Cole: I operated a Jamaican meat restaurant while being a vegetarian
Pinky Cole · HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole · Mar 23, 2023 · at 13:24
Pinky Cole, founder of Slutty Vegan, discusses opening her first restaurant, Pinky's, in Harlem in 2014 before pivoting to plant-based fast food.
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“Not only was I not the cook, I was vegetarian at the time, and I was selling oxtail.”
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