Bristol’s plant-based community has been singing the song of Vegan India for a long time now. Until this month, it had only operated as a takeaway service from Stapleton Road as the plant-based counterpart of Tikka Express, but the owners have recently ditched meat altogether, now solely functioning as Vegan India.
It’s not the first instance of a food business opting to go all vegan. Cheungs Chinese takeaway, which has been running for 50 years, trialled a plant-based menu during the pandemic and has stuck with it since having reached a wider audience outside Brislington through delivery services. The owner admitted that the move in turn meant they have lost some customers in the local area.
The new Gloucester Road restaurant, formerly Atomic Burgers, signposts a new chapter for Vegan India and a triumph for Bristol's growing vegan scene. It's firstly, the business' first sit-down restaurant and secondly, Bristol's first all-vegan curry house.
