New vegan cafe in Denton combines 2 iconic treats: ice cream & sushi
A cool new restaurant concept is opening in Denton that must surely be unique. Called Iconic vegan café, it will combine two delicious food sets in one convenient place: vegan sushi and vegan ice cream.
The restaurant will hopefully open at 1302 W. Hickory St. by the end of the year, according to owner Otis Ross.
Iconic is Ross’ first stationary restaurant, but since the end of 2018 he’s been making vegan sushi and vegan ice cream out of two food trucks – The Vegan Sushi Spot and Earthy Goodness Vegan Ice Cream.
With these two trucks he crossed a wide strip of Texas. He is based in Houston, where his trucks can be found in different locations five days a week; but he also makes regularly scheduled pop-up visits to Austin and Denton about once a month.
Ross grew up in New Jersey and has been dairy-free for several years.
“We started in Houston and got invited to an event in Dallas,” says Ross. “It was canceled, but I was in North Texas with my truck and ended up in Denton. The response was so enthusiastic that I made it a regular thing and have been going to Denton ever since. When I found this little building, I went ahead and signed a lease. “
He makes two types of vegan ice cream, with coconut milk and a newer version with oat milk, in flavors such as Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Cookies & Cream, Coffee, Lemon, Matcha & Monk Fruit, Blueberry, Lemon, Cookie Dough, Butter Pecan, Purple Yam Cheesecake , Chocolate Cookies & Cream, Banana, Key Lime Pie, Blue Spirulina, Lemon Basil, Banana Pecan, Cherry Garcia, Almond Joy, Rum Rosin, Chocolate Hennessey and Mint Chocolate Chip.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg – it also makes ice cream cakes, milkshakes, sundaes, and juices.
“Our signature is called Cone Gone Crazy – it’s a filled cone that is placed on the side of the plate and covered with toppings,” he says.
For vegan sushi he uses various ingredients such as mango, sweet potato, vegan shrimp, vegan spicy tuna, carrots, cucumber and avocado.
On his menu are special rolls like “Rock ‘n’ Roll” with vegan shrimp, vegan cream cheese, avocado, cucumber, sweet potato and spicy mayo.
“The special thing about my vegan sushi is that it tastes as good as it looks,” he says.
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