Veggie Burger
A house-made veggie patty, not a bought-in one: mushrooms, black beans, brown rice and oats bound with cheese and egg. It is soft and savoury, closer to a homemade bean burger than a meat substitute. Note that it is vegetarian rather than vegan.
The story
Kathy Terry had read Fast Food Nation before the couple opened their first stand in Austin in 2005, and the whole business was a reaction to it: better ingredients, better treatment of staff, a menu short enough to do properly. The veggie burger is where that shows most plainly, because it is made in house from mushrooms, black beans, brown rice and oats rather than bought in frozen. Almost no chain of this size does that, for the obvious reason that it is harder.
What’s inside
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Veggie Burger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares a plant-based patty, mushrooms and cheese
Mushroom Veggie Burger - Shares a plant-based patty and cheese
Tofu Burgers
Variations
The Veggie Burger, taken somewhere it was never meant to go.
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Veggie Burger.- Burgerville · a plant-based patty, mushrooms and cheese
Vegan Cheezeburger - Burgermeister · a plant-based patty, mushrooms and cheese
Waldmeister - White Spot · a plant-based patty, mushrooms and cheese
Brie & Mushroom Veggie Burger - Franky's · a plant-based patty and egg
Veggie Burger
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About P. Terry's
Patrick and Kathy Terry opened their first burger stand on 5 July 2005 at South Lamar and Barton Springs Road in Austin, right across from a McDonald’s. The name came from a party, where a guest said “Bye, P. Terry” to tell Patrick apart from the host, who was also called Patrick. The retro building was modelled on Mack Eplen’s, an old drive-in chain from Patrick’s hometown of Abilene.
Just under forty locations, all in Texas, in Austin, San Antonio and Houston.
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