Going to a vegan restaurant with somebody who also likes that kind of food. I'm not even vegan, but all vegan food is safe for me, so at a vegan restaurant I can eat anything on the menu. This never happens anywhere else.
There are two in the Twin Cities that we sometimes go to: J. Selby's in St. Paul, which has a mixture of recreations of traditional diner and fast-food items with faux meats from the Herbivorous Butcher, and standard vegan traditions like rice bowls and so on; and Fig and Farro, a somewhat terrifyingly upscale place that wouldn't dream of using faux anything but makes absolutely amazing flavor combinations. I almost never order dessert --it's not great for me and mostly I can't eat anything on offer anyway -- but at these places I do.
Non-food special occasions would involve a bit of an extra drive to a good park, in season: Nerstrand Big Woods State Park in the spring or fall; St. Croix State Park when the purple-fringed orchids are blooming.
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There are two in the Twin Cities that we sometimes go to: J. Selby's in St. Paul, which has a mixture of recreations of traditional diner and fast-food items with faux meats from the Herbivorous Butcher, and standard vegan traditions like rice bowls and so on; and Fig and Farro, a somewhat terrifyingly upscale place that wouldn't dream of using faux anything but makes absolutely amazing flavor combinations. I almost never order dessert --it's not great for me and mostly I can't eat anything on offer anyway -- but at these places I do.
Non-food special occasions would involve a bit of an extra drive to a good park, in season: Nerstrand Big Woods State Park in the spring or fall; St. Croix State Park when the purple-fringed orchids are blooming.
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