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Slate Restaurant and Bakery
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Bakery
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Serves meat, vegan options available. Uses locally sourced produce. In the evenings tofu is available and kitchen staff will accommodate. NOTE: Reported July 2024 to have limited vegan options – please send updates to HappyCow. Open Mon-Thu 5:00pm-7:00pm, Fri-Sat 5:00pm-8:00pm, Sun 10:00am-2:00pm.
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Added by AllanBarger on 15 Nov 2012
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8 Reviews
First Review by AllanBarger
DaniMarie
Points +27
Great atmosphere, not vegan friendly - Edit
Slates USED to make more effort for vegans. These past couple of years it’s been a disappointment. I get gift cards here from well meaning people and I can’t even use them. They almost never have a vegan entree except spaghetti with tofu…. They used to have one or two good vegan options. Excellent atmosphere and live music but none of that matters much if you can’t enjoy a meal here. Excellent restaurant for vegetarians and carnists though… such a bummer
Read morePros: Atmosphere, Art, Friendly
Cons: Basically no vegan options
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ZacharyRoth
Points +16
No vegan option in bakery - Edit
I was told explicitly that the bakery does not ever provide vegan options.
Read moreCons: No vegan option in bakery section.
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Israfel72
Points +45
Fantastic experience! - Edit
This was my first time eating out as a vegan and everyone at Slate was so sweet. They were able to accommodate me easily and the lentil burger I had was hands down the best I’ve had. They have vegan specials every night and for brunch as well! Totally going to be a new go-to for us.
Read morePros: Friendly staff, Delicious food, Easily accommodated me
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nafanc
Points +1615
Cozy spot, decent food - Edit
This is a cool place with funky decor. The have a small bar and a cozy dining area. Overall a really cute place.
Read moreI had the portobello sandwich on rye with quinoa on the side. The food is pretty good, as was the drink special that I got.
Updated from previous review on 2015-11-30
Pros: Cute
Cons: few vegan options on menu
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Sarah P
Points +8720
indeed disappointing - Edit
I have eaten at Slates over its decades of iterations. Long ago I used to find excellent vegan choices on the menu and specials board. Even reading the previous review I wanted to try it again after several years away. We went in for lunch, and there was nothing vegan-suitable on the menu. I asked about the "vegan surprise", and the host/ server had no idea what I was talking about. He checked with the kitchen and found out that is available only at dinner, and left it at that as far as assistance trying to find something vegan on the menu. The host was super friendly and nice, it was just clear that there is no orientation toward vegan items at the restaurant, which I also find surprising for that particular venue.
Read moreWe didn't stay to eat since there was nothing worth ordering to try to make a vegan meal. We stopped in the Chinese restaurant on the way out of town and found huge, inexpensive, satisfying meals with vegetables, tofu and brown rice, with a gorgeous view of the river.
Pros: nice vibe, friendly staff
Cons: not vegan-friendly at all, expensive, no effort/ apparent interest to be vegan-friendly
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NorthernStar
Points +274
Really disappointing... - Edit
Slate's has a strong reputation as an up-scale hippie bistro, and I remember delicious food from a visit or two years ago before I was a vegetarian. Thus, I was really disappointed by our recent dinner there.
Read moreTo start I was almost shocked by the lack of vegetarian offerings, considering Slate's "hippie" roots. Out of 16 entrees, only two were vegetarian: Cashew tofu over rice (yawn for something one can easily make at home especially at the price point of $18!) and Fresh Tomato & Basil Fettucini. We tried the fettucini. It was tepid with a scattering of uninspired tomato cubes and some scraps of basil. Has anyone from the kitchen actually tried that recently?!
We were excited that the stuffed mushroom cap special was vegetarian that night, only to be disappointed by lack of flavor and, that's right, a single mushroom cap. The Grilled Eggplant Rollatini was, again, a single piece, of crunchy undercooked eggplant. Yuck! After a gloriously succulent, melt-in-your mouth eggplant rollatini at Aurora Provisions in Portland recently, that rollatini was especially heart breaking.
Not only was our visit uninspiring, it was border-line terrible, and definitely felt like a ripoff for the price. Next time we're in Hallowell we'll go to Thai food or have a home-made veggie burger or sweet potato fries and salad at the Liberal Cup!
Pros: Funky atmosphere
Cons: Everything else , Food - terrible, poor selection, Price - high
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Tdgdesign
Points +16
Meat based menu BUT... - Edit
Great people and they offer a "Vegan Suprise!" Option..
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AllanBarger
Points +45
Very accommodating - Edit
First, this is actually two places, both highly recommended by locals. There is Slate bakery/deli open during the day and a full restaurant/bar open for lunch/dinner. I was in Augusta, ME (10 minutes away) on business and ate at the restaurant on a very busy night. I had checked earlier in the day and been told a vegan meal would be no problem. I returned in the evening with a non-vegan co-worker. It was Saturday night before Halloween and the place was packed. We had no reservation but the host told us to wait if we didn't mind sitting at the bar where there is full menu service. He was about to seat a couple sitting there. We snagged those two seats and despite the place being packed, we were served quickly. When I explained I was vegan they suggested a couple of items on the menu the chef would slightly alter. I selected an item and was asked "Would you like tofu with that?" (This was not on option on the menu.) I was pleasantly surprised and agreed and was served a very good salad and entree. There are vegetarian but no specifically vegan items on the menu, but ask. They were more than willing to help and seemed used to such requests. I was impressed this was all done with a great attitude on a truly crazy night. (We were surrounded by a pack of "zombies" in the bar and a "zombie crawl" was headed down the street outside.) It was fun, the servers were very friendly, the food was delicious, and the whole atmosphere made me want to return when the place was calmer and I could get a table. Plus, this is the only actual restaurant currently listed on Happy Cow for the entire Augusta, ME area. I was referred here by vegan and non-vegan locals. I'll be back.
Read morePros: good food, good service, very friendly
Cons: have to ask for vegan
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