{"id":21426,"date":"2023-06-26T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=21426"},"modified":"2023-06-05T13:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:25:24","slug":"mera-kitchen-collective-in-baltimore-md-offers-many-vegan-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/26\/mera-kitchen-collective-in-baltimore-md-offers-many-vegan-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Mera Kitchen Collective in Baltimore, MD Offers Many Vegan Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mera-Collective-Kitchen-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mera-Collective-Kitchen-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">Mera Kitchen Collective is a community-driven restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland, where they\u2019re building their own worker-cooperative. The goal is to promote the empowerment of chefs from around the world by celebrating their skills and talents in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fortunately, vegan options are clearly marked on the menu and the food is delicious! Enjoy small plates including Crushed Red Lentil Soup, Falafel, Crispy Cauliflower and Tahini, Fattoush Salad, Stuffed Grape Leaves, Hummus, and Mutubal (smoked eggplant). They also offer a Falafel Sandwich, Falafel Salad Bowl, plus more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mera Kitchen Collective is located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore City. They have both indoor and outdoor seating and occasionally have live music. Catering services are also available. They are within walking distance of Penn Station (Amtrak and MARC trains).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For more information, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mera.kitchen\/\">https:\/\/www.mera.kitchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span class=\"description\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be sure to visit VRG\u2019s online guide to veggie restaurants as well: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mera Kitchen Collective is a community-driven restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland, where they\u2019re building their own worker-cooperative. The goal is to promote the empowerment of chefs from around the world by celebrating their skills and talents in the kitchen. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fortunately, vegan options are clearly marked on the menu and the food is delicious! Enjoy small [&hellip;]<\/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-21426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21426","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=21426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21428,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21426\/revisions\/21428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}