It's Only Natural

It's Only Natural Restaurant
and
It's Only Natural Market
386 Main Street
Middletown, CT

http://www.ionrestaurant.com/
http://www.itsonlynaturalrestaurant.com/

It's Only Natural is a restaurant and market in downtown Middletown offering scrumptious vegetarian and vegan food. The restaurant is deservedly known for its sweet-potato fries, which are thick, homemade, and utterly delicious.



The entrees tend to go for $10-14, and at that price they're a bargain. All of the sandwiches and burgers are served with a side of the amazingly delicious sweet potato fries. The Bella Burger, a vegan portabella mushroom burger served with red peppers, onion, soy mayo, and lettuce on wheat or focaccia bread, is particularly good, although you may have to resort to a knife and fork to finish it off.




The classic Veggie Burger is also exceedingly well done. I don't know how they make their soy mayo, but it beats the hell out of any regular mayo I've ever had! Any of the burgers can be served with ION's vegan cashew Parmesan cheese. I highly recommend it.



The beverage menu is impressively diverse, offering such items as China Cola, Carrot Juice, Fruit or Rice Smoothies, and Italian Sodas.

Other items of note on the menu include the Sweet Potato Enchiladas, vegan Pirogi, the Macrobiotic Plate, and vegan Chili.

The dining area is attractive and the service is attentive. Happy hour is from 4-6 on weekdays, when you can order $2 pints of beer and $2 sweet potato fries (I always avail myself of the latter).

A To-Go Menu is available, and they offer catering for special events.

Down the hall from the restaurant is the ION market, where you can purchase all sorts of vegetarian and vegan groceries. They offer not only an impressive variety of food, but also all sorts of natural toiletry and health products. Their website even features a health reference library.

Overall, the ION restaurant and market is an exemplary purveyor of vegetarian and vegan foods. Whether you're a vegetarian looking for a great place to eat and shop for groceries, or a carnivore in the mood for a delicious meal that's also healthy, ION is a terrific place to go.