{"id":313991,"date":"2026-10-25T13:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313991\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T13:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:54:07","slug":"vegan-are-us-brings-plant-based-comfort-food-to-chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/313991\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Are Us brings plant-based comfort food to Chinatown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">At Vegan Are Us in Philadelphia&#8217;s Chinatown, founder and CEO Sharonda Harris-Bunton serves up plant-based comfort food with a mission to help people live healthier lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Popular menu items include vegan chicken and waffles, a shrimp po&#8217; boy made from white yams, the Philly V Steak, and hot bar favorites like General Soul Chicken, mac and cheese, and collard greens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Harris-Bunton says her love of cooking started in the kitchen with her family. After losing loved ones to health-related issues, that passion evolved into a mission to promote healthier eating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She built a following through social media cooking shows before opening restaurants in New Jersey and eventually bringing Vegan Are Us to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Today, she continues that mission through her restaurant and her line of seasonings, juices, smoothies, and alkaline water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Harris-Bunton plans to open a second Vegan Are Us location in Atlantic City next spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vegansareusphilly.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vegan Are Us<\/a>|<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeF2YcLAq84\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1037649659670876\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br class=\" \"\/>1016-1018 Race St,<br class=\" \"\/>Philadelphia, PA 19107<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Vegan Are Us in Philadelphia&#8217;s Chinatown, founder and CEO Sharonda Harris-Bunton serves up plant-based comfort food with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[128146,5453,69,71,70,128145],"class_list":["post-313991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-128146","tag-fyi-philly","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-vegan-are-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}