Vegan-at-a-Restaurant: Argonaut (H St, Atlas District)

I live near enough to H Street that it has become my jam.  I love making my way up and down H Street, and something new seems to open every other week (this is actually an exaggeration).

The Argonaut is down in the Atlas District, pretty much all the way down the part of H Street full of bars, restaurants, and merriment (the 14th block).

I am actually going to start this review with its out-of-5-vegan-stars rating:

The Argonaut was the only of the restaurants I ventured to with friends during my Vegan Challenge that marked vegan options in its Dinner Menu.

If you view this menu, however, there's only one item marked definitively as vegan - and a few of the others can be made vegan.  So the selection was still limited.

That said, the black bean soup is great.  It's got a spicy kick to it.  It has the perfect texture (I do not like my black bean soup to be too smooth or too chunky; I am quite picky about this - I own that fact).  The only thing that could make it better would be to throw some slices of avocado on top.  But really, this soup did NOT disappoint.  

I also got the tempeh tacos, without the cheddar cheese - and they were tasty.  I think with substances like tempeh, you generally know you're not eating meat.  But they had a good bite to them, were well-seasoned, and I got the guacamole (which was exactly what I needed).  I can no longer remember if the slaw was vegan-friendly.  However, the tacos had good flavor, and were a fun complement to the black bean soup which is really what stole the show.

Pros:

• Vegan items marked on menu.
• Appropriate amounts of seasoning.
• Beer.
• Accommodating to my requests regarding subtractions/adjustments so my meal could be vegan.

Cons:

• Vegan selection very limited.
• Really.  Very limited.