Vegan Garage – drive by for meat-free groceries

MIT Patel, Dhaval Thakkar and Dev Patel, Vegan Garage owners and vegans.
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David Claridge

THERE IS a new vegan store in Meander Valley where people can shop from a range of products and chill at the café.

The Vegan Garage is the result of owners and vegans, MIT Patel, Dhaval Thakkar and Dev Patel who often struggle to find vegan products around Tasmania.

‘It’s not easy to get everything at one place’, Dhaval explained. ‘That’s when we had the idea to do something for our vegan community, so people can find everything at one spot. And the Vegan Garage is the concept of café and super store. You come, you can have fun with the shopping.’

The store combines their retail knowledge, creating a store with wide, short aisles and low sensory shopping, but not just for vegans. Anyone is welcome to visit and sample the many delicious items for sale.

‘Vegan Garage has everyone covered. If someone wants to be a vegan for a day or two, they have those options as well. Anyone can come to the Vegan Garage’, Dhaval said.

‘We are working hard to get stock from all over the world, cheese from the UK, sausage from the US, searching around the world to find the best products for the community.’

The Vegan Garage is open from 7am–7pm, Monday to Sunday, at Shop 2, 2 Trotters Lane, Prospect.