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Textbook’s Vegan Fried Chicken Sandwich
Fort Greene, Brooklyn

Textbook‘s vegan fried chicken sandwich got ushered to the top of my “to try” list when I put together a new Fried Chicken Showdown bracket. Anticipation… the fonts help me know attention would be paid to details. Made in haste, the $5 lemonade was not the best choice. It was Read more…


Back at Renegades Of Sunset Finally

Back at Renegades of Sunset in Brooklyn’s Industry City because it was just way too long since I had the best vegan sandwich in New York City. But somehow their amazing sandwich got even better through the many months of my absence! Checking out their new space, I saw the Read more…


A Vegan Fried Chicken Champion is crowned!
Superiority Burger πŸ₯ŠvsπŸ₯Š Renegades of Sunset
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It is here! The end of my Vegan Fried Chicken Battle! Having started this showdown in June of 2019, I am so pleased to have finally arrived at this final battle with the true best of the bests facing off. From the start, these two contenders have been consistently impressive. Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 10:
Renegades of Sunset vs. Gradient BK

I am pleased to present to you Battle 10! And to its victor–an enthusiastic welcome to the Championship Round, the last Battle of The Vegan Victuals Fried Chicken Showdown. It has been a spectacular run. Reviewing the brackets, I am confident that the final battle has two of the bests Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 9:
Superiority Burger vs. Chickpea & Olive

Here it is! The battle that decides which tofu-based vegan fried chicken would move into the Finals. The Finals!! I’ve said a lot about both Superiority Burger and Chickpea & Olive in previous posts, so I’m going to jump right in and let them go at it. Superiority Burger, East Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 8:
Gradient vs. Orchard Grocer

With this Battle 8, the semi-finals are officially set! Are you as excited as I am? I feel really great about the state of these brackets, but I don’t look forward having to ultimately eliminate 3 of the 4 semi-finalist fried chicken sandwiches. But let me slow my roll. Battle Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 7:
Honeybee’s vs. Superiority Burger

My vegan fried chicken battle is raging on in the East Village! This battle determines who would be up against tofu masters Chickpea & Olive… and I like the direction of the semi-finals thus far. Perhaps the championship round will be a seitan vs. tofu battle! ….But I am getting Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 6 ½:
Hartbreakers vs. Gradient BK

With an ever-growing field of vegan fried chicken at my fingertips, I made an addition to my brackets. I had to. After hearing the vegan fried chicken sandwich at Bushwick’s new all-vegan bar and event space Gradient was house made, I told my friend to meet me there… because unless Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 6:
Chickpea & Olive vs. Petisco Vegano

Moving swiftly towards a vegan fried chicken crown, I give you Battle 6! The formidable Chickpea and Olive faces off versus new jack Petisco Vegano, a new lower east side all-vegan spot who, like Honeybee’s, were placed in Round 2 without a previous win, yes (like Hartbreakers), but also without Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 5:
Modern Love vs. Renegades of Sunset

Since I began this competition, vegan fried chicken is definitely having its moment. With the β€œfirst” vegan chicken shop now open in Los Angeles (says VegNews, to which I say: Hartbreakers), vegan chicken debuting at Kentucky Fried Chicken, and vegan fried chicken on Shark Tank, seems it’s the new β€œit” Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 4:
Urban Vegan Kitchen vs. Renegades of Sunset *Revision*

Urban Vegan Kitchen, West VillageChick-un & Waffles I remember the first time I went to Urban Vegan Kitchen very crisply though it was in January 2017. I fled opportunistically from a teacher professional development class at the The Met because it was a disorganized shit show. It felt good to Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 3: Clean Meals Brooklyn vs. Orchard Grocer

When vegan fried chicken opportunity arises, you take a bite. This was the case with Battle 3. Facing off would be an elusive pop-up with inconsistent social media posts and an inconsistent sandwich shop special. So when Clean Meals Brooklyn showed up at the Atlantic City Vegan Food Festival, I Read more…


The Bao Super Bowl, Battle 2
A Part of the 🍿 Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown

There is a lot more bao in Manhattan than in Brooklyn. So this second bao battle would have me back, representing the East Village and the Lower East Side, and a bit closer to naming the “chicken” bao who’ll be entering the official Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown. Baohaus vs. The Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 2: Chickpea & Olive vs. Sol Sips

I’ve appreciated the burger wizardry of Chickpea & Olive for many years… and was excited to try Sol Sips, an all-vegan eatery in Bushwick owned by a 23 year old that has a lot of buzz. But this is a vegan victuals food battle! It’s the food that does the Read more…


The Bao Super Bowl in the
🍿 Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown

Ever since I started my Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown, my brackets have been in flux. I just have to settle on them and create a second round if new eateries rear their fried goodness. The most updated version is at the end of this post, but first, a twist…. a Read more…


Vegan Chicken at KFC* /
Showdown Bracket Update

VegNews likes to post kooky articles on April Fools Day. And last year’s selection was about KFC launching a vegan chicken bucket. Flash forward only a year or so and it is actually on the horizon. But really now, if I had to choose between a bucket from all-vegan Modern Read more…


The V.V. Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown 🍿, Battle 1:
Superiority Burger vs. MTHR Vegan

Superiority Burger, East VillageT.F.T. (Tofu-Fried Tofu) Sandwich Superiority Burger is a tiny space in the East Village with some amazing vegetarian offerings masterminded by Chef Brooks Headley. Don’t expect frills like French fries, a bathroom, an open seat, personal space, etc in this 300 square feet. Just great food. Food Read more…


Announcing! The Vegan Victuals
Vegan Fried Chicken Showdown

I know, I knowβ€”my Burger Battles just abruptly stopped. But there were just so many options. This battle I’m getting an early jump on. As eateries begin to offer the vegan version of this staple, I’m going to get chomping. The best vegan fried chicken. First, some notes and guidelines. Read more…