New Vegan Restaurant Coming To Phoenixville

PHOENIXVILLE, PA — Sand Castle Winery has completely reimagined Taste as a vegan restaurant on Bridge Street in Phoenixville.

Sand Castle, a Bucks County-based vineyard, will reopen Taste, located on 236 Bridge Street, on Thursday, May 18, according to owners.

The former wine and small plates store will now feature "chic and elegant vegan comfort food" with an emphasis on proteins. The menu was designed by Chef Theo Charitos using products from The Herbivorous Butcher, a vegan "butcher" shop that creates high protein and nutritious meat substitutes from scratch, in small batches.

"Rather than emulate the 'leafy-greens,' raw foodism model that is commonplace, we sought to form a concept that provides a savory, gourmet menu which satisfies both the diehard and reluctant vegan," said managing partner Chad Sletten. "When we sampled the 'meat' and products from the Herbivorous Butcher, we were blown away. The ribs had the exact same texture, flavor and consistency as traditional meats. The chicken tasted like chicken. The steak tasted like high quality beef.”

Owners highlighted the following menu items:

• Huli Huli Rib Slider with root veg shed, spicy spread on a sweet bun ($16)
• Portuguese Chicken and Sausage with black bean kake and braised baby kale ($18)
• Laos Street Tacos with lao sausage, sweet and spicy pico, syrachia honey and avocado ($16)
• A Blackened Ribeye with crispy potatoes and bourbon ketjap ($19)
• Grand Ma Flat made with arugula pesto, fire roasted tomato and mutzarella ($16).

Along with the new menu, the interior was redesigned by New York City designer Dean Arcuri.

All menu items are completely plant-based and meat-free.

The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

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