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Dishes bound by heritage and familial bonds are at the heart of La Semilla, where co-owners Sophia Marchese and chef Reid Trapani have brought Cuban culinary traditions and a rollicking good time to the city’s vegan dining scene. Trapani transforms recipes from Marchese’s childhood and Cuban grandmother (and her grandmother’s grandmother) into vegan renditions nearly indistinguishable from their meaty counterparts.

Review: La Semilla is for everyone

Any given evening, most of the with-it young clientele sitting down to dinner at La Semilla aren’t full-time vegans. But that’s a large part of the draw at this new Latin restaurant on a hot stretch of Memorial Drive: It’s for everyone.

Best new restaurant in Atlanta 2023

For owners Sophia Marchese and Reid Trapani, La Semilla is the start of a new chapter together in restaurants, which first began five years ago with their vegan pop-up Happy Seed. La Semilla expands upon the pop-up’s menu and mission, celebrating Cuban culinary traditions and familial bonds through food that just so happens to not to contain any animal proteins.

Review: La Semilla is more than just a good vegan restaurant

La Semilla, a new restaurant in Atlanta’s Reynoldstown neighborhood, serves a plant-based menu that prioritizes Latin American flavors, rather than virtuous veganism.

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