The Mango Tree, a vegan eatery in Taunton, Somerset, has announced it will be reinventing itself with a meat-inclusive menu following brief renovations, citing the prohibitively high cost of doing business “as a purely vegan restaurant” in a notice posted after it closed its doors on Saturday.
After “an exciting period of change,” customers will be able to return for “a variety of dishes to accommodate a wide variety of dietary needs and preferences,” the restaurant revealed, explaining that “continuing as a purely vegan restaurant has not been sustainable for a considerable amount of time as not enough customers supported us.”
The restaurant strove to put a positive spin on the news, reassuring vegan clients they would still have access to the same “delicious plant based dishes that would otherwise have disappeared” and even tried to head off potential ethical criticisms by pointing out that “ethics extend to the jobs and welfare of our wonderful team, to whom we owe a great deal, and another chance.”