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Senior Sela Patterson shares favorite Twin Cities vegetarian restaurants
Senior Sela Patterson eats a salad at lunch. “Most Thai places have really good [food] because a lot of it is vegetarian, or you can substitute tofu,” she said.
For most students who eat meat, a vegetarian lifestyle might seem difficult and unthinkable. Most wouldn’t want to take the time to cook vegetarian dishes or say goodbye to their favorite meat dishes. Senior Sela Patterson, a lifelong vegetarian, shared her favorite restaurants in the Twin Cities to take a bite into the vegetarian diet.
Many of Patterson’s favorite veggie-friendly places include local ethnic cuisines. One of these includes Shish Cafe on Grand Avenue, which specializes in Mediterranean food.
“I really like their falafel wrap and their spinach pies and lentil soups,” Patterson said. Other vegetarian items include a veggie burger, vegetable kabob and vegan red lentil soup.
Other ethnic restaurants feature meat dishes that can be made vegetarian friendly. “I have tofu, and then I have fake chicken sometimes,” Patterson said. She eats at Supartra’s Thai Cuisine on West 7th Ave. in St. Paul. The menu boasts dozens of vegetarian options, with tofu available to substitute meat in almost every item.
“Most Thai places have really good [food] because a lot of it is vegetarian, or you can substitute tofu,” Patterson said. “They always use coconut milk.”
Other local Asian restaurants, including Cleveland Wok, Taste of Thailand and Pad Thai offer many vegetarian options. All a student needs to do is choose a restaurant and give it a chance.
Vegetarian-friendly restaurants:
Shish Cafe
1668 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
shishongrand.com
Supatra’s Thai Cuisine
967 West 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN. 55102
http://www.supatra.com/index.html
Cleveland Wok
767 Cleveland Ave. S
St. Paul, MN 55116
Clevelandwok.com
Taste of Thailand
1671 Selby Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
2 more Twin Cities locations
tasteofthailandmn.com
Pad Thai
1681 Grand Avenue, St Paul, Mn. 55105
padthaiongrand.com
Hannah Johnson is a senior at St. Paul Academy and Summit School. She is the Editor in Chief for the 2013-2014 school year. This is her third...
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