Pennsyltucky Veggie Awards

2012 Pennsyltucky Veggie Award

Inspired by the many Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs, we took the Bacon is NOT an Herb logo and transformed it into Hex Signs used for these annual awards.

Central Pennsylvania is a wonderful place to live but finding the best vegetarian (let alone vegan) dining can be difficult. I have tried to limit my restaurant and food reviews to the heart of this wonderful state but have been drawn outside the Pennsyltucky boundaries in some cases.

2012 Pennsyltucky Veggie Awards will remain local, limited to the counties that are touched by the keystone center of our state illustrated below. The awards recognize the year’s best vegetarian foods available in our region by highlighting a few menu items from restaurants I have been able to visit this past year. I hope I will get suggestions from readers on favorites that I have overlooked for 2013.

This year, the categories include region’s best Appetizer, Salad, Soup, Portobello, Chili, Veggie Burger, Specials, Vegetarian Restaurant, and Best Restaurant. Extra emphasis will go to dishes/restaurants that use local ingredients and are created in-house.

2011 Pennsyltucky Veggie Award

Decisions are made from what is offered on regular the menu with limited “hold the pickles, extra lettuce” high maintenance tweaks. To stick with the BK theme, realize I won’t be including large franchise restaurants so don’t expect the BK Veggie to be garnering any awards.

2011 Pennsyltucky Veggie Awards recognized region’s best of the year. Congratulations to those who have the been awarded for their Portobello, Veggie Burger, Soup, Salad, Appetizer, Specials, Menu, Ethnic Restaurant, Vegetarian Restaurant and Best Restaurant.

Do you know of a Pennsyltucky restaurant or menu item that you think I should consider in 2013? If it’s in central PA (see map below) and is a regular vegetarian menu item, let me know and I will include it in the judging next year! Drop me, Pennsyltucky Veggie, a line or feel free to leave a comment on any of the awards pages!