[gorbot]

In my experience as a vegan (not just diet..) I think a lot of vegan restaurants are opened by people who mean well but aren't like seasoned in the food industry. The ambiance's are usually bad, weird hours, or the vegan restaurants are also gluten free + raw. Just my two cents in my specific area, but while traveling a lot of vegan restaurants in the US are kinda quirky.

Also the word vegan is bad for sales: https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2023/11/22/the-secret-sellin... (i didn't read this but have heard this a bunch)