Comments on: Restaurant Review: Chrissie Hynde’s VegiTerranean

By: cynthiadilworthhelbig

cynthiadilworthhelbig — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:01:53 +0000

My Husband took me out to dinner to Chrissie Hynde's restaruant tonight. Our waitress was wonderful and treated us like we were just as special as anyone else in the restuaruant. We did not have a reservation and we were not dressed up like the rest of the people. The matradee was nothing but rude. He sat us in the worst seat of the house but for us was fine because it had a small wall beside it and allowed us to be able to hear each other talk through out the meal. The noise level is very high and for that I was not enjoying the restaruant as much as I wanted to. At one point our waitress came to take our order and the matradee grabbed her arm and took her to another table that was sat long after us, to serve them first. It was BLATENLY obvious. We did enjoy our meals they were delicious. The service from our waitress was wonderful. The rest of the experiece was not worth the final bill.
On our walk to our car a lady was walking her two dogs and Chrissie ran after her saying she lived above her and wanted to meet her because she loved the dogs. She stood and talked to the lady for a while and my husband and I walked past. The dogs turned to us and were very friendly; I petted them and talked to them and they were very sweet. The lady acted like there was absolutely no one there and so did Chrissie. WOW so I wasn't dripping of diamonds or dressed like I was going to the Kennedy Center (which I do), a gesture of hello would of been nice. We were carrying a container from her restaurant that was evident that we just left HER establishment.
The moral of this story if you want unbelievable service and attention be sure to dress like you are one of the rich and famous to eat at the vegi Terranean.

By: cynthiadilworthhelbig

cynthiadilworthhelbig — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:01:53 +0000

By: Arend_Anton

Arend_Anton — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:59:43 +0000

As a vegetarian, I agree with you. I don't really understand the fake meat products. The only ones that ever succeed in my opinion are the ones that don't try to imitate meat--Trader Joe's makes a fantastic Masala Burger.

Then again, I was raised as a vegetarian so I might not understand what people who came to vegetarianism later in life want from their products. I tried a meat diet around the age of 20, but I never found much of anything palatable. Now I've reached a point in which my mind cannot justify any meat consumption in our modern society. It seems so unnecessary to cause so much harm to animals, especially in the disrespectful and wasteful fashion that we participate in today, when a meatless diet is actually far healthier and easily accessible. I would even argue that our bodies are not designed to eat meat. Our close relative, the gorilla, are vegetarians and they have even larger incisors than we.

But not everyone in the world thinks things over like that.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:19:55 +0000

Yeah good point. Although I think that sentiment (veggie versions of what they know) is really prevalent everywhere. Anyway, good for her. She saw a need & is trying to fill it. She's a scandalous right-wing capitalist.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:37:30 +0000

Or is it that the eating public only looks for veggie versions of things they know?

The last time I was in Akron, OH was in 1986, and when I ordered chicken at a restaurant, one of my dining companions said: "Oh my sister is a vegetarian, too! She only eats chicken and fish." Chrissie is a vegan, but her business sense clearly knows the market in Akron and most likely fashions vegan versions of sausage because, well, people there like their meat and, like you said, will try veggie versions of foods they know.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:35:20 +0000

This seems like a good place to ask this — I've always been perplexed at why vegans want to cook and serve meat entree substitutes at all. I mean, why eat fake hot dogs and fake sausage sandwiches? Surely there are vegan chefs out there who are more creative than to spend their time thinking up ways to make vegan versions of traditional foods, and instead invent brand new dishes? Or is it that the eating public only looks for veggie versions of things they know?

BTW – margarine based frosting sounds more disgusting than just using the butter. Aren't pure trans fats worse for you?

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:09:41 +0000

And you hit the nail on the head as to why I find so many vegetarian substitute dishes completely lacking - Remember the mid-80s fad of making tofu and soy based products that were supposed to taste like other stuff and, surprise, failed horribly? I do. Tofu egg salad? Are you high?

There are just some foods that ought not be replicated for a vegetarian market. I still can't drink soy milk. It's not milk. It's bean mash juice, and all the chemical Frankensteinery in the world can't make it taste any less beany. But I give big credit to restaurants that try and succeed more than they fail. Even though I'm an obnoxious omnivore, I would certainly give the vegan alternatives a try, so long as I'm not told I'm eating shineola but it actually tastes like -

-well, you get the idea.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:38:47 +0000

You ought to pitch your vegan chocolate cake to the restaurant.