Exciting New Pop-Up Mort & Betty’s Will Bring Vegan Jewish Cuisine to LA
Home to all things vegan, Los Angeles will soon boast its own vegan Jewish deli pop-up! Passion project of Chef Megan Tucker, Mort & Betty’s Vegan Deli will host its first event in Los Angeles on November 11, complete with a delicious assortment of vegan dishes inspired by the flavors of global Jewish cuisine.
We caught up with Chef Megan to get the scoop. The pop-up is the first step in achieving her dream of opening a farmed animal sanctuary—5 percent of profits will be set aside for that purpose. She explains her motivations for the menu:
It took a while to decide what type of menu I wanted to create for the pop-up. A vegan Jewish deli made sense for me because those are the foods I grew up with—it’s my background. Mort and Betty were my grandparents. They both suffered from diet-related degenerative diseases—cancer and diabetes. Creating a menu of items they loved, and making everything with health-promoting plants, just felt right.
Chef Megan brought veganized quintessential Jewish deli items, like corned beets, carrot lox, white carrot whitefish salad, and mushroom pastrami, to eager Angelenos at a recent tasting. And don’t forget the matzoh ramen, made with miso-turmeric broth.
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If you’re in Los Angeles, don’t miss this exciting pop-up event on November 11 in Highland Park! Needless to say, it’s sure to be a hit.
Fortunately, you don’t have to live in Los Angeles to enjoy delicious vegan food. Most cities have incredible restaurants that are either entirely vegan or able to create fantastic vegan dishes. You just have to know how to find them.
Plus, as more people decide to ditch meat and other animal products in favor of plant-based foods, vegan eateries will only become more abundant. For savory vegan recipes, easy meal ideas, and tips for plant-based eating, order a FREE Vegetarian Starter Guide today.