Black-Owned Vegan Eateries Are Spicing Up Southern Cuisine

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February 17th, 2020

The Impossible Burger and other meatless dishes are growing in popularity. And that trend is gaining momentum in the South. Living longer and living better are the main reasons the Southern restaurateurs said their black customers give for eating vegan, even if they don’t embrace the diet at every meal.

Nati Harnik / Associated PRess file

The doors opened at 4 p.m., but the line formed an hour earlier at this restaurant in southwest Atlanta, minutes from the historically black Clark Atlanta University.

No one seemed to mind the wait.

“I’m excited,” one woman told another.

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