Teele Square Cafe Closed

[kapara19.livejournal.com]

Sign on the door says they closed for good on June 4. Surprising since they seemed busy, but not surprising given the conversation here a few weeks ago about someone looking for a liquor license for that address.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Earlier discussion is here. A vegan restaurant is moving in.

Did the sign say whether the owners are moving their business to a different location?

[kapara19.livejournal.com]

No. Just thanked all their customers.

[knowthyself.livejournal.com]

Oh boo! I really liked Teele Square Cafe. :(

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

I'm just amused at a vegan restaurant needing a liquor license...

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

I'd heard the earlier discussion that something else would be moving into their location, but I also really liked them and should have tried harder to get back one more time before they closed.

[somervilleguy.livejournal.com]

From what I heard they are moving to a rural location (farm) and don't have any plans to re-open elsewhere. Thats second hand though...

[nathanjw]

Why? Most alcoholic beverages are vegan, and vegan doesn't mean healthy - French fries are usually vegan, after all.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Alcoholic beverages aren't unhealthy, either.

[pakoo.livejournal.com]

I did too. They will be missed.

[ron_newman]

what is non-vegan about alcohol?

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I just discovered the amazingness of their eggplant sandwich. And talked myself out of going to get one last week.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

God, I move out and the entire neighborhood just goes straight to hell.

[mihmo.livejournal.com]

Hi Ron, a lot of alcohols are filtered with animal-based agents or animal-based additives are added to them and thus they are not vegan or vegetarian. There's some more information here:

http://www.barnivore.com/

http://veganconnection.com/veganwine.htm

My heart was broken recently when I found out that Guinness is not vegetarian.... :(

[elements.livejournal.com]

+1 for your Ianto icon, knowthyself.

To be on topic, I liked Teele Square Cafe but only ever went there for dinner, so back a year-ish ago when they stopped being open at dinner, I stopped going. I'm hoping that seeking an alcohol license means this new place is at least going to be open at night.

[obie119.livejournal.com]

Sigh, that is really sad. Especially because I was just having a cheerful conversation maybe two weeks ago with one of the guys there about how happy I was for them that it was always pretty hopping at lunchtime (it wasn't the owner, but one of the cooks/chefs I think).
It is such a lovely sunny space - I thought they were going to be the people who made it work. :(