Not Into Meat? New Vegan Cafe To Open

Though Fernando Peralta's background is as an economist, he’s banking on the success of his first-ever restaurant—the all-vegan restaurant Vge Café in Bryn Mawr.

“I spent 17 years in finance, and it got to the point where I couldn’t stand it anymore,” Peralta said. 

He went back to culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in Pittsburgh and has been a vegetarian for seven years. 

With a few good vegetarian and vegan options in Philadelphia and outskirts, Peralta said the college-aged population and health-conscious residents in the area seemed like a great fit for his concept and settled on Bryn Mawr. Peralta said he traveled through most of the northeast to do research and find a suitable spot for his restaurant.

“This area seemed like a phenomenal location,” Peralta said, where the Vge Café will be located at 845 Lancaster Ave. “In the beginning, I was envisioning more sophisticated fine dining, but in this economy people can’t afford it.”

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