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It’s not in the latest sandwich offering from Buona.
The iconic Chicago purveyor of beef sandwiches is adding a plant-based Italian beefless sandwich to its restaurant menu starting Monday.
The vegetarian- and vegan-friendly seitan meat sandwich mimics its classic Original Buona Beef counterpart, except for the main ingredient. Everything from the vegetable-based gravy and bread to Buona’s iconic giardiniera was already vegan. The new sandwich retails for $7.99 (available only in the 7-inch size) and is now on the menu at all 24 Buona locations for a limited time.
“The sandwich is the result of a partnership with Upton’s Natural, a locally based creator of seitan,” said Candice Jordan, director of marketing for Buona.
Chicago’s Buona Launches Plant-Based Italian Beefless Sandwich
Buona, Chicago’s original Italian beef chain restaurant, debuts a new menu item a plant-based Italian beefless sandwich featuring Upton’s Naturals seitan specially for their vegetarian and vegan customers.
From the bread to the seitan to the veggie-based gravy and giardiniera, every aspect of this sandwich is plant-based, vegan-friendly, and prepared separately to ensure no cross-contamination with non-vegan products.
Buona opted to collaborate with Chicago-based seitan maker Upton’s Naturals to craft the perfect plant-based beef for the sandwich. Seitan known for its versatility, savor flavor profile, and ability to take on additional flavors is a popular source of plant-based protein and pairs seamlessly with Buona’s authentic Italian recipe. The Plant-Based Italian Beefless Sandwich provides 43g of protein and is made using an exclusive vegan gravy (c
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New Year s Eve 2020: Chicago-area restaurants find creative ways to ring in new year
Share: The word of the year is pivot, said Will Duncan, owner of Fitzgerald s in Berwyn. New Year s Eve is a big night in the industry, we re always used to throwing a big party but this year we re not gonna do it, said Duncan.
The staff is assembling cocktail kits complete with the ingredients for a drink called a French 75 and party tiaras.
They plan to stream last year s concert with the band Expo 26 along with the countdown to midnight so people can celebrate at home.
Many are anxious to say goodbye and good riddance to 2020 but with COVID-19 restrictions in place, it will take some creativity.
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Wilson’s World: Celebrating The First Day Of Winter And The Saturn/Jupiter Conjunction With Schiele Museum
December 21, 2020
December 21st marks the first day of Winter and Wilson is with Candice Jordan from the Schiele Museum in Gastonia to talk more about the Winter Soltice and the Saturn and Jupiter Conjunction.
The best way to see the Saturn and Jupiter Conjunction is to look towards the western sky approximately 10 to 20 degrees in the sky. This happens about every 20 years but it hasn’t happened to this magnitude since 1623.
1226 was the fist time the world was able to see the Saturn and Jupiter Conjunction.