Former TV producer and entrepreneur Pinky Cole continues to grow her food and drink empire around Atlanta. The Slutty Vegan owner opened a bar concept on Friday, February 26, 2021 inside Ponce City Market.
First announced in November, Bar Vegan features “bar theater” likely quite different from anything Atlanta’s bar scene has at the moment.
‘When I visited in late February, I had Bar Vegan’s rum punch, which packs a powerful punch.
The uber-popular Slutty Vegan, Cole’s first foray into the plant-based vegan restaurant business, opened in early 2019 in Atlanta’s Westview neighborhood to critical acclaim.
Bar Vegan Opens In Midtown Atlanta’s Ponce City Market
The new imprint, called Bar Vegan, is housed in the space that was formerly the Mercury Bar.
As for food, Bar Vegan has a limited menu provided by Dinkies, an imprint that specializes in vegan phillys and tater tots.
The Ponce City Market location of Cole’s latest food business is part of a massive expansion that the former TV producer-turned-restaurateur has put in place over the next 24 months.
Cole has said that her business took off when she was brainstorming things to eat in her Atlanta kitchen.
“We know that sex sells. I started thinking of some crazy names to add to my menu,” she told XO Necole. “I went inside my kitchen and started cooking. I started putting together recipes and literally, everything was history from there.”
The entrepreneur says a strong belief in what she was doing was what kept her going in the early days.
“I went from having four people patronizing my business a week to having a 150 to now 600 people a day outside the door standing to patronize my business.”
Pinky said,”It’s just a blessing. It literally started out as just an idea with no business plan. It was a vision that came to life.”
She accomplished businesswoman hopes the same for Bar Vegan.
Here’s a promo for Bar Vegan from its Instagram page:
Where Is Bar Vegan Located?
Bar Vegan is located inside Ponce City Market at 675 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA. Here’s a map to help you find it.
Cole opened a Slutty Vegan restaurant in Jonesboro south of the city earlier this year. with the plant-based cuisine enjoying unprecedented popularity, Cole is planning on expanding to Birmingham, Alabama and as many as 13 locations as well.
How Many Slutty Vegan Restaurant Locations Are There In Atlanta?
Soon, Slutty Vegan will have four Atlanta restaurant locations up or in the makings. They are located in the following areas:
- Westview: 1542 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
- Edgewood: 482 Edgewood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
- Jonesboro: 164 N. Mcdonough St. Jonesboro Ga 30236
- Ponce City Market: 675 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta has become known for its black-owned restaurants. If you’re into more pescatarian fare options, the city has that too.
If you’re a health nut and want more local healthy food choices, perhaps you’ll be interested in our Guide to Local Farmers Markets.
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