New fast casual vegan restaurant hopes to energize San Francisco neighborhood

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A stylish, new vegan restaurant in Hayes Valley is targeted on being approachable. Rad Radish hopes its enterprise will assist the neighborhood rebound. 

The restaurant’s area on the nook of Hayes and Franklin Streets has been empty for the final two and a half years because the begin of the pandemic. Monday was opening night time. 

“Rad Radish is mainly, our complete factor is that we now have a radical concept that vegan meals ought to be recent, reasonably priced, approachable and it ought to style pretty much as good because it makes you are feeling,” mentioned common supervisor Alex Johnson.

It is certainly one of San Francisco’s few vegan spots the place you may order take-out pleasant meals at a kiosk. The idea comes from the favored, extra formal plant-based restaurant Wildseed on Union Avenue. 

Costs vary between $13 and $16 an entree. 

Rad Radish is close to in style metropolis venues like Davies Symphony Corridor and SFJAZZ middle.

“Eating places actually give neighborhood to a neighborhood proper, it is what makes lots of people wish to dwell in a sure place, entry to some place scrumptious recurrently,” mentioned Johnson. “I believe hopefully bringing extra life into the neighborhood and making it have this buzz once more.”

“We’re vegans, there aren’t as many choices in San Francisco, so we’re tremendous excited to strive it out and it has been superb, each chew,” mentioned Gladys Stone of San Francisco. 

Rad Radish attracted vegans and non-vegans alike Monday night time.  

“We really adopted the chef at Lolinda and we have been curious to take a look at his vegan restaurant,” mentioned Erin Arinez of Oakland. “It is nice.”