Charlie was a Sinner

A dimly lit small-plates bar on 13th Street that has been doing vegan food with real style since 2014. The room leans into a speakeasy mood, all chandeliers, deep colors, and moody projections, and the cocktail program is the headline act. Drinks like the Emerald City (matcha gin, peach sake, lychee) and the Cougar (haku vodka, horchata, rose vermouth) are inventive, and the food follows the same logic: small plates like the Caramelized Eggplant Bao Buns and Korean-Style Crispy Tofu that happen to be vegan, not vegan food that happens to taste okay.