A field guide to Newtown s growing vegan mile
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Across a two-block Newtown strip that s punctuated by pawn shops and vape stores, restaurants are doing the kind of business other eat streets can only dream of. It s King Street s vegan mile and it s becoming more popular by the week. The vegan community is a very passionate crowd, says Peter Martinez, who opened the plant-based Vandal Taqueria on the southern end of King Street 12 months ago. I thought we would be stuffed when COVID hit, but people immediately embraced the restaurant and supported us over lockdown like I couldn t believe. I ve run venues for 25 years and I ve never seen enthusiasm for a restaurant like it.