Vegan-friendly eatery Binge Kitchen is the latest plant-based San Antonio spot to close its doors, but the restaurant may not be permanently down for the count.
Binge, located at 449 McCarty Road, near San Antonio International Airport, alerted fans in a Monday social media post that it has suspended business until further notice. The post cited"unforeseen circumstances" as the reason for the pause. — its second location — in October 2019. It quickly became a favorite for vegans and non-vegans alike, offering a menu that spanned from reinterpreted Southern soul food classics to Chinese orange chick'n to Indian Madras-style lentils.
Yarnisha Lyons and Balazs Lovasz, the couple behind Binge, launched the business in 2017 as San Marcos' first vegan-food trailer, then branched out with an Austin restaurant the following year. It's unclear as of deadline what the couple plans for the Austin eatery and whether they plan to reopen in San Antonio.Since 1986, the SA Current has served as the free, independent voice of San Antonio, and we want to keep it that way.
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