Noodles & Company Got Less Vegetarian Like Its Owner
Written by Vegetarian Star on May 6th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian, Restaurants.
Ross Kamens of Noodles & Company
When Ross Kamens founded Noodles & Company, he was a vegan, which is probably why by default most dishes are vegetarian.
“We allow people to customize their dishes,” Kamen told Twin Cities. “I was a vegan when we started Noodles in Denver in 1995, and the premise was to have most dishes start vegetarian and allow people to add the meat, chicken, fish and tofu — and now we have meat-balls. Customers can get exactly what they want.”
However, now he doesn’t mind the Parmesan crusted chicken breast with the penne rosa pasta and he sure wasn’t vegetarian when he ate that grasshopper taco.
“Chapulines in Oaxaca, Mexico,” Kamen replied when asked about the strangest food he’s eaten. “They’re little grasshoppers, and they were made into tacos. They were delicious. I had them with a cucumber and mint agua fresca.”
Like its founder, Noodles & Company has gotten less vegetarian, and taken the miso soup and cold spicy peanut noodles off the menu.
But there’s still plenty of vegetarian fare among the selections that are divided into Asian, Mediterranean and American cuisine like the Thai Curry Soup and Japanese Pan Noodles.
Thankfully, the grasshopper rotini hasn’t been unveiled yet.
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