VEDGE

this blog was partially started due to my hatred of horizons. so when i found out that horizons was closing and they were opening up a new spot i was hesitant but intrigued. would it be even more expensive? would they start calling menu items by the right name? would it be good?
....meh.

a few days ago, a whole crew of us went to vedge for happy hour. vedge's fancy non-alcoholic drink selection was non-existent, but the waiter suggested i order a virgin mojito and it was quite delicious. they had some nice looking alcoholic drinks, i wish they would have some nice non-alcoholic ones. the happy hour menu consists of some of their smaller plates (at $5 each) and some special happy hour dishes (at $4 each). shawn and i split 5 of the happy hour dishes, which did leave us feeling slightly full. the highlight was the seitan wrap (i refuse to call it a seitan taco, because it is def not a taco). the seitan was delicious and full of flavor and totally worth the price. it was so good we ordered it twice. they also had a mushroom crostini (mushrooms? meh..), a banh mi crostini (i'd rather pay $4 and buy a real banh mi), and potato wedges (delicious, but $4 for potatoes? no thanks). all this food left me feeling a little full, but super excited about dessert. i wound up getting sticky toffee pudding, which RULED. it was a little expensive ($8), but delicious! i have never had non-vegan sticky toffee pudding, but it was a lovely piece of cakey bread smothered in a delicious sugary sticky yummy sauce.

the best thing for me about vedge was the interior. i hate to say anything too great, because i still kinda hate vedge for the same reasons i hated horizons, but god damn. sitting in the lounge, where we had happy hour, was beautiful. dark wood paneled walls, a fireplace filled with candles, great windows. someone mentioned that it reminded them of a harry potter room and they were totally right. it feels so much better to pay a lot of money for food when you are sitting in a beautiful fancy room (esp compared to the horizon's yuppie hippie design).

overall, i would totally go back for happy hour after eating a big lunch to sip coffee and eat sticky toffee pudding in the lounge. maybe i would get some seitan wraps too. but thats it. i don't think i will be going for dinner anytime soon - even more expensive then horizons and you get less food? no thanks.
amy