{"id":106,"date":"2019-04-18T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999946891"},"modified":"2019-04-18T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:04:10","slug":"addison-plant-power-fast-food-long-beach-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/addison-plant-power-fast-food-long-beach-summer","title":{"rendered":"Opening of vegan drive-thru giant Plant Power Fast Food&#8217;s Long Beach location pushed to summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cult-like following behind Plant Power Fast Food will have to show even more patience: following <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/food\/vegan-drive-thru-giant-plant-power-fast-food-opening-location-in-long-beach\/\">an announcement last year<\/a> that the company would open a location\u00a0at Clark Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway by September of 2018 and a second announcement that the opening would be pushed to early 2019, officials with the San Diego-based eatery announced the opening of Long Beach\u2019s first vegan fast food joint has been pushed to this summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;July or August is what we&#8217;re hoping for,&#8221;\u00a0said co-founder and co-CEO Zach Vouga. &#8220;We&#8217;ve had some major setbacks with the city as the building was very old and the previous owners were nowhere near being up-to-code.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After opening its flagship location in San Diego two years ago, the operation has quickly expanded\u2014Redlands will have its first location in the coming weeks\u2014and the company figures to fit comfortably into <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/food\/guide-long-beach-vegan-food\/\">a Long Beach vegan scene<\/a>\u00a0unparalleled anywhere else in the Los Angeles region.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KvJ79kcomr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/food\/guide-long-beach-vegan-food\">The complete guide to Long Beach&#8217;s massive vegan food scene<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The complete guide to Long Beach&#8217;s massive vegan food scene&#8221; &#8212; the Hi-lo\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/food\/guide-long-beach-vegan-food\/embed\/#?secret=952MadC592#?secret=KvJ79kcomr\" data-secret=\"KvJ79kcomr\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We have long-time vegan joints Ahimsa and Steamed in DTLB joining a plethora of newer options that have opened up over the past year or so, including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachize.com\/long-beach-foodie-update-seabirds-is-coming-to-4th-street-pho-is-coming-to-dtlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seabirds<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachize.com\/long-beach-foodie-update-under-the-sun-vegan-soft-opens-in-dtlb-more-thai-coming-no-joke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Under the Sun<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachize.com\/long-beach-foodie-update-more-vegan-options-coming-including-las-the-grain-cafe-and-vegan-monte-cristos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Grain Cafe<\/a>, the expansion of both\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachize.com\/long-beach-foodie-update-commodity-caffeinated-kitchen-move-working-class-kitchen-michaels-re-brands-dtlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caffeinated Kitchen<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachize.com\/long-beach-foodie-update-wild-chive-launches-vegan-dinner-made-millworks-dtlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wild Chive<\/a>, along with restaurants offering vegan options that go beyond a veggie-patty, pseudo-sammie. (There\u2019s a vegan poutine at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HYedf2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lacquered<\/a>\u00a0that is pretty spectacular and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/food\/15-essential-long-beach-dishes-gotta-eat\/\">The HipPea\u2019s falafel is one of our essential Long Beach dishes<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>And when it comes to food, Plant Power aims for a purely Californian palate. Vegan milkshakes. Chili cheese fries. Buffalo chicken. Burgers. All plant-based, no animal products included.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur secret mission has always been to turn more people on to a vegan diet,\u201d\u00a0 Vouga said. \u201cIt\u2019s obviously the wave of the future. But we totally understand that diet is such a personal issue and that each person goes at his or her own pace. So the Plant Power Fast Food brand is really all about turning people on to how delicious plant-based food can be. And we\u2019re doing it in a way that\u2019s welcoming and fun. Our brand isn\u2019t preachy; the food itself is the message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fellow co-founder and co-CEO Mitch Wallis is no stranger to the concept, having opened Evolution Fast Food, SoCal\u2019s first vegan fast-food restaurant, in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><em>Plant Power Fast Food will be at 5095 E Pacific Coast Highway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Addison is a columnist and editor for the Long Beach Post.\u00a0<\/em><em>Reach him at\u00a0brian@lbpost.com\u00a0or on social media at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BrianAddisonLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/BrianAddisonLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/BrianAddisonLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brianaddison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach&#8217;s first drive-thru vegan joint, Plant Power Fast Food, will be opening up its location near Clark and PCH by summertime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":65638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[44],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-vegan","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9218,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/9218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}