The Cape Verdean small business is owned by Tome Andrade and his wife Valery Teixeira. The couple previously told The Enterprise that they first went vegan because Andrade was experiencing health issues and wanted a healthier lifestyle, and because Teixeira wanted to stop eating meat altogether.
According to the husband and wife partners, lots of Cape Verdean food is almost vegan to begin with. They launched their business in June of last year after a Facebook post on their page with a vegan lobster and tuna roll went viral.
Cabo Vegan is known for its traditional-Cape-Verdean-turned-vegan dishes like chuna snack rolls, pastels, katxupa and djagacida de fogo.