There’s a vegan baked potato and vegan mac and cheese buried under those coconut bacon chips, mushrooms, and sauce. LESTER BLACK
The baked potato is the American dinner table’s best friend. Its simple russet base will take whatever toppings you want and go wherever you want it to go. Unfortunately for vegans, they taste best slathered in butter, covered in melted cheddar cheese, dolloped with sour cream, and sprinkled with bits of bacon.
Enter Papas Hot Potatoes, a restaurant that might be the city’s first vegan baked potato bar. It is just off 65th Street in that area where Phinney Ridge slants down toward Ballard. I stopped by on a recent sunny day—and I stood in front of the baked potato bar for a full five minutes before I could decide what I wanted.
