Pita Plate

Very cute restaurant with a relaxed vibe. My meat-eating companions enjoyed a chicken dish and a greek sampler platter. I had a vegan style burger. It was a falafel patty with piled on lettuce and tomato. It was delicious and I couldn't even finish the burger let alone the fries too! I was a little wary about the bun, which looked like your basic store bought burger bun, the kind that usually contains animal products. But the menu clearly marked the dish as vegan, and I didn't want to bug the waitress because I knew she would have to go back to read the package and probably wouldn't recognize if anything was an animal product outside of clearly marked dairy and eggs. But all in all, great servings for a good price and tasty options cleary marked for vegetarians and vegans.

When my husband and I were planning a trip to the beach with the kids, I assumed I would need to pack all of our meals, as Atlantic Beach has very little options for the non-seafood eater. After a quick look online the night before, I found this gem of a restaurant!

While the restaurant does serve a variety of meat options, the menu was clearly labeled "vegan" and "vegetarian". Our waitress was very knowledgeable and helped us make the right choices when ordering. For the children to share (ages 6, 4, and 1), I ordered the Pita Plate Sampler. The older two were ready to fight over the last falafel; it was that good!

For myself, I ordered the Falafel Entree (we're a falafel-loving family). My husband, the only meat-eater in the family, opted for their Veggie Burger. They offer two Veggie Burger options: a Vegan burger and a Vegetarian burger. The only difference is that the vegetarian version has a slice of cheese. The burger seemed to be a large falafel, flattened to form a patty. My husband absolutely loved it.

This is now our go-to restaurant when we're in the Morehead City area!