style food and it's soo good I eat there so often!
If you ever decide to visit Seattle, we have might o donuts, wayward café, pizza pi, araya's and many more. I've been to all the places you've mentioned in Portland. Papa G's was my favorite.
I live in Portland and I must say the best vegan restaurant I've been to is Blossoming Lotus! So good! They have the best cakes there too
I've finally decided to turn vegan :) I'd just like to thank you for that! :) You're one of the few sane vegan youtubers out there.
Veggie Grill is an awesome place! I love their all hail kale salad as well as their Chick'n tacos! Delicious!!
It makes me happy that you loved it here so much! Portland is awesome. I've lived here all my life and being vegan here is awesome:)
I love Veggie Grill and Loving Hut. The Grill I go to is in San Jose and the Hut I go to is in Elk Grove(CA). And oh my gosh! Voodoo dounuts!? Man I wish I could go there! All the vegan options just makes me want to move to Portland!
Love Next Level Burger's chocolate shake!They have a place in Bend Oregon too.
It's great seeing you so fired up :D
I'm an omnivore, but wanted to thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos. Love watching them. :-)
+Qwerty Bastard my diet is largely due to a fatal medical condition I have, and the restrictions I have on a lot of plant based items.
We are welcome to comment here even if we aren't vegan, right?
And thanks for representing the unnecessary comments. Glad they have you as their leader.
Blossoming Lotus is my fav. Get anything that has soy curls in it.
A.N.D. Cafe is awesome for breakfast/brunch. Lots of yummy waffles.
Back to eden bakery is all GF vegan. Cute little shop. They have food as well as baked goods. They have soft serve too.
Next time you are in town go to Back To Eden Bakery. I love baked goods and I was so happy to find this place after going vegan. They are just amazing. Their chocolate cream pie is to die for. Whole Foods by Powells also has a ton of vegan baked goods. I am addicted to their vegan chocolate chip cookies and so is my roommate who isn't vegan. They are just magical
I've never been to Portland (would love to go someday), but I live in California. Unfortunately, where I live (Central Valley) there aren't many vegan places. There is only one fully vegan place, a Loving Hut. But, it has odd hours and is closed during the weekends. So, that is no bueno for me. I've been to that one before though and they do have good food. There are other Loving Huts I've been to in California like in San Francisco and in the LA area. All of them were different, as in different menu items, but they all were mostly Asian food, mainly South East Asian, which is fine because that's my favorite. I've been to Veggie Grills in San Jose and in LA, great food! There's a lot of smaller vegan restaurants in LA, which is great and whenever I go there, I try to make my way to several of those. Voodoo Doughnuts sounds like a place where I'd be drooling as soon as I stepped in, hehe! Thankfully, the Whole Foods here where I live sells vegan doughnuts.
Going to Portland for a month with my husband. So lucky I found your channel today! Btw, we're not vegan, but we recently started trying to incorporate veganism into our diet.
the loving hut in houston promotes more "vegetarianism" than vegan! but its still a yummy place regardless
I've been to the Loving Hut in Cincinnati! Me and my friends love that place. We live in Dayton so it's not that far of a drive, about 45 minutes. If you're close you should have a meet up. I'd love to meet you and have some Loving Hut. :)
Vtopia has the best mac and cheeze! Pappa G's and Blossoming Lotus are my fave restaurants. Also try A.N.D., Proper Eats, SIP, Kure, Back to Eden, SweetPea Bakery, Petunias, Portobella, Obon, Farm Spirit...
I like Home Grown Smoker!
I want to visit Portland so badly after seeing this video and your Facebook updates....
I'm moving to PDX this summer and this video reminded me why :D
I live in London and I've been to a Loving Hut here, in Archway. I'm not going to lie, it was kind of creepy. They serve predominantly Chinese food, which I'm not really a great fun of. But I went with a non-vegan friend who doesn't mind the sweet chilli taste they had going on for most of the dishes. She loved it. I personally loved the dessert: we got a lemon drizzle and a chocolate cake. They were truly amazing!
I started a vegan diet a month ago! And I just found you last week :D IM SO EXCITED YOU CAME TO PORTLAND!! I'm from there, did you hang out on Hawthorne?
The Whole Bowl in Portland is fantastic. Try the vegan version of the big bowl.
Portland definitely seems to be a vegan paradise, thank you for your report!
I need to get there some day (as well as so many other spots in the US, I only know Washington DC and NY so far, as I am from Austria, Europe).
I already fell in love with Portland thanks to Kristin Lajeunesse and her travel blog and posts.
I wonder if you know her and what you think of her "Will travel for vegan food" project.
By the way, my hometown Vienna (Austria, Europe) offers quite a good variety of vegan and vegan friendly places as well, meanwhile, as does Berlin in Germany, for example. Just in case someone is thinking about traveling to Europe ;-)
Next Level Burger is the best!!! Try the SoCal burger. They are also getting a new menu with much more delicious items super soon!
Yay!!! I live in Portland!!!! Wish I could have run into you :)
Ps, I eat voodoo donuts weekly (at least) 🍩🍩🍩🍩
I wondered if you went to Voodoo Donut. To enjoy the donut collection they have.
And judging by your response. You did indeed enjoy there selection.
I'm excited to go to voodoo! I have a skateboard event in April so I'll be in Portland! Woohoo!
Hope you enjoyed my hometown! Being a vegan here is super great, it's really awesome. Visit pdx again soon! xx
And if you come back, come visit the Bowl and Berry! (That's where I work, hehehe.)
Since I"m new to trying vegan foods, I found this interesting. I'm planning on trying a beyond brat and choa cheese next week. I like the morning star burgers so I don't care to try a more expensive one. I'm hoping it will be a better experience than my past tries with vegan hotdogs and cheese. Just a side note, master is also a term for teacher. I would have chosen that as a translation before connecting it to master/slave. That makes it a whole lot less creepy.
Y'all gotta come up Toronto. You'd all die of the choices and quality. To put it in context, I've never been to a regular restaurant here that didn't have at least one vegan meal that isn't a salad.
Tai Lopez would be proud of you for purchasing those books
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New subscriber here. Portland native, but moved last year to Salem. (Stop moving here people! I'd love to be able to afford to live in my hometown!). Anywhooo, you missed some badass places. Ever plan on coming back? I'm sure you've heard of the grocery store we have coming later this year. Very exciting. I still haven't been to a few of the fancier places, but I am definitely going soon. I agree about the mac at Homegrown Smoker. I am not sure what my point is here but I saw a video about vegan food in Portland and felt the need to watch it and comment. Derp. I am curious if you tried out anything of the herbal variety while there, hehe.
Hey! Ben & Jerry's has vegan ice cream . Could you do a review on a couple of flavors ...PLEEEAAASSSEEE?
Portland was a great trip for me because you can eat so much healthy food on the go. But I don't know if you noticed it there but the pace of life was soooooooo sloooooowwwww. Maybe because I'm from the New York area but I was tearing my hair out there because of how slow everything was. Everyone was super nice but ten minutes felt like an eternity there and everyone seemed so lethargic. I'd go to the bar every night with my friend and things would start wrapping up by 11. It was nuts.
I'm visiting Portland next month! excited to eat some yummy vegan food lol
Girl, I just found your channel a few days ago and I already love you! You're so nice and not mean like other vegans *cough* freela *cough* . I am not vegan, nor vegetarian (please don't start yelling at me) but in the past month I got more and more interested in eating more vegan foods and less meat. I could imagine myself eating vegan 6 days of the week but for that 7th day I don't think I would be able to completely give up meat and dairy. I guess what makes it hard for me to go vegan is the lack of food. Like I live in a small country and our supermarkets don't have a big variety of vegan substitutes like vegan bacon or all these crazy non vegan foods turned vegan. We still have vegan products but they are twice the price of regular food. So yeah, I still think that eating vegan is expensive. (maybe it's cheaper in US, idk) Well, I completely gave up milk a year ago and now only buy soya/almond milk because I found out that milk (and probably dairy in general) gives you acne. And I also started doing things like meatless days and now I don't eat meat 3 days of the week (I guess these are my first steps towards eating better?).
I just rambled a lot, but my point is that you're so lovely and informative about all these vegan things :D
+Gabrielė Stasiukynaitė And also my mum would so not aprove of me being vegan or vegetarian because she's already saying that I eat a very small amount of meat.
Glad you discovered Portlandian food! :)
Beans with a side of miracle grow gardening soil...
"Yum"...
When you mentioned Loving Hut I was transported several years back when I was interning in Hamburg, Germany and sometimes went to LH for lunch with my co-workers. I remember one of them saying it was "run by a cult" and that the employees don't get paid. Hope that's not the case. The branch in Hamburg had mostly Asian-inspired dishes.
she kept saying "we", who is she talking about?
+AsToldByAllie her cat
+AsToldByAllie I think her boyfriend :D
+AsToldByAllie sniff , she is talking about sniff :)
Her husband
She's taking about me. I took her to Portland, shagged her then dumped that bitch.
Love Veggie Grill downtown PDX - go there a little too often ;)
More videos ! ❤️ loves from England
You also missed the Sudra which has an awesome happy hour!
Omigod you missed Harlow! With the Adobe salad!!!
Oh my God, next time, you need to go to Blackwater Bar! The best veggie burgers ANYWHERE! And very reasonably priced!
Omg I LOVE that Loving Hut in Cincinnati! I used to live there and their raw tacos were one of my favorite things! MMMmmmmmm......
Portland has amazing vegan food!! If you get to go again, try Blossoming Lotus and Papa G's. Also, if you get to Seattle area I love Wayward Vegan Café, near UW Voodoo Donuts rocks
There are so many better options for vegan food in Portland than what you picked. As far as Home Grown Smoker is concerned, you just ordered the wrong thing. The tempeh ribs, hush puppies, slaw, grilled hyam & cheese, and the specials are the best. VooDoo is a given Portland thing to do and experience & yay vegan donuts, but Blue Star & Back to Eden are better. You should have hit The Bye&Bye, The Sweet Hereafter, A.N.D. cafe, Vita Cafe, Blossoming Lotus, Canteen, Portobello, Carioca, Sizzle Pie, Falafel House, and many others!
Omg I went to loving hut in Houston for my birthday a few days ago and my whole family went (they usually give me shit about being vegan but it was my bday) The next day my aunt was showing me the pictures on her phone that she took of my daughter and I saw that she had also taken a picture of the Loving hut menu- the page with all of the facts of veganism like how much it does for the environment and how many animals we can save.
Sounds like a nice story.
I didn't know there were that many Loving Hut restaurants. We even have one in Paris
+Kaldel Katz theyre in prague too
+Dylan Williams like seven of them, lol
Hi Swayze and fellow vegans. I'm so nervous, I'm opening a vegan restaurant next month and I am not sure about the name. I would really appreciate suggestions. Best regards.
That donut looks so delicious!
Waiting for the "you're promoting junk food in your videos!!!11" comments:) BTW There is a Loving Hut restaurant even here (in Moscow!), it's a really great place! Seems like it is very different from both of the places you've mentioned...