Green!

We are moving to Portland, OR in May, so our lives are a bit chaotic right now. We are going up there to visit and scope out housing on Thursday, so in an effort to not make dishes and to have more time to get ready for our trip, we are eating out. Tonight's dinner was from a delicious local place called Green . They are an all vegan restaurant (they call themselves vegetarian, but I think that's more for marketing) and they are great! They make their own vegan soft serve ice cream on the premises and you can get a "Tsoynami", which is their version of a Blizzard. Their menu is varied and everything is delicious. I LOVE the crabpuffs!

Tonight Jim ran up there to collect dinner. We had Buffalo "Wings" with cucumber ranch, a No Harm Chik'n Parm sandwich and some Spicy Peanut Thai. As always, the food was wonderful. Not only that, but it's so cheap! We can get an appetizer, two entrees and dessert for under $20.

My only issue with the place (and it's a bit of an issue) is how, ironically, un-green they are. They have stickers all over their trash cans that say "Recycle!" and things along those lines. But they don't. And everything is disposable. Disposable bowls and forks, even if you eat in. STYROFOAM cups! It's just plain weird to me. They recently opened so I'm hoping that this is a transitional thing and not for good. It's sadly another one of those things where Phoenix almost does something, but not quite. But, to be fair, Phoenix is really a decent place to be vegan, with tons of alternative grocery stores to choose from as well as a strong handful of good veg*n friendly restaurants. So, for that, I am grateful.