Bay Area town getting its first entirely vegan restaurant

December 25, 2022 ZeroToHero FOOD 0


Blossom & Root will relocate to the former Basque Boulangerie space at 411 Harts Avenue in Danville.

Blossom & Root will relocate to the former Basque Boulangerie space at 411 Harts Avenue in Danville.

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San Francisco and Oakland may be hotbeds for vegan restaurants, but in the Bay Area town of Danville, it’s a little rare to find plant-based options.
But that’s about to change — Sally Virgilio, chef at Swiss Michelin-starred plant-based restaurant KLE, says she plans to open her first vegan restaurant in her hometown of Danville. , The East Bay Times reported. They are still looking for a head chef.

The focus of the menu is family-friendly, vegetable-based, made-from-scratch and seasonal ingredients, from pasta and salads to grain-and-bean burgers. Desserts include oat milk soft serve ice cream and cookies.


“It’s a very different concept for Danville and we’re under a lot of pressure to get it right,” Virgilio’s mother Susan told the East Bay Times. I want it to be something with
Blossom & Root is located at 411 Hearts Avenue in Danville and replaces the former Basque Boulangerie. Once the 1,620-square-foot space is renovated, Virgilio and her team plan to serve happy hour, dinner, and weekend brunch in her May 2023.

Madeline Wells is a reporter for SFGATE covering food and drink in the Bay Area. She grew up in the Seattle area and earned her BA in English and Media Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to SFGATE, she was an associate at the East Bay Express, where she was an editor, and a freelance writer covering the Bay Area music scene. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com

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