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Until a different server emerged and approached me. But it took a while for a woman to emerge and seat me.

I saw one couple eating at a table and they were the only humans I saw. I walked in on a Saturday night and nobody was there. I mean that they were nowhere to be seen AT ALL. And I donвЂ™t mean non-existent in the sense that when I needed something they were nowhere to be seen. ThereвЂ™s something about the place I didnвЂ™t like at all. What? I thought you didnвЂ™t like Leaf, Insufferable Vegan! Well, I donвЂ™t. вЂњFairy Fudge SundaeвЂќ (add raspberry!) at LeafД©. (And odd that the JESUS pie was not at the PURGATORY place but file under whatevs.) And you know what else while weвЂ™re speakin oвЂ™ pizza? A few days later I tried Cruzer for the first time and had their Hawaiian pizza, which wasnвЂ™t as good as either of the other two. And then promptly pulled my car over on some deserted downtown side street and wolfed down a slice at the wheel.

HoweverвЂ¦ I could not get the thought of that Seitan Meats Jesus pie out of my head so for dinner, I actually drove back downtown and picked one up. Now I know that hearing El Diablo Sauce makes you think this pie could out-firebreathe a dragon but nope, it merely had a nice kick to it. So I drove over and got their Spicy Chick Pizza which is Gardein chicken, green pepper, onion, garlic and El Diablo sauce. And which was actually serving vegan pizza for lunch on Vegan Pizza Day. and I remembered Purgatory, which IвЂ™d never been to and always wanted to try. So I headed down to Pizzanista on that beautiful Saturday afternoon (I donвЂ™t really remember how the weather was that day) andвЂ¦ they were closed! They donвЂ™t open on Saturday and Sunday till 5! What?!?! Not even on Vegan Pizza Day?! Vegan Bummer! So I quickly started thinking where else I could get pizza in Downtown L.A. So where did I decide to go for Vegan Pizza Day? Pizzanista! IвЂ™d seen on their Twitter or on Quarrygirl or on somewhere that they were having a special for Vegan Pizza Day with their Seitan Meets Jesus pizza: a variety of UptonвЂ™s Naturals Seitans on a Daiya pie! It sounded so good that I decided to overlook the Seitan/Satan pun which I think we can all agree WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF. Today is the six month anniversary of Vegan Pizza Day, which was on June 30. The Spicy Chick Pizza at Purgatory Pizza. All of that said, the very first time I tried Beyond Meat, in a tomatillo sauce preparation from the taco bar at the Whole Foods in West LA, it was AMAZING.

It seems like some chefs are good with it and some are not. Ditto when I gave it another chance a month later. For example, I got a terrific Beyond Meat Sesame Chicken Salad from the Whole Foods on West 3rd & Fairfax, but when I went back a week later and got more of the exact same thing it was awful.

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According to Chef Jenny Bradley, a Vegansaurus blogger and the pastry chef at Source in San Francisco, itвЂ™s all in the preparation, and apparently a lot of people have no idea how to use the stuff. Because that seems to be a huge problem with Beyond Meat. That said, IвЂ™ve had some good things with Beyond Meat, particularly some salads from the Whole Foods in El Segundo, where Beyond Meat held itвЂ™s SoCal launch party, and so I guess the kitchen there knows how to use it. ItвЂ™s downright nasty, and I canвЂ™t believe they havenвЂ™t gone back to a non-BM version. It absolutely RUINED one of my daily staples, the Vegan Curry Chicken Salad at Whole Foods, which went from great when it was made with Gardein to good when it was made with Eco-Cusine to inedible now that itвЂ™s made with Beyond Meat. I think itвЂ™s not only overhyped but also overrated. If you follow me here or on Instagram you know about my frustration with Beyond Meat. The Beyond Meat Tomatillo Taco I had at the Whole Foods in West LA. Beyond Meat in Tomatillo Sauce Taco at Whole FoodsДЎ1.

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