New Vegetarian Restaurant Opens in Athens

ATHENS, Ga.-- Steak 'n Shake is not the only new restaurant in town. Broad Street Coffee also opened this November--directly across the street from the new fast-food place.
     The vegetarian/vegan restaurant was opened by Juan and Vanessa Molina who lived in Athens in the 1980s. The menu was developed by Vanessa and the eatery's chef.
     "I'm really really picky," said Vanessa to Athens Patch.
     The restaurant's chef and manager Michelle Berzack said about Vanessa in a November Online Athens article, "To have an owner and boss who lets me buy all the right ingredients that I want is just awesome."
Broad Street Coffee is housed in the former location of Walter's Barbecue, and although the new restaurant's menu is now vegetarian, it will still feature barbecue with its Broad Street Barbecue Sandwich-- made of tofu barbecue, that is.
     Molina, who is a vegan, thinks the classic southern standby is still important, "I'm from the South, from Georgia, so you kind of have to love barbecue," she told Online Athens.
    Barbecue or not, Broad Street Coffee will feature ethically grown, sustainable ingredients.
    "I, personally, am really excited for it. I love eating vegetarian, and think other people in Athens do too," said Sophomore University of Georgia student Danielle Heubel."
     The restaurant is located on the corner of West Hancock Avenue and Broad Street, and is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the weekends.