Where can I get a vegan meal in Memphis? These days, almost anywhere
Shroomlicious owner Daishu McGriff makes one of her Black Restaurant Week specials, a plant-based Impossible burger, March 7, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
In 2015, Asha Immanuel made the decision to radically change her eating habits and go vegan.
“I was becoming a mom for the first time,” she said. “It seemed like the best way meet my nutritional needs and to get my baby to eat more than fries and nuggets was to eat colorful plates myself. ... I made the change cold turkey.”
Now a mother of three, Immanuel says vegan options in Memphis have come a long way in the 10 years she has been grocery-shopping for her growing family.
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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