Grub Street Diet: Jabari Brisport

"In between [meetings], I had a little leftover breakfast taco from the other day from Warude in Bed-Stuy. It’s a sad story: My boyfriend and I were at Nagle’s Bagels, where we go a lot, but we found out their bagels have an egg wash on them. So when I learned that, I went across the street and got the breakfast taco. I don’t know what I’m going to do — maybe I’ll talk to them. Why have tofu cream cheese if you’re not going to have a vegan bagel? I don’t know."

"Work wrapped up around five, and since I was off for the rest of the night, my boyfriend and I got Chinese delivered. It’s a local place called Wonderful Asian Restaurant, and it is wonderful. I got General Tso’s tofu with white rice and broccoli. I always get extra broccoli. I just really enjoy the crunch."

"I had a sit-down meeting with a newly elected councilman named Chi Ossé in my district who’s representing Bed-Stuy and northern Crown Heights. We went to BKLYN Blend, which is my go-to hangout spot for meetings in Bed-Stuy. It’s good shakes, it’s healthy food, it’s Black owned, and it’s near my house."

"I met [Darlene Mealy] at a vegan spot called Greedi Kitchen. We just had a great chat about our shared priorities, what we want for our districts, and we just went to town. We shared some cauliflower bites and then I had a watermelon-arugula salad with chick’n and a virgin Paloma — I still had to do a little more traveling — and we both had some vegan banana pudding for dessert."

"I had dinner plans with another group of friends at Next Level Burger, which is one of my favorite spots in Brooklyn. I have this group of male friends who just hang out and eat vegan food together. It’s just like bonding, just a bunch of vegan dudes."