{"id":20809,"date":"2018-09-11T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=20809"},"modified":"2018-09-11T08:59:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:59:32","slug":"restaurant-highlight-nuvegan-in-richmond-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/restaurant-highlight-nuvegan-in-richmond-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Highlight: NuVegan in Richmond, VA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In Richmond, Virginia, settled within the rich array of trendy, new-wave eateries catering to the students of nearby Virginia Commonwealth University, you will find a game-changing restaurant for the plant-based soul food lover. As someone whose family was raised associating celebrations and barbecues with fried meats and greasy fare, every time I see a vegan soul food eatery, I see an opportunity to introduce them to a more positive way to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>The food at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/nuvegan-richmond-125419\" >NuVegan<\/a> is familiar comfort food with a healthy vegan twist that only makes me more excited to introduce it to those who never previously conceived of a world in which joyful gatherings can be separate from the lethargic feeling that animal-based food products give you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20812\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/34702369_1687927727921598_7818632042723147776_n.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20812\" class=\"wp-image-20812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/34702369_1687927727921598_7818632042723147776_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/34702369_1687927727921598_7818632042723147776_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/34702369_1687927727921598_7818632042723147776_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image via NuVegan Facebook page<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/nuvegan-richmond-125419\" >NuVegan<\/a> believes in a future where the food we eat to enjoy family vacations wasn&#8217;t also the same food that led us to clogged arteries and diabetic kits in later years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BfMcxzdnsRP\/?utm_source=ig_embed_loading\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">A post shared by NuVegan Cafe &#8211; Georgia Ave (@nuvegancafe)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-02-14T22:51:49+00:00\">Feb 14, 2018 at 2:51pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the cultural importance of plant-based comfort food, the great taste makes an excellent case, too. During this particular visit to the Richmond location of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/nuvegan-richmond-125419\" >NuVegan<\/a>, I had an extremely juicy and well-made vegan chicken sandwich&#8211;a sandwich that made me question the arbitrary lines our society draws between &#8216;vegan culture&#8217; and &#8216;meat culture&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20811\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hcmp125419_450829.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20811\" class=\"wp-image-20811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hcmp125419_450829-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hcmp125419_450829-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hcmp125419_450829-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hcmp125419_450829.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image via author Breanna<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/nuvegan-richmond-125419\" >NuVegan<\/a> faux-chicken sandwich tastes so similar to real chicken meat that the distinction between &#8216;real&#8217; meat and fake meat that meat-eaters make became useless. But instead of asking my family questions like &#8216;Why seek real meat when the plant alternative tastes the same?&#8217;, I simply recommend a plant-based soul food eatery and let the happiness and comfort the tasty food creates speak for itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bd3Acp0n7Q2\/?utm_source=ig_embed_loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bd3Acp0n7Q2\/?utm_source=ig_embed_loading\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">A post shared by NuVegan Cafe &#8211; Georgia Ave (@nuvegancafe)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-01-12T18:28:49+00:00\">Jan 12, 2018 at 10:28am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/nuvegan-richmond-125419\" >Richmond<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/woodlands-vegan-washington-1790\" >D.C.<\/a> locations of NuVegan are a treat to visit and their mastery of plant-based comfort foods has barely been matched. The significance of vegan soul food&#8217;s existence is enough to make me recommend this chain to anyone who enjoys a great taste and a great experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>About the author:\u00a0I love travelling and experiencing new culture, especially through food. I also love cooking and reading.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Richmond, Virginia, settled within the rich array of trendy, new-wave eateries catering to the students of nearby Virginia Commonwealth University, you will find a game-changing restaurant for the plant-based soul food lover. As someone whose family was raised associating celebrations and barbecues with fried meats and greasy fare, every time I see a vegan soul food eatery, I see an opportunity to introduce them to a more positive way to celebrate. The food at NuVegan is familiar comfort food with a healthy vegan twist that only makes me more excited to introduce it to those who never previously conceived of a world in which joyful gatherings can be separate from the lethargic feeling that animal-based food products give you. NuVegan believes in a future where the food we eat to enjoy family vacations wasn&#8217;t also the same food that led us to clogged arteries and diabetic kits in later years. &nbsp; View this post on Instagram &nbsp; A post shared by NuVegan Cafe &#8211; Georgia Ave (@nuvegancafe) on Feb 14, 2018 at 2:51pm PST Aside from the cultural importance of plant-based comfort food, the great taste makes an excellent case, too. 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As someone whose family was raised associating celebrations and barbecues with fried meats and greasy fare, every time I see a vegan soul food eatery, I see an opportunity to introduce them to a more positive way to celebrate. The food at NuVegan is familiar comfort food with a healthy vegan twist that only makes me more excited to introduce it to those who never previously conceived of a world in which joyful gatherings can be separate from the lethargic feeling that animal-based food products give you. NuVegan believes in a future where the food we eat to enjoy family vacations wasn&#8217;t also the same food that led us to clogged arteries and diabetic kits in later years. &nbsp; View this post on Instagram &nbsp; A post shared by NuVegan Cafe &#8211; Georgia Ave (@nuvegancafe) on Feb 14, 2018 at 2:51pm PST Aside from the cultural importance of plant-based comfort food, the great taste makes an excellent case, too. 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