{"id":161884,"date":"2025-08-20T19:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161884\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:39:10","slug":"vegan-burger-restaurant-mr-charlies-opens-a-new-location-on-the-westside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161884\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Burger Restaurant Mr. Charlie\u2019s Opens a New Location on the Westside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Mr. Charlie\u2019s Told Me So, an LA-based fast-food restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/food\/story\/2022-03-16\/vegan-mcdonalds-los-angeles-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">often called the vegan McDonald\u2019s<\/a>, just opened a new location at the edge of Santa Monica and Brentwood. This is the fourth location for Mr. Charlie\u2019s, which also operates another Los Angeles location on La Brea, as well as outposts in San Francisco and Sydney, Australia. The opening brings Mr. Charlie\u2019s signature plant-based Not a Hamburger and Not a Cheeseburger to the neighborhood, alongside Not Chicken Nuggets and Frowny Fries; a Mr. Frowny\u2019s meal set comes with a Not Burger, fries, and a drink. Plant-based ice cream and breakfast Mr. Muffins are also available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Mr. Charlie\u2019s is located at 262 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90402.<\/p>\n<p>A GoFundMe to support chef Joshua Gil\u2019s fight against cancer<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Chef Joshua Gil\u2019s partner, Tharini Shanmugarajah (formerly Mirate, Maison Kasai), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/z42bju-support-joshuas-fight-against-cancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set up a GoFundMe<\/a> to help him in his fight against colorectal cancer. The funds will go to support his ongoing care and support his transportation from Florida, where he is currently undergoing chemotherapy, back to his home, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Summer specials at Alfalfa<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Fast casual salad and wrap restaurant Alfalfa just debuted two summer specials, available from August 20 to September 20. Head to the restaurant\u2019s Larchmont or Santa Monica locations to try the Summer Harvest Grain Bowl and the Summer Berry and Lemon Olive Oil Cake.<\/p>\n<p>Tsubaki visits Wildcrust for a collaborative pizza night<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">After the inaugural collaboration with Firstborn\u2019s Anthony Wang, Wildcrust\u2019s Miles Okabayashi will welcome Tsubaki chef de cuisine Klementine Song to the restaurant on August 26 for round two. The pair will prepare two collaborative pizzas: a char siu pork yakisoba pie and a pizza topped with mushroom skewers, charred bell peppers, and garlic miso sauce. Wildcrust\u2019s full pizza menu will also be available. <a href=\"https:\/\/resy.com\/cities\/los-angeles-ca\/venues\/wildcrust?seats=2&amp;date=2025-08-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book a reservation on Resy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mr. Charlie\u2019s Told Me So, an LA-based fast-food restaurant often called the vegan McDonald\u2019s, just opened a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,4991,2961,14730,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-161884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-intel","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-restaurant-openings","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115062791521218725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}