Author: Jl Fields

Editor’s note: Fields writes a monthly review of vegan options at local restaurants. Football and vegan bar food might not seem like a natural combination, but I have good news, plant-based diners: You can join your friends downtown for sports viewing and, dare I say it, enjoy some healthy alternatives to standard pub cuisine. Phantom…

Editor’s note: Fields writes a monthly review of vegan options at local restaurants. Imagine being allergic to eggs, lactose intolerant, having a wheat sensitivity or following a vegetarian or vegan diet. Now imagine the amount of time spent at a restaurant quizzing the server about ingredients on the menu – often more time than actually…

Winding around Commerce Center Drive through a number of hotels, one would never guess that a quaint, adobe archway next to Embassy Suites is the entrance to a fine-dining experience with a laid-back atmosphere. Entering The Margarita at Pine Creek for the first time, I was torn between walking to the vast patio with a…

Editor’s note: JL Fields joins the dining team with monthly reviews of vegan options at a wide variety of local restaurants. No meat, no fish, no dairy, but lots of vegetables. For a lot of 
people, eating vegan is tantamount to a culinary death sentence. But for me, veganism makes sense – ethically and physically.…