{"id":82195,"date":"2024-03-18T14:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T21:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=82195"},"modified":"2024-03-18T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:54:17","slug":"retro-rows-plant-based-vburger-will-close-in-april-the-eatery-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/retro-rows-plant-based-vburger-will-close-in-april-the-eatery-says","title":{"rendered":"Retro Row’s plant-based VBurger will close in April, the eatery says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plant-based burger joint VBurger on Retro Row will close its doors mid- to late April, owner Alex Armstrong announced on\u00a0Instagram Monday morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Due to the combination of a rise in prices of all our food service products and the volume of our sales, we are unable to continue operating at this time,” the post read.<\/p>\n

Armstrong has declined to provide more detail on the closure for now.<\/p>\n

The vegan restaurant has offered plant-based alternatives for burgers, mac and cheese, chili, burritos, sausage dogs and more since husband-and-wife duo Alex and Paula Armstrong opened at 420 Cherry Ave. in\u00a02020.<\/p>\n

The couple made a name for themselves in Long Beach before opening their brick-and-mortar through a series of pop-ups as they worked to perfect their recipes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We have really enjoyed meeting and chatting with all you lovely people. Our goal was always to show folks vegan food can be as tasty as non-vegan food and I think we achieved that by all the amazing reviews we have received from the non-vegan community,” Monday’s post read.<\/p>\n

In mid-February, the eatery called on the community to support the business as it struggled with “unprecedented challenges,” according to an Instagram post.<\/p>\n

“To ensure our survival, we invite you to visit our store or order online. Your presence will not only make a significant impact on our bottom line but will also help preserve a local business that has been a part of this community for the last 4 years,” the Feb. 15 post read.<\/p>\n

Armstrong’s Monday post read \u201c…we remain hopeful for new opportunities in the future.\u201d He encouraged followers to stay connected with the business on social media for updates and developments.<\/p>\n

Armstrong’s post also said that VBurger is planning to host a big farewell party, “Long Beach style.”<\/p>\n

VBurger is located at 420 Cherry Ave. Updates on their Instagram page can be found <\/i>here<\/i><\/a>, and more information can be found on their website <\/i>here<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Husband-and-wife team Paula and Alex Armstrong have offered their vegan recipies for burgers, chili, macaroni and cheese, chili and more since they opened a brick-and-mortar at 420 Cherry Ave. in 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3255,"featured_media":82204,"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":[432],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32253],"class_list":["post-82195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-retro-row","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82195","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\/3255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82195"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82209,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82195\/revisions\/82209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82195"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=82195"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=82195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}