Guest guest Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi All,As many of you may know, Weird Fish in San Francisco used to have amazing vegan treats on their menu. Some local vegan favorites were the buffalo girls , hell fish tacos and seitan fish and chips. Their vegan brunch was also great. They have recently updated their menu and removed all the dishes that many of us loved so much. I updated my review on Yelp to reflect my dissatisfaction (as many others seem to have done) and I got a response from Timothy, the owner. Yes, I may have been pretty upset when I wrote my review, but I stand by it. Timothy stated:"Please allow me as a person to expand my palate. I am not the same person I was three years ago. Also, I am not vegan nor vegetarian. Now I am a farmer, a father and now since I have taken over Weird Fish from my partner, dedicated and truthful about being a sustainable restaurant. I have served the same menu for 3 YEARS! I am bored with it and want to bring a new feeling into the restaurant. We have 25% of our new menu dedicated to Vegans. Chef and I agreed that the vegan options we had were horrible. "Personally, I don't find their new vegan options (all starters, sides or salads) appealing. There are other restaurants in SF that already cater to those needs. Gracias Madre serves amazing vegan tacos. There are countless Thai restaurants that offer salted mango dishes and coconut soups. Most of the vegans who loved Weird Fish loved it for the buffalo girls, hell fish tacos and seitan fish and chips. I can't believe that he could call those items horrible. It's beyond my comprehension. I know many omnivores who would go to Weird Fish just for the buffalo girls and seitan fish and chips.I think it's important to let Weird Fish know how great those items were (as I have done in my response to Timothy - he has chosen not to engage further) and the fact that many people (vegans, vegetarians and omnivores alike) went to Weird Fish because of those items. Maybe if they hear from enough people they will realize how amazing those dishes were and bring them back. They don't have an email address, but they do have a FaceBook page and they certainly read their Yelp reviews.Just my two cents.Dana I am training with the PETA Pack to run to help animals! Please support me by making a donation to my fundraising page: http://peta.teamraising.com/team/DanaPortnoy. On behalf of the animals, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 The original Chef/Owner (Not sure if it's Timothy) had created the menu for an EX Vegan Girlfriend. I definately don't think his current wife or Timothy are vegans. I think we should just move on and support other restaurants or just make our own. Chefs can be very tempermental artists. One thing great about owning your own restaurant, is,,,, you get to serve food YOU want to make. So, let's give the Vegan Weird Fish recipes to VEGAN DAN with the Sunny Yellow Truck at Dolores Park. oops, he doesn't have a fryer... Did you know many vegans don't eat fried foods? overall, 3 years ago, I ate at Weird Fish.. I didn't plan to go back cause I don't eat fried foods. However i was impressed his yummy VEGAN sour cream. good luck, but I don't think you can change his mind. (he has a good crowd of beer drinking customers..so he's doing a pretty decent business) winnie , Dana Portnoy <dportno1 wrote: > > Hi All, > > As many of you may know, Weird Fish in San Francisco used to have amazing vegan treats on their menu. Some local vegan favorites were the buffalo girls , hell fish tacos and seitan fish and chips. Their vegan brunch was also great. They have recently updated their menu and removed all the dishes that many of us loved so much. I updated my review on Yelp to reflect my dissatisfaction (as many others seem to have done) and I got a response from Timothy, the owner. Yes, I may have been pretty upset when I wrote my review, but I stand by it. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 I noticed many Bay Area Veg people have updated our reviews and downgraded our ratings of Weird Fish on yelp. So ... at least our voices are being heard, if not heeded. -Rachel D. San Francisco, CA , " sunny_outdoors " <sunny_outdoors wrote: > > The original Chef/Owner (Not sure if it's Timothy) had created the menu for an EX Vegan Girlfriend. > > I definately don't think his current wife or Timothy are vegans. > > I think we should just move on and support other restaurants or just make our own. > > Chefs can be very tempermental artists. One thing great about owning your own restaurant, is,,,, you get to serve food YOU want to make. > > So, let's give the Vegan Weird Fish recipes to VEGAN DAN with the Sunny Yellow Truck at Dolores Park. oops, he doesn't have a fryer... > > Did you know many vegans don't eat fried foods? > > overall, 3 years ago, I ate at Weird Fish.. I didn't plan to go back cause I don't eat fried foods. However i was impressed his yummy VEGAN sour cream. > > good luck, but I don't think you can change his mind. (he has a good crowd of beer drinking customers..so he's doing a pretty decent business) > > winnie > > , Dana Portnoy <dportno1@> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > As many of you may know, Weird Fish in San Francisco used to have amazing vegan treats on their menu. Some local vegan favorites were the buffalo girls , hell fish tacos and seitan fish and chips. Their vegan brunch was also great. They have recently updated their menu and removed all the dishes that many of us loved so much. I updated my review on Yelp to reflect my dissatisfaction (as many others seem to have done) and I got a response from Timothy, the owner. Yes, I may have been pretty upset when I wrote my review, but I stand by it. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 > I think we should just move on and support other restaurants or just make our own.I tend to agree... Vegans may be a vocal group, but proportionally, we probably were not a large part of Weird Fish's customer base. I would personally rather support a business that wants to cater to vegans than one that does so grudgingly. Here are the places that I know of that have delicious fried vegan foods:- Souley Vegan: the Southern Fried Tofu- Cha Ya: fried avocado sushi- Green Papaya: the dessert roti, fried banana- Udupi: the samosas!I know Vegetarian House also offers deep fried ice cream, but I'm not crazy about it. TammyJoin us at an upcoming Bay Area Vegetarians event! 02/07 Spicy Cha Cha Vegan Dinner - Milpitas 02/14 Plant-Powered Hikers Mt Tam Steep Ravine Hike - Mill Valley 03/13 Food for Thought Book Club: Slaughterhouse by Gail Eisnitz - Berkeley Say it your way .. with an Ultimate Guide Review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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