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Pizza Fire

1/27/2017

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Pizza Fire
3444 Secor Rd, Toledo OH 43606
www.pizzafire.com
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Pizza Fire is an Ohio-based chain that is now in Toledo. They feature brick-oven pizzas that are made in a style like Subway or Chipotle where you see the ingredients and your pizza is made right in front of you. Once you pick the ingredients, it’s put in a brick-oven pizza and baked for three minutes.

For vegans, you have a lot of options. First off, the crust is vegan and the Neapolitan red sauce and the Neapolitan spicy red sauce are both vegan. They have vegan cheese (it tasted like the Daiya version of mozzarella) available for $1 extra. Finally, you have a large number of vegetables that you can choose from: black or green olives, fresh basil (grown in the store), spinach, arugula, red onions, jalapenos, mushrooms, giardinara (pickled Italian vegetables), artichoke hearts, tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, green peppers, roasted red peppers and more.
 
The pizzas are basically enough for one person and so we both experimented with our own set of toppings. The spicy red sauce really was spicy, not too hot for us, though we tend to like hot stuff. If you have a hard time with heat, you might want to go with the regular red sauce. For others, the spicy red will be just your thing. They put just the right amount of vegan cheese on there (not too overwhelming), and the mix of vegetables to choose from was really exciting.
 
Toledo has several brick-oven pizza places now that have good options for vegans. 5th Street Pub has a full service bar, whereas there is no alcohol at Pizza Fire. This is high-quality pizza with fast food service times. We had our pizzas to eat within five minutes of stepping up to the counter to create our pizzas. 
 
We’re happy Pizza Fire is in Toledo and encourage you to check it out.   
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Phoenix Earth Food Co-Op

1/6/2017

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Phoenix Earth Food Co-Op
1447 W Sylvania Ave, Toledo Ohio 43612
http://www.phoenixearthfoodco-op.com/
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We’ve focused mostly on restaurant reviews so far on our site, but we realize that most vegans get their best meals at home. In the next year, we intend to review some of the best places to buy vegan food and ingredients throughout the Toledo Metro Area. We’re starting with one of the best.
 
Phoenix has great vegan food options, including a nice supply of vegan meat imitation products, vegan cheeses and vegan imitation tuna. They also have a nice supply of organic fruits and vegetables, and other treats that you won’t find at many of the big-box grocery stores. On our first visit, we loaded up with delicious bagels, English muffins, vegan truffles, organic pasta and even some Earth-friendly cleaning products. They also have many bulk foods available, such as nutritional yeast.  We also bought some sesame garlic sticks and some carob-based energy balls, that were made in-house or locally. 
 
Although some of the big-box stores are getting better vegan options (and some day, we want to do a comparison of various stores with vegan staples), we found many delights that we had never seen in the Toledo market at other places. The staff were extremely friendly.
 
It’s a co-op but anybody can shop there. If  you do decide to join (and we did on the spot), membership is $36 per year. It brings you a 10% discount on non-sale items once per month and a newsletter. Check Phoenix out once. We think you’ll be excited to see what they have!
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Plate 21

1/1/2017

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Plate 21
3664 Rugby Dr., Toledo OH 43614
https://locu.com/places/plate-21-toledo-us/#menu
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Plate 21 is a nice neighborhood coffee shop that includes a limited food menu, which includes a nice vegan option.  First off, for coffee drinks, they have soy and almond milk (50 cents extra) and so your fancy coffee drinks can be made vegan style. They have some fruit-based smoothies that are vegan and tasty. Also, they have a Vegan Blast, a vegan meal replacement shake that includes coffee, protein powder, peanut butter powder and banana. Although meal replacement shakes aren’t our thing (better to eat a plant-based meal with fiber), we tried it out and found it delicious.
 
The “belle of the ball” is a kale salad that has edamame, walnuts, carrots and red peppers, lightly dressed. The salad has enough excitement in every bite, simply made but well balanced. It is offered in two sizes—as a side dish or as a big bowl main dish. 
 
There is a Mediterranean veggie wrap that has several types of cheese in it. We have had it without the cheese, and also with hummus substituted in it ($3 extra). The wrap is another option for vegans, though we prefer the salad.
 
A nice place to meet a friend, or to cozy up with a book and a cup of coffee, as well as a delicious salad.  ​
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