True Bistro in Somerville will shut on the finish of the month

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The upscale, vegan restaurant is understood for globally-inspired delicacies.

Should you’re a vegan diner, chances are you’ll be disenchanted to listen to concerning the lack of one plant-based meals institution in Somerville this summer time.

True Bistro, a restaurant serving upscale vegan dishes in Somerville’s Teele Sq., will shut on August 27, in response to a Fb put up. They’ll serve weekend brunch for the final time on August 19 and 20. Opened in 2010 by co-owners Michael and Linda Harrison, together with co-owner and chef Stuart Reiter, True Bistro was launched with the imaginative and prescient of respecting the setting and animal welfare. Reiter stated that causes for the closure embrace the price of labor, not reaching pre-pandemic gross sales ranges, and will increase in meals costs.

“It’s the truth of working a restaurant in America lately,” Reiter stated. “Each drive is driving costs larger. It made it laborious to show a revenue. We felt like we had elevated costs on the menu so far as friends have been prepared to tolerate.”

Earlier than opening True Bistro, the Harrisons had approached Reiter to collaborate as a result of they shared a priority for the setting and its inhabitants. Reiter had labored at vegetarian and vegan eating places like Greens and Millennium in San Francisco, and he traveled the world earlier than coming to Boston. The three co-owners are dedicated vegans, Reiter stated.

“We’re all very keen about animal welfare. All of us have rescue canine,” he stated. “That has all the time been our main concern. Actually, the secondary concern is doing proper by the setting, which will be mirrored by having a plant-based food regimen.” He added that True Bistro was meant to fill a void, “There was no alternative to have a sit-down meal in a nicer setting for the vegan group within the Boston space.”

True Bistro has a small however devoted following. Visitors have all the time loved the pasta, together with dishes just like the spinach ravioli with fava bean filling, in response to Reiter. For dessert, the cashew cheesecakes, which have rotated by way of totally different flavors, are a specialty.

Final fall, the restaurant was voted by Boston.com readers as a prime eating spot that serves plant-based dishes. Reader Lilly from Somerville advised us, “One thing particular about True Bistro is that there’s a dish on the menu for everybody, whether or not you’ve been vegan for many years or are new to the concept of plant-based meals.”

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