At the vegan potluck last week I learned that there was a new vegetarian restaurant…right in my neighborhood! I really need to get out more. The place is called Cenci and is in the old Burrito Art space. Warning, that link is a myspace page, but here is the menu so you don’t actually have to defile your browser with the horror that is myspace: page 1 | page 2 | page 3 | page 4
The inside is really nice. Still casual but also would be nice for a date night. I read on EAV Buzz that they will have a liquor license soon. Most things on the menu are vegan and the server seemed to know which items were just vegetarian and was happy to answer questions. I’d actually like to see their menu marked kind of like Green Sprout does with the little egg next to the couple of things that have egg in them. Then at the bottom it says that items with the egg have eggs and they can be left out upon request. Maybe they could use a bee, an egg and a cow head for honey, eggs and dairy.
They have a bunch of nice sounding smoothies and juices so I went ahead and got the Royal Sun, a juice mixture of beets, carrots and blood orange. It was nice, just slightly. Wonderful color. Then I got the blackened fish sandwich. Sorry I was slack and didn’t have my camera with me. I’m not a fan of fake shrimp, but have been wanted to try something fishy for a while. The blackened seasoning was spicy but not hot. I could use some hot, but it was also good as it was. I don’t really know how to describe the “fish.” They were like thin fillets and the texture was something between tofu and seitan. I liked the texture but it wasn’t really reminiscent of fish. Which is perfectly fine with me. It did taste of the sea and seemed to get that flavor from sea vegetables. All in all a satisfying sandwich. You get the choice of a side salad or fries. I took the salad and it was huge! I’d also like to know where they found flavorful cucumbers this early in the season. The basil vinaigrette was also very nice and seemed fairly light on the oil. I was sad that they didn’t have desserts yet, but they will soon. Right now they’re sort of in a pre-opening status. Anyway, I can’t wait to go back and try some more things.
Cenci 1259 Glenwood Ave, Atlanta GA 30316 (404) 627-0533
