Foodswings
$ - inexpensive
American
A vegan fast food joint
This is a restaurant with ethics. Foodswings not only serves the best vegan fast food (like fried chicken, cheese fries, fish sticks, s'mores, Philly cheese steaks, etc) but also has good prices and mass appeal. Foodswings works with social justice and animal rights groups, along with donating food to the needy, workers on strike, etc.
- Brunch
- Delivery
Added by GBS on Aug 25 04 (updated Jun 23 07)
Reviews
Great comfort food! If you're looking for tasty, less-than-healthy vegan treats, this is the place. The drumsticks are awesome and their sandwiches are pretty great too. Plus they have vegan shakes and deserts.
Sometimes the service is so-so, but what can you expect with counter service fast food?
My only real complaint is that their delivery area doesn't span very far and sometimes its not worth it making the trek.
This place is amazing and is perfect to take your skeptical meat eating friends. The PuPu platter is great (variety of deep fried faux meats), as are all the vegan milk shakes. If you're in the mood for something that's not deep fried, you can also get the baked drumsticks and mashed potatoes or mac and "cheese." This is definitely the best late night hangout in Brooklyn.
this place is great. vegan drumsticks are the best-- especially buffalo! the moonpies make everyone swoon, and the shakes rock. eat here now!
Great if you are in the mood for fried mock-meat or soy cheese fries.
I was warned that Foodswings is not as good as its reputation, and I'd have to agree after visiting today.
I liked the atmosphere. Very punk and fun, yet down to business. The lack of bathroom is a bit of a pain. While they may be wasteful, moist towelettes might go a long way toward alleviating that issue.
The food was the greasy stuff you'll expect from every review you read about this place. But what we did sample was not something I'd go out of my way to eat again. It wasn't bad, mind you, but I just couldn't see myself gorging on this stuff unless I had a serious craving for what basically amounts to junk food. I had to find ways to make up for my lack of fruits and vegetables at this meal.
We tried the "beef" quesadillas, which were okay while still hot, but not as good after detouring into the sample Pu-Pu platter for a while. We left about 1/3 of the 10" quesadilla uneaten. The sampler was a mixed bag. The fish sticks were only so-so, too, but the chicken nuggets were much tastier, especially in the excellent BBQ dipping sauce. The various drumsticks were good, too. I think I've had variations on these at other restaurants in Los Angeles, and these were simply decked out differently. I can't remember which was best, but they were all good enough. Ultimately, it's a pretty cheap way to try different items Foodswings sells, and you can see for yourself.
The shakes were all right, and would have been a real treat if I had not already had the best I've ever experienced at Red Bamboo Brooklyn so recently. I did find it hard to drink all the chunks of cookie and chocolate (or carob?) through the thin straws, so I ended up having to take off the lid, scooping out the whole cookie and bigger chunks, then drinking the rest right out of the cup. We tried The Tank and The Hurricane, both of which tasted pretty good, but still fell well short of the best vegan shakes I've ever had.
The service was friendly but could have been more informative. I asked enough questions to make it obvious I'd never been before, but I was not told what any of the dipping sauces were for the sampler basket, so I did not know which went to what item. That said, it was fun to experiment. It was kinda like eating kids' finger food.
Foodswings rocks my world:)
It's a cute little place with a pizzeria type of vibe. The people that work there are very cool and the menu is great. After 11 they have a late night munchies menu with items like mozarella sticks and pizza. They also have philly cheese steaks, the BEST drum sticks EVER and an array of desserts. If you're in Brooklyn or if you're in NY you've gotta go there
On a recent muggy august afternoon I stopped by foodswings while doing work in NYC. I highly recommend this vegan fast food joint for anyone looking for food that is tasty, quick and priced well. I got the Pu-Pu platter which contained 3 of their drumsticks: regular, bbq and buffalo. It also had some of their tofu fish-sticks and some nuggests. That and a side of fries cost me about $10 (including a water). The selection is good and the only thing I can say against foodswings is that there wasn't much that was low fat or raw. But hey, there's plenty of those places around NYC. If you want some tasty grub with no fluff, check out Foodswings!
amazing. I get the mac and cheese with buffalo wings.. and the shakes.. so good.