The Bye and Bye, Portland OR

The Bye and Bye is one of my favorite places to eat in Portland. Their menu has sandwiches and different  bowls and they have fancy drinks that are delicious. It is quite popular every time we have gone, but we always manage to find a place to sit and enjoy our food and drinks. My favorite bowl is the BBQ Brussel bowl. Tofu in a slightly spicy BBQ sauce over brown rice which is delicious. The brussel sprouts were cooked and seasoned with lots of pepper and are delicious! But then again brussel sprouts are one of my favorite foods.


We also tried the eastern bowl - tofu and broccoli covered in nutritional yeast and tahini sauce served over brown rice. This is also incredibly tasty, Really if I could get this tofu and the brussel sprouts I think I would have the perfect meal. It is nice to have healthy bar food instead of all the greasy food that you usually get at bars.

Overall - I really like the Bye and Bye and stop by pretty much every time we visit Portland. The food is tasty and seemingly healthy, or at least healthier than normal bar foods, and the drinks are tasty.

Smoke & Barrel, Washington DC

From Vegan Gastrobot

Smoke and Barrel was the restaurant I was most excited to try in Washington DC. They have smoked foods which I love! I use my smoker all the time at home. We ordered the smoked vegan wings served muddy (wet and rub). These were so good! Just the normal vegan drumstick, but so much better. The BBQ sauce that was served on the side was incredibly spicy so I did not use that, but the BBQ spice rub was perfect. I would definitely go back and get these again.

From Vegan Gastrobot

We also ordered the BBQ Smoked Tofu Sandwich (Hand pressed, rubbed with our house bbq rub, cold smoked, then grilled and served "all the way" - coleslaw and a pickle slice - like a traditional bbq sandwich). This sounded delicious, but it was sooo disappointing and gross. The roll was not good - mushy and not tasty. The tofu was mush and had no flavor. The coleslaw...I don't even know why they added it as it tasted like nothing. The whole sandwich was like eating mush with no flavor. It was really not good. I would not recommend ordering it....I still can't get over how bad it was. How can smoked tofu and BBQ spice rub and coleslaw equal no flavor?

Overall - I would go back here as I really liked the atmosphere and would just hang out with some drinks and smoked seitan wings and a few friends. We sat on the porch which was open to the outside and it was perfect as it was a beautiful day. Just don't get the smoked tofu.