A Vegan just wants to have fun

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The New Year is upon us, and the resolutions are flying like so much chintzy confetti. Many people are pledging themselves to healthier, more boring habits in 2012—quitting smoking, taking time off of drinking, and, of course, eating better.

Along that road to earthly perfection, some eaters choose a vegan diet to reduce their intake of garbage. It’s a worthy effort, but one that’s also fraught with challenges: In addition to scraping together decent amounts of protein from animal-product-free foods, vegan eaters can succumb to the fatigue of eating generally healthy food at every meal. Does indulgence even exist in a vegan diet?

Indeed it does, and more places are serving vegan delights with every passing year. Here are a few places to indulge your wildest junk-food fantasies while remaining faithful to the vegan code of honor.

The Rebellion gives vegan snacking a punk-rock edge. The menu features a “manifesto” stating the restaurant’s position against national chain restaurants and in support of hardcore vegan eating at decent prices. (For instance, a basic cheese pizza at The Rebellion is $7.99 and can be made with vegan cheese for just 99 cents more.)

Nearly everything on The Rebellion’s board can be translated to a vegan version, from a pepperoni pizza that uses dairy-free faux mozzarella and meatless ’roni to a “chicken” sandwich with vegan ranch dressing or eggless veganaise. Tortured wing-lovers can even get vegan hot wings tossed in their choice of fiery sauce with a vegan cookie for dessert. Oh, yeah: The Rebellion delivers, too.

Mexican treats are often hard to find in fully vegetarian style—beware the lard in refried beans—let alone in vegan varieties. Atomic Tamale bucks tradition by selling only veggie and vegan tamales.

Located in the La Muerte clothing shop, Atomic Tamale offers a vegan red tamale (with soy meat and red chile) and a vegetarian green one (with green chile and cheese). Atomic Tamale also rolls up falafel-filled taquitos and serves free vegan menudo on Sundays. Yes, that’s free menudo, though you don’t need a fat wallet to snarf animal-free tamales the rest of the week: The daily deal is $5 for three tamales.

Finally, there are the classics: WaterCourse Foods and its fraternal twin City, O’ City (206 E. 13th Ave., 303-831-6443). Both are known for health-conscious and animal-friendly entrees, but they also share a secret love of the lush life.

Their snack of choice seems to be meatless wings, made with seitan instead of chicken. Neither restaurant is afraid of the heartier, guiltier treats either, serving up big baskets of fried goodness like onion rings and french fries—totally vegan if they’re not fried in animal fats, which they’re not at City, O and WC. WaterCourse also makes a mean nacho plate with chipotle aioli instead of cheese, plus beans, pico de gallo, avocado, and the restaurant’s signature meat-free green chili.

It’s true: A Vegan just wants have fun, too.

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