Damien Bassman
Google
A super fun vegan destination! While visiting the food hall I opted to have my meal at El Hongo Magico, a mushroom forward taco counter. Food was absolutely fantastic, fresh, flavorful, and was prepared quickly. There was ample seating at comfortable wooden tables, and there were several other restaurants to choose from. There was a sushi place, a smoothie bar, an Italian place, and your all-American hotdog and Burger counter. Everything says it’s 100% plant-based so it’s pretty fun to have all of these options in one spot. For me the highlight was the all vegan bodega inside the food hall. You know how when you’re shopping in regular grocery stores you have to search for that one vegan item in the sauce section and the one vegan item in the dairy area, etc, and then you have to go to three other stores to get your other vegan items. This was like having all of those in one location and I just wish it was closer to where I was staying so I could’ve done all of my shopping right then. I did find some cool items I’m looking forward to trying which I have not seen elsewhere. There is also a full bar and it seems that they have some pretty cool events coming up so it appears to be a nice neighborhood hangout spot.