The Veggie attracts more than vegans during Restaurant Week

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A Huntsville vegan restaurant is attracting far more than vegetarians with its flavorful plant-based mostly dishes.

Chef Adyre Mason begun The Veggie in 2018 from the consolation of her kitchen. Soon after producing a “life change”, she observed herself switching to a vegan lifestyle. Mason dreamed about receiving into the culinary small business. Her mother was also a single of her greatest supporters.

Right after out of the blue getting rid of her mother, Chef Adyre made the decision it was time to choose a leap of religion.

“I just resolved to go for it,” claimed Mason. “I left my career on Redstone Arsenal to get started a second occupation as a chef.”

Three a long time of challenging perform planning and providing meals or popping up at farmers’ marketplaces turned into a brick-and-mortar institution at Huntsville’s Lowe Mill in 2021.

“It just grew to become clear that there was extra of a require for what I was presenting and to supply additional choices for vegans and plant-based mostly individuals even people who are interested in vegan meals,” Mason claimed.

Given that then, The Veggie has grown to be Huntsville’s most important and most award-winning vegan restaurant — earning really the name for itself.

The institution is the only vegan enterprise to obtain a proclamation from the mayor as nicely as the 1st Black Business to generate the “Downtown Huntsville Venture of The Year” Award. Chef Adyre is at this time the only vegan chef in the point out of Alabama to make an visual appeal on the Foodstuff Community and received the 2022 Catalyst “Female Entrepreneur of The Year” Award.

“We’re really happy of our achievements that we’ve been equipped to rack up in excess of the very last year and a 50 %,” Mason explained to News 19.

Mason hopes to incorporate to her accolades immediately after coming into to qualify for the Environment Food stuff Championships in Dallas, Texas. Huntsville Cafe Week serves as an formal qualifying event for the competition and will let a single neighborhood chef and workforce the opportunity to compete on the premier food stuff stage in the entire world.

The Veggie’s taste is what retains plant and meat enthusiasts coming back for a lot more. Chef Adyre mentioned retaining acquainted meals on the menu allows “veg-curious” prospects embrace eating more healthy.

“I feel like that can help folks get over that stigma of not wanting to consider vegan food stuff,” she stated. “So it will help persons who are what I connect with veg-curious to arrive in and possibly lend on their own to consuming a minimal much healthier.”

In honor of Huntsville Cafe Week, The Veggie included two unique selections for shoppers to get pleasure from at a discounted price.

Huntsville Restaurant Week runs from August 12 to 21. To study more about the Veggie and other participating places to eat in the Huntsville space, visit huntsville.org/events/cafe-7 days.