Atlanta’s popular “Slutty Vegan” burger joint to open in Charlotte

CEO and founder, Pinky Cole, tells Axios that our city shows nothing but major love every time they host a pop-up here. 

• “Charlotte gives us that hometown Atlanta energy which feels amazing to us,” Cole said.
• Most recently, Cole felt the love during the Eat Black Charlotte Food & Culture Festival— the Slutty Vegan food truck sold out, as it often does. There, she told Charlotte Five the great news: Charlotte is among the cities she’s scouting for their next location. 

Why it matters: Vegan restaurants and plant-based food options have increased in Charlotte over the years to meet the demand of the community.

• This restaurant will add to the growing list of Black-owned vegan restaurants like Romeo’s Vegan Burgers and VelTree-Vegan Soulfood.

Menu: The new location will feature most of the same of burger and dessert options as the Atlanta restaurant.

• The item names are as creative as the recipes, like “The One Night Stand,” a plant-based patty with vegan bacon that is covered in slut sauce and topped with a Hawaiian bun.
• For dessert, try the potato pie or the banana pudding.

Timeline: Slutty Vegan is in the process of expanding to other cities — including Brooklyn, New York, Birmingham, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia — so an official date for the Charlotte opening hasn’t been announced yet. 

• “We hope that bringing Slutty Vegan to Charlotte will create jobs and opportunities for the community to engage with a restaurant that cares about them,” said Cole.
• In the meantime, Cole says they’ll continue holding pop-ups across North Carolina.

💭 My thought bubble: I once waited over an hour in line to try the food at a pop-up in Durham and they sold out before I got to the front of the line. I’m still sad about that.