The greening of local palates continues. Following fast on the release of a gluten-free menu, Herbie’s Vintage 72 recently launched a full vegetarian menu.
Five appetizers, four salads, two flatbreads and eight entrées form the new menu at the Central West End restaurant. Four vegan options make an appearance, three of them among the entrées.
The appetizers include a corn pancake and pan-seared tofu; the entrées, a ginger-soy grilled medley, a vegetable pot pie and roasted butternut squash ravioli.
So why did executive chef and co-owner Aaron Teitelbaum conceive of the vegetarian menu, which debuted last Friday, as well as the gluten-free menu? Simple – demand. “We had so many customers asking for vegetarian items and gluten-free items that Aaron finally decided we should give those guests a place where they had many choices,” general manager Shea Behymer told us.
This article appears in Mar 1-31, 2010.