Who would have thought, a vegan restaurant/ brewery?

Over the weekend we attended the Northern Illinois Antique Association antique show in Love's Park, IL  My friend was one of the dealers and it is a nice show that I have attended before.  If you are interested in Midwest antiquing, food, travel or other interesting stuff you can follow her blog, Lady Antique Dealer . I didn't buy anything this go around but I will attend again next year not only for the show but to go to the restaurant we found for lunch.  Oh, how I wish it wasn't an hour away from where I live!  The good hubby actually found this spot online before we left.  I am pretty sure he first noticed it because it is a brewing company and not a regular chain restaurant.  The surprise was that it is a vegan restaurant.  We don't necessarily go out of our way to find vegan restaurants and I can only claim to be a part-time vegetarian anymore but a good vegan restaurant in our area is quite intriguing to find!  We had to try it.  NYC, where my son and daughter-in-law live, has great vegan restaurants that we go to when we visit.   I enjoy these restaurants immensely and though I like eating that way when we are there I can never maintain it myself.  I wish we had more options for this kind of restaurant where I live but since we don't I was very interested in trying this place.  We are so glad we did.

 

 

Pig Minds Brewing Co. was a great find.  I had a root beer since I am not really a beer drinker despite my Cheesehead background and the good husband had a beer called Blue Collar.....I think.  I don't know anything about beer so here ends the beer commentary.  It was really difficult to figure out what to eat because there wasn't one thing on the menu that I wouldn't have tried. There are burgers, wraps, pizza, salads and appetizers.  Everything made with great spices, sauces and dressings. There are many 'classics' that are vegan versions.  I knew the Macho Nachos were high on the husband's list and I got The Magic Mushroom sandwich.  I know we didn't venture too far into the unknown here but we had already made up our minds that we would go back so we played it 'safe' this first visit.  If you are looking for a vegan restaurant in the Rockford area, I recommend it.