I was insanely excited to try RFD's newest venture having been a fan of their Weho location for over a decade, where the food is top notch and always fresh and inventive. Did I want to try a Vegan Punk Rock Late Night Bar Version of the same? Oi C**t!

When I walked in, I was immediately put off. Is this a bar where I wanna sit and chill all night, play pool, dance to the jukebox, overeat and make friends with the bartender and buy insane amounts of alcohol to drown my Vystopia? Nap.

I felt like I was in a bad remake of the Peach Pit from Beverly Hills 90210. For one, too damn bright. For two, it looked like a yuppie dinner, playing yuppie music and the sex pistols london calling try-hard wall-paper was a bit sh*t.

Things got worse when looking at the menu, mostly impossible meats. Maybe their company only killed mice for FDA compliance, but their food gives me murder farts that could be used in industrial livestock slaughter houses. I thought half the point of plant based diets was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

What's left? Pizza? Snore. Pasta? I could go for something fresh and interesting maybe a ravioli or tortellini with heaps of fresh raw veg on it like RFD does so well. Cacio e Pepe?? $20 bucks for pasta water with pepper? What?? That dish is a joke. Really?

Amongst chefs it's known as; how to test a new chef without wasting more than fifty cents worth of ingredients. But for twenty? I guess thieving is punk rock and all but like? C'mon ya plonkers!

Okay, what about breakfast? Nope. Only in the morning? Jesus krice. At least breakfast at 8pm would have been sort of punk rock. What the heck is going on here? Worse than the kiddie punk pop of the 2k0s this is like romper room punk rock. Jeeze, I've seen more teeth on a two year old.

LA is in desperate need of a late night vegan punk rock bar, but sadly we got this naff weaksauce. Hopefully someone will slash the shiny red seats and smash the lights and hang some parachutes or camo mesh from the ceiling or something-- at least play some X.

Oh well, at least it's plant based and my server who suggested I come back for breakfast said she was vegan too, so four stars for hiring at least one vegan. Not everything can live up to my DIY Vegan Anarcho Death Metal Fantasy Standards, and that's okay. Really should have come with lower expectations. I blame myself.

Updated from previous review on 2022-10-26