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| Established | 2011 [1] |
| Owner(s) | Jason Sellers, Leslie Armstrong, Alan Berger [2] |
| Head chef | Jason Sellers |
| Pastry chef | Leah Edwards [3] |
| Street address | 165 Merrimon Avenue |
| City | Asheville |
| State | North Carolina |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 28801 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 35°36′17″N82°33′10.2″W / 35.60472°N 82.552833°W |
| Seating capacity | 47 [4] |
| Website | plantisfood.com |
Plant is a vegan fine-dining restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina. [5]
Plant was opened in 2011 [2] by chef Jason Sellers and investors Leslie Armstrong and Alan Berger. [6] It was Asheville's first all-vegan restaurant. [6]
Food & Wine named them to a list of the best 19 vegetarian and vegan restaurants in the U.S. [7] Food Network named them one of the top 20 vegan restaurants in the United States. [8]
In 2013 Travel + Leisure named them one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the U.S. [9] In 2015 Plant was named one of the top six vegan fine-dining restaurants in the United States by PETA [5] and BuzzFeed named them one of 24 "bucket list" vegan restaurants. [10] In 2017 Tasting Table [11] and The Daily Meal named them one of the best vegan restaurants in the United States. [12] In 2018 USA Today named them one of the ten best vegan restaurants in the country, [13] and Insider named them the best vegan restaurant in North Carolina. [14] In 2019 Thrillist named Plant one of the 22 best vegetarian restaurants in the United States. [15] In 2023 VegOut Magazine said, "prepare to be amazed". [16]
