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Displaying all articles tagged:
Pure Food & Wine
homecomings
Jan. 8, 2024
Bad Vegan, Part Two?
The show was a massive success. It didn’t take long for former associates to approach Sarma Melngailis for a follow-up.
By
Allen Salkin
drama
May 11, 2017
That Fugitive Vegan Restaurateur Is Headed to Prison
The owner of Pure Food and Wine pleaded guilty to stealing from investors and failing to pay her taxes and employees.
By
Sierra Tishgart
raw deal
Dec. 20, 2016
Pure Food & Wine Owner Gets Offered Lenient Plea Deal for Grand-Larceny Charges
One to three years is what prosecutors have suggested.
By
Clint Rainey
Nov. 3, 2016
This Vegan Fugitive Restaurateur’s Story Just Became Even More Insane
Did Sarma Melngailis’s ex-husband, and partner in crime, brainwash her?
By
Sierra Tishgart
drama
Aug. 11, 2016
Fugitive Vegan Restaurateur Ditches Partner in Crime
The latest in the saga of Pure Food & Wine’s Sarma Melngailis.
By
Sierra Tishgart
Booked
May 12, 2016
Fugitive Raw-Food-Restaurant Owner Caught After Ordering Domino’s Pizza
Pure Food & Wine’s Sarma Melngailis has been missing since last August.
By
Sierra Tishgart
Sued
Aug. 17, 2015
The Pure Food & Wine Owner Is Being Sued From All Sides
Her former employees, vendors, and investors are all taking her to court.
By
Sierra Tishgart
Interviews
Apr. 30, 2015
How a Prominent Restaurant Owner Is Bouncing Back After a Public Staff Exodus
“If there was a way I could fix it, I’d die trying. There is nothing else.”
By
Sierra Tishgart
Labor Disputes
Jan. 16, 2015
Pure Food & Wine Waitress Speaks Out
“… it’s like, who’s this woman that’s never around, fucking everything up for people who work for her?”
By
Sierra Tishgart
Neighborhood Watch
Sept. 28, 2010
Half-Price Drinks at Pure Food and Wine; Kitchen Reis Becomes Taqueria Reis
Plus: Savoy’s fall dinner series begins, and Oaxaca Taqueria opens a third location, in our daily roundup of neighborhood news.