The Plantry Café, a new vegan and vegetarian restaurant, is scheduled to open sometime this fall in the Villas of Bluebonnet Centre shopping center, near Albasha and Cadillac Cafe.
Owner Katie Crifasi, a physician at Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group off of Essen Lane, says she set out to create a place where patrons can enjoy plant-based food in a typical, modern restaurant setting.
“There’s a lot of data to support the benefits of a plant-based diet, and Baton Rouge doesn’t really see a lot of that,” Crifasi says, adding that when people hear “vegan” they often think of someone subsisting on carrots.
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She wants to show that there are many more ways to eat plant-based than a plate of raw veggies. The restaurant’s dishes will also be mostly gluten-free.
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Ahead of the restaurant’s opening, Plantry has catered a few events around Baton Rouge, including the Flower Festival in April and a Thanksgiving meal at the LSU AgCenter’s Botanic Gardens.
The Plantry Cafe will join a small, but growing, number of plant-based eateries in Baton Rouge, including MJ’s Cafe, Vegan Friendly Foods and Golden Vegan.
This story originally appeared in a Feb. 14 issue of Daily Report. To keep up with Baton Rouge business and politics, subscribe to the free Daily Report e-newsletter here.