Vegan
American
Fast food
Take-out
Gluten-free

Vegan burger joint est. 2019. Serving a variety of burgers and sandwiches plus fries, nuggets, salads, milkshakes, and nacho chips. Uses ingredients like vegan cheese, 'bacon,' and chickn. Originally known as 'The Black Bean' until name change in April 2020. Opening hours are reported to be unreliable, check ahead. Reported closed July 2022.


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46 Reviews

First Review by Labylala

Awake1234

Points +1454

Vegan
24 Jul 2019

Freakin Awesome

Homegrown restaurant with homemade food.

Great food, great people, and cool spot.

Must check them out!

Pros: Lots of vegan stuff, Super cool and caring owners and staff , Good prices

BFam

Points +13

Vegetarian
21 Jul 2019

AMAZINGLY GOOD !

We are from Texas and TBB had amazing food! we had the impossible burger and it was incredible and the infinity sauce was delicious on the burger and with fries! We as a family of 3, who have a daughter who is vegetarian, always look out for good vegetarian restaurants where we can all enjoy our meal, and this is it! We need one in Texas!

Updated from previous review on 2019-07-21

Pros: Vegetarian Burgers, Very friendly staff, Environmentally conscious

schultzsa913

Points +40

Vegan
29 Jun 2019

Great find

Great late lunch after golf!

Pros: Entirely vegan, The Kind Cowboy is to die for, Great desserts

eikaivadboyer

Points +16

Vegan
26 Jun 2019

Great!

I wish there “mooshakes” weren’t cashew based, but other than that their burgers were amazing, and peanut safe!

Pros: amazing stuff!

Veg1975

Points +191

Vegan
07 Jun 2019

An Australian Visitor

Delicious meal! The PopChicks were crispy on the outside and a light texture on the inside. The fries (or as we like to call them "chips") cooked to perfection. The New Classic is a black bean burger with a light guacamole and "cheese". All this was a good serving size.

Pros: I would definitely go back at least to try dessert, Staff are friendly, Thursday, 1pm nice and quiet with light traffic

silversatlantis

Points +28

Vegan
20 May 2019

Loved it!

First time coming here! It was awesome and had a nice set up. I got the adult grilled cheese, animal lover fries, and a chocolate moon shake.

Pros: Lots of options, Good foods, Good amount of seating

organik

Points +29

Vegan
20 May 2019

Decent attempt...

Decent menu, but some of the flavors were just..off. And the burger buns are pretty gross. At least offer a whole grain bun. I’ll support any new vegan place, but compared with the chains that have a similar vibe (Veggie Grill, Native Foods etc) they have a lot of work to do to compete imo.

RockabillyNix

Points +218

Vegan
11 May 2019

INCREDIBLE

Absolutely incredible food here. We tried the chicken bacon ranch, pulled porque, and the animal style fries. OH MY WORD. So so so worth it!

Pros: Delicious, flavorful vegan food, No leather seats, Good price

Cons: Loud music

Atp146

Points +290

Vegan
08 Apr 2019

YUM

I am here for the yummy vegan fast food. They have vegan animal fries which I am such a sucker for. We tried classic burger and it was BOMB. Loving it, definitely coming here and again to gorge on more of their food. Killin the game.

dreadjohn

Points +847

Vegan
27 Mar 2019

Incredible

What a great place. I don't usually learn about new restaurants on Happy Cow since vegans all know each other. But this is an exception to that and I loved it.

Pros: Best menu ever.

Cons: None

RachelAnnMacD

Points +26

Vegan
25 Mar 2019

This is vegan comfort food at its finest

This place has a variety of super unique interesting burgers, sandwiches, shakes, and even had vegan in-n-our style animal fries which had been my go-to when I was vegetarian. I’ve had the new classic and the nacho daddy burger and both were completely messy in the best way possible and super delicious. my boyfriend also got their pulled pork sandwich which tasted super authentic. Got the sweet potato fries which were crunchy disputes being covered in their “honey” and cinnamon and they tasted like churros. Will continue to go back and support this business!

Pros: Entirely Vegan, Quick and easy

Cons: Can get pricey

fancy!

Points +83

Vegan
22 Mar 2019

Mostly Yummy!

My husband & I went soon after the place opened as we always want to support vegan places. The style inside is great...they definitely are building a model that could easily franchise.

We got the Animal Lover Fries which were tasty for sure!

I had the Chicken Bacon Ranch style sandwich and to be honest I've had better versions of this sandwich over the course of my 16 vegan years. The bun choice could be better. It was too doughy feeling. I'm critical of bread though so I imagine others wouldn't mind. The "chicken" patty was a thin fried seitan slice. I'm wondering if I just went to early in their opening and things weren't all settled yet. I'll definitely go back to try again.

My husband liked his burger - he got the black bean patty - I'm not sure the name of the burger but it's the signature patty. I had a bite and the patty was tasty.

Pros: Good Vegan Fast Food, Friendly staff, Nice design of space

Cons: Need better buns

grandpaprika

Points +239

Vegan
13 Mar 2019

Why didn't you open in HB sooner?!

This place opened mere WEEKS before we moved across the country. Probably for the best though because they have VEGAN MILKSHAKES and also their regular food is delicious but I think I would've come here too often for the milkshakes. By the time we found this place, we got to come here one time. So good.

agulkaul

Points +16

Vegan
12 Mar 2019

Awesome Jackfruit BBQ pulled "pork" sandwich!

Great vegan spot!!

niki53

Points +32

Vegan
26 Feb 2019

Loved it

Got the bacon chicken sandwich with ranch (all vegan) and loved it. Cant wait to go back and try the buffalo chicken!

loribouvin

Points +380

Vegan
20 Feb 2019

Great new vegan place for comfort food

Located in a little shopping center with lots of parking. I tried the pulled pork sandwich with the jackfruit, and the flavor was fantastic and they included coleslaw on the sandwich. I will definitely be back to try the other sandwiches and their nachos which come with cashew cheese and not Daiya 😁

EvanPearson

Points +52

Vegan
19 Feb 2019

Good Fries

I Had The Animal Lovers Fries And They Were Pretty Good. I Also Got The Chickn’ Bacon Ranch Sammy Which Was Kind Of Disappointing.

Pros: Good Service, Kind Waiter

Cons: Not Worth It

Solarisnoego

Points +28

Vegan
12 Feb 2019

So glad I found this place on happy cow!

So we were in Huntington Beach looking for a vegan bite when we stumbled across black bean using this app.
I always love finding new vegan spots to eat so we decided to give it a try.
Such a cute spot with very appealing interior design.
Standard ‘feel good’ food menu with choices of burgers fries milkshakes and deserts.
We had the pleasure of meeting the owner who was lovely and informed us that they only just opened up a few days ago.

The food was super delicious and very reasonably priced! I ordered more than I needed to and got full very quickly. They have half sizes of most things for $4-5 like the ‘animal fries’ and nachos and even the nuggets so we felt obliged to try it all 😊.

They have a nice soda alternative on tap which makes a nice change from the corporate coke-cola companies that are pure fructose corn syrup.

The mains we tried were the ‘the buff chick’ a buffalo sauced seitan chicken sandwich and ‘the pulled porque’ a bbq jackfruit torta. Both were inhaled lol along with the animal fries which are a must.

The black bean brownie is also delicious and what a nice healthy alternative to chocolate milk & egg brownies using black beans instead. You would never know the difference.

All in all I highly rate this place. God knows the OC is starved of vegan friendly establishments. Come check it out! I look forward to reading your review too ❤️😊
~@tohigherconsciousness

Pros: Reasonably priced , Quick , Delicious

Labylala

Points +741

Vegan
11 Feb 2019

So yummy!

Love love love the food!! Wanted to add another star for deliciousness. We tried the pull pork burger and “classic” black bean burger plus chicken nuggets - they are totally out of this world! So happy that this vegan restaurant is in OC! We are totally gonna come every week to try out EVERY single type of item/burger 😍

Pros: Delicious foods, Reasonable pricing, Friendly staff




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