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| - A really great restaurant, this deserves to be said first, and the best vegan/vegetarian in Tempe. Going on my best of Tempe list. If you are one of my anonymous followers on Yelp, you know I love meat. When we make plans to eat at Green, I get excited because the food is great despite the fact that there is no meat. They just make great food at Green.
I usually get one of fruit-flavored sodas that come in the glass bottles from the refrigerators next to where your order your food. Never had one that tasted good, but it is fun trying them all. Maybe one day I'll start worrying about my sugar intake. And the tSoynami's are really good, but closer to a dessert than a drink.
The wings were suggested to me on my first visit, which seemed a bit daring for a vegan restaurant, but . . . they were great and I get them all the time. I would not recommend a vegan pizza unless you know what you are getting yourself into. My mostly vegetarian daughter lives off of cheese and mushroom pizza, but couldn't stomach the vegan verity. Now she has the crab puffs and peanut tofu appetizers. And my vegetarian wife gets whatever she wants and doesn't have to ask about unmentioned ingredients, which I have been told is a rare and liberating experience.
The layout of the interior provides a friendly and inviting atmosphere. We usually try to snag the couches. Art from aspiring artist usually decorate the walls, and the bathrooms offer really cool sinks. Opposite the wall of art is a mural made up of re-used and re-claimed materials. I like it and my daughter always has a few questions about it (e.g., Are those car doors real? What is that?), which gives me a chance to point out that re-using is even better than recycling, although both have merit. A few more visits to Green, and I'm sure my daughter will know what I'm talking about.
And our Tempe location, the original location, is better than your Phoenix location. There, I said it. But maybe I should try the Phoenix location first.
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