My vegetarian friends can now go to a restaurant (or better example yet, any event space like sports event or theme park, since having a veggie burger is pretty easy to check a box and satisfy dietary restrictions) and get any of the burger offerings on the menu with a beyond patty. Before that, the vegetarian option of only resort was often much more depressing and unsubstantial.

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antonymoose 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Reading this somewhat reminds me how the Gluten Free trend led to a lot more options for my friend with celiac.

Still, one wonders does “buying a fake burger at the ball park with my friends” translate to actual fandom and further consumption or is it just a a captive consume picking the least-worst option.

The impression I’ve gotten is for the latter.

	▲	asdff 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It is the latter. For a few of them they swear off impossible and tolerate beyond or vice versa. And of course some restaurants with their own bean burger formulations are sometimes whiffs but also other times completely blow any fake meat option out of the water.

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GuinansEyebrows 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

i actually miss black bean burgers being more common. now it seems like all you can find are beyond/impossible burgers at restaurants. i don't mind em once or twice a year but they knock me out more than melatonin so i usually avoid them.

	▲	Scoundreller 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> but they knock me out more than melatonin for a lot of people that could be a selling point (not you, themselves!)