{"id":16931,"date":"2021-02-16T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=16931"},"modified":"2021-02-12T10:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:45:06","slug":"review-of-native-kitchen-in-dalton-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/16\/review-of-native-kitchen-in-dalton-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Native Kitchen in Dalton, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chili bowl photo by Amy Burger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

by Amy Burger, VRG Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalton,\n Georgia\nrestaurant Native Kitchen prioritizes serving healthy, fresh food. While its\nmenu is not vegan or vegetarian, much of it is, and dishes can be customized to\naccommodate diners\u2019 diets. The menu is free of gluten and refined sugars, and\nthe bar serves alcoholic drinks including wine, beer, and cocktails, as well as\nmocktails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Native Kitchen\nopened in the summer of 2018. Its light-filled interior offers several seating\noptions, with a mixture of standard and counter-height tables and lounge-style\nareas with cozy chairs and low tables. The open-air mezzanine above the kitchen\narea is a popular location for students to enjoy coffee drinks while they\nstudy, and the space is made to linger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     I have dined at\nNative Kitchen several times, and while it\u2019s open Tuesdays through Saturdays\nfrom 9 am to 9 pm, my visits have always been during lunch. Fortunately, the\nentire menu is available all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Some of my\nfavorite dishes are their dirty south sweet potato and peanut butter sweet\npotato, but on my most recent visit with a friend, I opted for the veggie chili\nquinoa bowl with a locally-made kombucha, and she chose the y\u2019all nachos with a\nsparkling water. We decided to sit on the mezzanine. Our food arrived quickly\nand looked delicious, and our server checked in periodically to offer anything\nwe needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     A perk of dining\nwith friends is sampling their choices, and the y\u2019all nachos did not\ndisappoint. The plate of freshly-made crinkle potato chips is topped with\nchili, housemade cashew cheese, and a dollop of guacamole. With nachos, getting\nthe perfect bite containing each ingredient is key. Native Kitchen serves\ntheirs on a wide plate, so this was easy to achieve. The crunchy chips were\ncooked to perfection, and the creamy cheese sauce and guacamole offered a\nperfect complement to the rich, tomatoey chili.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     While I could have\neaten the entire plate of nachos, I had my own meal to enjoy. The veggie chili\nquinoa bowl was generously, but not excessively portioned. Its base of cooked\nquinoa and savory chili was enhanced by roasted vegetables and fresh greens,\nserved with a fresh piece of house bread. The flavors and textures of the dish\nwere well-balanced. Overall, I found it a hearty and flavorful meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Because our\nlunches were so filling, we were not able to enjoy dessert, but having done so\noften on previous visits, I can confirm that they are just as delicious as the\nentr\u00e9es. My favorite is their vegan cheesecake with unique seasonal toppings.\nOn this most recent visit, the flavor was strawberry and fig. The restaurant is\nalso known for its uniquely-flavored donuts, which pair perfectly with the\ncoffee drinks on offer. While I prefer a black Americano, the lattes I\u2019ve\nsampled have been well-crafted and indulgent, and can be made with almond or\ncoconut milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Native Kitchen is\nlocated at The Mill at Crown\n Garden, a converted\ntextile mill dating back to the 1880s. The mixed-use development at 825 Chattanooga Avenue\nhouses apartments, restaurants, shops, and more. Not only is it a welcome\naddition to the Dalton\narea, since Native Kitchen is located six minutes from exit 336 on Interstate\n75, it\u2019s a good dining option for drivers looking for something other than a\ntypical chain restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     You can find\nNative Kitchen online, on Instagram @nativekitchendalton and on Facebook\n@nativekitchendalton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about vegan dining in the USA and Canada, check out VRG\u2019s online restaurant guide: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Amy Burger, VRG Intern Dalton, Georgia restaurant Native Kitchen prioritizes serving healthy, fresh food. While its menu is not vegan or vegetarian, much of it is, and dishes can be customized to accommodate diners\u2019 diets. The menu is free of gluten and refined sugars, and the bar serves alcoholic drinks including wine, beer, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16978,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16931\/revisions\/16978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}