Belse is delighted to welcome long-time vegan Tulsi Gabbard to the restaurant tonight where she will be engaging in a stimulating discussion with their guests.
Belse Plant Cuisine, a gourmet vegan restaurant, brewery and bar located at 265 Bowery, opened Tuesday, June 14 in over 11,000 newly-designed square feet. It.
The Boneless Butcher aims to become the first vegan butcher shop in North Texas
Crystal Gomez creates faux steaks and ribs using seitan and other plant ingredients.
The Boneless Butcher’s products are sold at Mashup Market in Denton and from the Snow on the Rox food truck in DeSoto, as well as online.(Jason Janik)
Crystal Gomez has no culinary background, but she spent months developing recipes for vegan meats at home during the pandemic. After creating faux steaks and barbecue ribs, she launched The Boneless Butcher in January 2021, and now works out of a rented kitchen in Garland. Gomez ultimately wants to open the first vegan butcher shop in North Texas.
The co-owners of Belse Plant Cuisine in Dallas think everyone should eat vegan. And dinner at this new downtown Dallas restaurant might even appease meat-eaters: The menu includes a cheeseburger, “chicken” piccata, queso, and mac and cheese each made without meat, dairy or other animal products.
Whereas some vegan restaurants focus on careful preparations of vegetables, Belse’s menu reads like a lot of other American-food menus around town. But here, they swap hamburger meat for an Impossible Burger and traditional queso for “cheese” made with chickpea protein and nutritional yeast.
“They thought it was the right time for an upscale plant-based restaurant, and Dallas needed it,” says Belse Plant Cuisine General Manager Alan Macedo, speaking for the co-owners.(Jeffrey McWhorter / Special Contributor)