Water Street Brewing Company

I love Water St! They have an impressive beer selection and veg*n options clearly marked on the menu. Every time I come I get the tempeh spiedies with barbecue sauce. They are delicious! A big plus about WSBC is that they have vegan options on their Restaurant Week menu, too! (Most other restaurants will have a vegan option available for one course but not the other two, which is silly! Why would I opt for the Restaurant Week menu when I can only eat one course? I digress...) They also have Charity Pint night where a portion of the proceeds from every pint of beer purchased goes to a local charity, and every month they dedicate their tip jar to a local organization. Overall a great business to support!

We got vegan chicken sandwich, tempeh spiedies, vegan hot pretzels and falafel bites, the spiedies was the best for being the most unique item but everything was tasty. The restaurant was clean and had games for customers. Definitely recommend to anyone look for veg options in Binghamton.

I couldn't find a strictly vegan restaurant while in Binghamton, so settled for Water Street Brewing Co. which looked like a good veg friendly alternative.They are conveniently located near the downtown core, across from the river, so I walked there from my hotel. At first I found the wait staff a little cool and less then friendly, but that soon changed, and by the time I left they were all smiling and helpful. The restaurant itself is spacious, with a comfortable looking bar. The decor is relaxed with a slight rock n roll feel. There were a couple of beer distillery's on view as well. I sat down near the window, with a view of the street, so that I could people watch and then ordered the bean burger and fries. I was working that day, so I opted for a root beer. Sorry, that I can't tell you about there beer selection, but it looked impressive. As for the food, well I can tell you that if you like your bean burgers really bean-y, then you will absolutely love theirs. I found it excellent! It fell apart, and was huge, and totally delicious! The fries were great too, and came in a generous heap. So generous a portion in fact that I couldn't finish them! (Which is very rare for me.) I can't tell you much about there other veggie options, except that they do have some. I will definitely return again!


Updated from previous review on Sunday December 13, 2015

Water Street Brewing Co. is one of the best places to find a great vegan meal! Their Tempeh Spiedie Wrap and Southwestern Tempeh Salad are out of this world!

The staff go out of their way to help you make good choices. Their tomato soup is always vegan and if you go on Sundays you can order homemade pretzels! Make sure you ask for it to be made vegan or the chef will put butter on it.

This is the meeting place for Binghamton Vegan Drinks monthly event. You can find the Facebook page in my profile. The owner always makes sure the special is vegan for us!

And I didn't even get started telling you about the beer! You'll have to check that out for yourself! I wish I could give Water Street Brewing Co. five stars but because they serve non-vegan food, Happy Cow won't allow it.