• CLOSED: Rise 'n Shine Cafe

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    3

    Closed

  • White Veg-options
Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
American
Juice bar
Delivery
Take-out
Breakfast
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Casual place, located in Merrimon Square, for breakfast or lunch. Offers several vegan choices including a roasted potato bowl and a TLT (BLT with tempeh instead of bacon), plus several sides. Uses local and organic products. Dynamite Coffee Roasters supply a shade-raised and fair-trade organic Sumatra coffee. Reported closed September 2023.


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5 Reviews

First Review by jenstaton

WNCVegan

Points +110

Vegan
20 Oct 2024

Freedom, You Say?

Freedom of what? Freedom to offer a limited selection of mediocre vegan food? Freedom to flagrantly disregard any and all precautions designed to protect public health during a worldwide pandemic? Freedom to pander to a small but vocal population of @#&holes who only care about themselves? Yeah, fine: I'll exercise my freedom to dine at responsible establishments who actually offer a quality product.

Update: they're defunct. No loss.

Updated from previous review on 2022-02-24

Cons: Limited and mediocre vegan selection, COVID precautions not welcome here.

IrisKotyay

Points +28

Vegan
09 Sep 2022

Don't recommend for vegans

Found out after having the tempeh lettuce tomato multiple times that their GF bread had eggs in it. Grossed out and disappointed because the people there are great, just clueless about veganism and would rather make mediocore breakfast food while preying on animals. The owner claims she cares about health and nutrition but has no idea wtf she's talking about

Pros: Nice staff

Cons: No actual vegan options

Pookie2020

Points +13

Mostly Veg
18 May 2020

Freedom lives here

Great place, great food, and friendly staff. The owner is a wonderful person. We usually have a late breakfast there and the omelettes are tasty!

Pros: Great owner, Great staff, Great food

Cons: None

melissaray

Points +18

Vegan
18 May 2020

Eggs w/ side of Covid-19

Complete disregard for public health, barely mediocre food. Not worth it. Seating people in the indoor dining area, not a mask in sight.
Then the owner is proud of it, making a statement about how they "care" about their staff, but yet no safety precautions were taken to protect them. Then insulting everyone who's taking the virus seriously, calling them stupid & deranged for being cautious.

Pros: Breakfast, Good location, Breakfast is hard to mess up

Cons: Terrible owners, Zero health & safety consideration, Gross

jenstaton

Points +13

Mostly Veg
09 Feb 2016

Not as They Appear

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