Billie Eilish to Open a Vegan Restaurant in Los Angeles
“I want plant-based food to be more accessible”, says the Grammy Award-winning singer, who often uses her platform to champion more sustainable and animal-free food choices.
Credit: Billie Eilish
Grammy Award-winning singer Billie Eilish is opening a new vegan restaurant in Los Angeles.
The venture is a collaboration between Eillish, her brother and fellow musician Finneas, and vegan restaurateur Nic Adler. Adler is already involved with several successful vegan ventures, including co-founding Monty’s Good Burger, a burger chain with four locations, and LA-based restaurant Nic’s On Beverly.
Eilish explained in a new interview that one of the things she likes about Adler’s eateries is how they are all vegan but are not specifically branded as such. This approach, Eillish says, is key to making plant-based food more accessible. “Vegan is for everyone,” the singer explained. “You don’t have to be vegan to eat vegan.”
The new restaurant, called Argento, is set to open in the former location of vegan bistro Little Pine, which closed during the pandemic after seven years of serving plant-based food to everyone from Leonardo DiCaprio and Pamela Anderson, to Salman Rushdie and Bill Clinton.
Argento’s new menu, described as “fresh, beautiful and delicious”, will be inspired by Italy and the Mediterranean. It will focus on all things natural, and will avoid processed foods, helping to make vegetables as the star of the dish. "We somehow got away from vegetables," co-founder Adler told the press. "Let's let eggplant have its moment." Diners can expect fresh vegetables, nuts, seeds, fruit, fermenting, and lots of zests and herbs.
Vegan restaurateur Nic Adler is a co-founder of LA burger chain Monty’s Good Burger, but the new restaurant Argento will focus on vegetables. Credit: Monty’s Good Burger
Argento is set to open in December, and is the latest plant-based collaboration from the 21-year-old Eilish, who has consistently used her platform to bring more public awareness to issues that she is passionate about. Explaining her food activism to the Los Angeles Magazine, Eilish explained:
“Nobody wants to be told what to do. But there comes a point where I look around and [see] people I love so much, who I think of as smart, compassionate people, contributing to a culture that is incredibly damaging to the world. I want it to be clear that I’m not preaching. All I’m saying is, “Hey, you ever hear of this, of how much water it takes to produce a f*cking burger?”.”
Eilish believes that encouraging people to swap out climate-intensive animal products with more sustainable vegan food choices is a key part in the collective fight to help tackle climate change.
Eating For The Climate
And her belief is reflected by a growing number of scientific studies and climate experts which agree that animal products, particularly beef and dairy, are having a huge negative impact on the climate.
Eilish has often promoted animal-free food and fashion, including a recent vegan sneaker collaboration with Nike. Credit: Nike
A global shift towards a vegan diet is necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change, according to the United Nations, and research from the University of Oxford shows that going vegan is the “single biggest way” to reduce your impact on the planet.
Research like this is leading wildlife experts and climate change campaigners - from Greta Thunberg to David Attenborough - to urge us all to reconsider our habits and diets to help lessen the impact of climate change.
Our choices matter to animals and the planet. Do you think you could embrace plant-based living for 7 days? We do. Sign up for the Species Unite 7-Day Vegan Challenge here.
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