I'm not from Arizona, but I had a few hours to kill before a flight and decided to explore beyond downtown Phoenix for dinner. Yelped \"vegetarian\" and saw this place, whose menu was reminiscent of one my favorite spots back home in NYC, Red Bamboo.\n\nThis is veggie-friendly reimaginings of classic American comfort food. Po Boys. Egg rolls. Buffalo \"wings.\" Some asian fusion-style bowls as well.\n\nThe food was excellent. Service was quick - and very friendly (being a NY-er, I was a little overly conscious about taking up too much of the server's time, but they loved chatting!). \n\nEXCELLENT beer selection and wine on tap!\n\nAnd it was CHEAP, given the quality of the ingredients and portions. Since I knew I wouldn't be back soon, I wanted to sample a lot and the cashier warned me that I was ordering way too much food for one person (I did), but I went ahead and the bill was less $25 including a glass of wine. \n\nReally awesome, forward-thinking place. Made me reconsider my evaluation of Phoenix/Tempe/Scottsdale after a week there. Glad to see this kind of spot in Arizona and I hope it does gangbusters and inspires other similarly-minded businesses (I think it will - I was especially encouraged by the diversity of customers. Old war vets you'd expect to sneer at some fancy-pants non-meat, hearty salt-of-the-earth families, etc. Definitely not what you'd expect at a very urban-hip type place!)\n\nI then went to their sister vegan ice cream/coffee shop, Nami, which was excellent and I will review later.
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