Plum’s dishes inspire feelings of highfalutin sinfulness within the context of comfort food. Credit: Brooke Fitts

Plum’s dishes inspire feelings of highfalutin sinfulness within the context of comfort food.

Plum’s dishes inspire feelings of highfalutin sinfulness within the context of comfort food. Brooke Fitts

Plum Bistro is where you take skeptics to sway them toward the righteous path. A lot of people still confuse veganism with flavorless-ness, or with food that doesn’t fill you up. Those people have clearly never eaten at Plum.

It’s become one of the go-to spots for both celebrities—Tobey Maguire, Common, Al Gore, Joaquin Phoenix, India.Arie, Sam Smith, Casey Affleck, and Stevie Wonder have been spotted at Plum over its nine-year history—and lesser mortals who care about how what they eat impacts the environment. Plum pop-ups in Los Angeles have attracted the likes of Serena Williams, Venus Williams, and Queen Latifah.

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