Avant-Garde’n ATL

08/14/2026

🚨🚨 Vegan & Friends ATL NEW LOCATION 🚨🚨
1200 White Street, Atlanta GA
BLOCK PARTY
TODAY 6-10p
Make Plans!!
Repost Vegan & Friends ATL

08/13/2026

The Avant-Garde'n Times is fresh off the press, AG Family 📰!

New month, new energy...and we are NOT slowing down!

First things first...Vegan & Friends is TOMORROW 🎉! NEW LOCATION. Same community, same love, and y'all...our FULL DESSERT BAR IS BACK!

📍 1200 White Street, Atlanta GA 30310
🗓 Friday, August 14 | 6–10pm
🎟 FREE with RSVP. Come hungry. Bring a friend!

It's MY birthday month and we are celebrating with YOU 🎂! Use code BIRTHDAYMONTH for 20% off orders of $50 or more through August 31.

Back-to-school season is here too...Lunch Lab Bento Boxes and After-School Snack Packs ready to go. One less thing to worry about.

Inside this week's issue:
🌿 From the Lab: Herbs...Small Leaves, Big Benefits. Basil, thyme, rosemary, mint. Food isn't just flavor...it's science!
📚 Community Spotlight: School is back. Life gets busy. Dinner doesn't have to.
🍰 Remember When: Homemade snack cakes as a lunchbox treasure
☀️ Summer Cookout Collection still going strong!

We look forward to serving you soon ✨️! We're not fast food, we're avant-garde in flavor AND we put nutrition BACK on your plate!

08/12/2026

🍫 Spotlight on The People's Favorite

Meet the Walnut Brownie Cake: delicious AND nutritious! Chocolate cake infused with organic flaxseed, beets and cacao, topped with a luscious cacao buttercream and walnuts. Made in small batches, from scratch...handcrafted, plant based and absolutely unreal!

This is the kind of dessert that makes people ask "wait, this is vegan?"

🍰 Want to try it in person? Come get your Mini Bundts at our full dessert bar this Friday 6-10p Vegan & Friends ATL Vegans Be Munchin' Block Party (NEW location!) 1200 White Street ATL! Free w/RSVP: https://veganandfriends.rsvpify.com/

We look forward to serving you soon ✨️! We're not fast food, we're avant-garde in flavor AND we put nutrition BACK on your plate!

08/04/2026

Dear Avant-Garde'n Family,
August is one of my favorite months of the year...it's my birthday month 🎉!

Birthdays always make me pause and reflect: not just on another year of life, but on the journey that brought me here.
Many of you know Avant-Garde'n for our banana pudding, cakes, catering, pop-ups and meal prep.
What many of you may not know is that Avant-Garde'n didn't begin as my career.
It started as a hobby.

While working full-time as a Medical Laboratory Scientist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory Hospital, I spent my evenings, weekends & days off in the kitchen creating recipes, baking desserts, catering events and dreaming about what this business could become!

By day I worked in the laboratory, where precision, research and problem-solving mattered.
By night, I was experimenting in the kitchen, discovering that the same curiosity I used in the laboratory could create something special on the plate!

Looking back, I realize I never really left the lab; I just traded specimens for mixing bowls!
That scientific background still influences everything I create today because I truly believe: food isn't just flavor...it's science!

Since 2017, Avant-Garde'n has grown into something I could have never imagined, and none of it would have happened without you!
Every dessert you've ordered...
Every catering event you've booked...
Every meal you've trusted me to prepare...
Every referral...
Every encouraging word...
has helped make this journey possible!

As a thank you, I'm celebrating YOU all month long!

Birthday Month Special

Enjoy 20% OFF all orders of $50 or more

Use code:
BIRTHDAYMONTH

Whether you've been wanting to stock up on desserts, book catering for an upcoming event, try meal prep or simply treat yourself, now is the perfect time!

Offer valid through August 31.

And one more thing...
Several people ask every year if they can treat me on my birthday!
If you'd like to buy me a birthday tea ☕ (completely optional), you can CashApp it to $mb40trip!

Whether you place an order, share a post, tell a friend, send a birthday prayer or buy me a tea, thank you for helping make this growth possible!

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📧 Planning a summer gathering?
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Email [email protected] to order your Family Feast Package and customize it with selections from our Summer Cookout Collection!

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🛒Fresh Off The Shelf
Supporting local businesses one bite at a time!
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*Wadada
*YOL Juice Market
*Ghion Ethiopian Restaurant
*Life Bistro
*At Ease ATL

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👩🏽‍🍳 Classifieds
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Need a personal chef?
Planning a reunion?
Office lunch?
Wedding?
Meal Prep?
Contact Avant-Garde'n today!

Thank you for continuing to support local, plant based food made with love 💚!

As always:
THE Plant Based Scientist is In the Lab!

With Gratitude,
👩🏽‍🔬Chef Aja
Avant-Garde'n
🌐 avantgardenatl.com
📱 IG
515.989.1180

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07/30/2026

Happy Thursday, AG Family!
📰 The New Avant-Garde'n Times Has Arrived!

This edition is packed with everything happening this STRONGend and beyond!

✨ Inside this issue:

🍰 Where to find us this STRONGend-

🎉 Full Dessert Bar at Vegans Be Munchin' (Friday)

🌱 Lite Bites, Desserts and Herbal Tea Blends at Vegan Soul Sunday (Sunday)

🧠 Meet my better whole 💚 & local herbalist James Anthony, speaking on Herbalism & Brain Health on Sunday

🍵 Limited Mind Over Chatter & Strong Roots herbal blends ($20 each or 2/$35) available on Sunday

🎒 Back-to-School Meal Prep, Lunch Lab Bento Boxes & After-School Snack Packs

🔬 A brand-new From the Lab

📼 A fresh Remember When?

🍔 Summer Cookout Collection

🤣 Our newest Classifieds

There's something for everyone in todays edition!

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📧 Planning a summer gathering?
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Email [email protected] to order your Family Feast Package and customize it with selections from our Summer Cookout Collection!

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🛒Fresh Off The Shelf
Supporting local businesses one bite at a time!
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*Wadada
*YOL Juice Market
*Ghion Ethiopian Restaurant
*Life Bistro
*At Ease ATL

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👩🏽‍🍳 Classifieds
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Need a personal chef?
Planning a reunion?
Office lunch?
Wedding?
Meal Prep?
Contact Avant-Garde'n today!

Read. Sip. Smile.
Thank you for continuing to support local, plant based food made with love 💚!

As always:
THE Plant Based Scientist is In the Lab!
👩🏽‍🔬Chef Aja,
Avant-Garde'n
🌐 avantgardenatl.com
📱 IG
515.989.1180

Click here for an update from Avant-Garde'n!

07/23/2026

📰 The latest edition of The Avant-Garde'n Times is here, AG Family!

Todays issue is packed with everything happening behind the scenes at Avant-Garde'n, and scroll to the end for our newly designed flyer (let me know what you think)!

Inside you'll find:

🍪 Second Servings: 20% OFF select desserts while they last

🎒 Back-to-School meal solutions, including our new After-School Snack Packs and Lunch Lab Bento Boxes

🔬 A brand-new From the Lab science feature

📼 An all-new Remember When? nostalgia corner

🦁 A special Leo Season spotlight (you know we had to celebrate 😉)!

☀️ Your weekly STRONGend Forecast and Summer Cookout inspiration

Whether you're planning ahead for busy school nights or just looking for something delicious, we've got you covered!

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📧 Planning a summer gathering?
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Email [email protected] to order your Family Feast Package and customize it with selections from our Summer Cookout Collection!

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🛒Fresh Off The Shelf
Supporting local businesses one bite at a time!
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*Wadada
*YOL Juice Market
*Ghion Ethiopian Restaurant
*Life Bistro
*At Ease ATL

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👩🏽‍🍳 Classifieds
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Need a personal chef?
Planning a reunion?
Office lunch?
Wedding?
Meal Prep?
Contact Avant-Garde'n today!

Thank you for continuing to support local, plant based food made with love 💚!

As always:
THE Plant Based Scientist is In the Lab!
👩🏽‍🔬Chef Aja,
Avant-Garde'n
🌐 avantgardenatl.com
📱 IG
515.989.1180

Click here for an update from Avant-Garde'n!

07/16/2026

Happy Thursday, AG Family!

Todays edition of the Avant-Garde'n Times is packed with everything happening over here, including:

🎉 Two chances to catch us this STRONGend!
🍴 Vegans Be Munchin' – Friday, July 17 (5–9 PM)
🥁 Atlanta African Dance & Drum Festival – Sunday, July 19 (10 AM–7 PM)

🍰 SECOND SERVINGS
Enjoy 20% OFF select desserts while they last:
• Sweet Potato Pound Cake
• Lemon Pound Cake
• Red Velvet Cake
• Chocolate Chip Cookies

🎒 Back-to-School Starts Here!
We're now booking:
🍽️ Family Meals
🥗 Meal Prep
🎉 Catering

PLUS:
🔬 A new From the Lab featuring brain-fueling foods
📼 A nostalgic Remember When?
☀️ Your STRONGend Forecast
🍔 Summer Cookout Collection
🤭 And our latest Classifieds!

Read todays edition and let us know what catches your eye!

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📧 Planning a summer gathering?
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Email [email protected] to order your Family Feast Package and customize it with selections from our Summer Cookout Collection!

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🛒Fresh Off The Shelf
Supporting local businesses one bite at a time!
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*Wadada
*YOL Juice Market
*Ghion Ethiopian Restaurant
*Life Bistro
*At Ease ATL

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👩🏽‍🍳 Classifieds
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Need a personal chef?
Planning a reunion?
Office lunch?
Wedding?
Meal Prep?
Contact Avant-Garde'n today!

Thank you for continuing to support local, plant based food made with love 💚!

As always:
THE Plant Based Scientist is In the Lab!
👩🏽‍🔬Chef Aja,
Avant-Garde'n
🌐 avantgardenatl.com
📱 IG
515.989.1180

Click here for an update from Avant-Garde'n!

07/10/2026

Happy FriYay, AG Family!
Summer isn't slowing down, and neither are we 🏃🏽‍♀️💨!

Inside todays edition of the Avant-Garde’n Times:

🍪 NEW! Second Servings
Fresh desserts at sweet discounts, including Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sweet Potato Pound Cake, Lemon Pound Cake & Red Velvet Cake (while supplies last!)

🎒 Back-to-School Starts Here! Family meals, meal prep & catering are now booking because dinner is one less thing to worry about.

🚨 Breaking News
Our desserts have been freshly restocked at At Ease ATL, YOL Juice Market, Wadada Healthy Market & Juice Bar, Ghion Ethiopian Restaurant and Life Bistro!

🔬 From the Lab
Why eating the rainbow does more than brighten your plate—it fuels your body with powerful phytonutrients.

📼 Remember When?
A summertime trip down memory lane that just might make you smile!

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📧 Planning a summer gathering?
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Email [email protected] to order your Family Feast Package and customize it with selections from our Summer Cookout Collection!

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🛒Fresh Off The Shelf
Supporting local businesses one bite at a time!
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*Wadada
*YOL Juice Market
*Ghion Ethiopian Restaurant
*Life Bistro
*At Ease ATL

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👩🏽‍🍳 Classifieds
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Need a personal chef?
Planning a reunion?
Office lunch?
Wedding?
Meal Prep?
Contact Avant-Garde'n today!
avantgardenatl.com!

Thank you for continuing to support local, plant based food made with love 💚!
Read todays edition and let us know your favorite section! We'd also love to hear what you think about our new newspaper format.
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As always:
THE Plant Based Scientist is In the Lab!
👩🏽‍🔬Chef Aja,
Avant-Garde'n
avantgardenatl.com
515.989.1180

Click here for an update from Avant-Garde'n!

07/01/2026

Happy July, AG Family!

Summer gathering season has arrived, and whether you're planning a family reunion, church picnic, birthday, pool party or neighborhood cookout, Avant-Garde'n has the menu covered!

Inside this month's issue you'll find:
🍽️ Family Feast Packages featuring our Summer Cookout Collection: choose from delicious seasonal entrées, sides, salads & desserts to build the perfect spread for your next gathering!

🧪 From the Lab: Where food meets science!

📼 Remember When?: A little nostalgia with every issue!

🍉 Recipe of the Month: Chilled Watermelon, Cucumber & Mint Salad

🎒 Back-to-School Sneak Peek

🤝 Spotlight: Support the local businesses carrying Avant-Garde'n products

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🗞️ THE SCOOP
Get "the dish" before everyone else!
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📍 Friday, July 3 | 5–9 PM
Vegans Be Munchin' World Cup Block Party
Plant Based & Juiced
875 York Ave, Atlanta

We'll be serving some of your favorite plant based desserts, including Banana Pudding, Sweet Potato Pound Cake, Lemon Pound Cake + more!
More info: https://vegan-friends.com/

📍 Sunday, July 5 | 12–4 PM
Vegan Soul Sunday: Spice & Herbs for Healing
6600 Old National Hwy, Atlanta

Join us for an afternoon of wellness, delicious plant-based food, local vendors & community!
More info: http://www.theveggietaste.com/

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📧 Planning a summer gathering?
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Email [email protected] to order your Family Feast Package and customize it with selections from our Summer Cookout Collection!

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🛒Fresh Off The Shelf
Supporting local businesses one bite at a time!
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*Wadada
*YOL Juice Market
*Ghion Ethiopian Restaurant
*Life Bistro
*At Ease ATL

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👩🏽‍🍳 Classifieds
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Need a personal chef?
Planning a reunion?
Office lunch?
Wedding?
Meal Prep?
Contact Avant-Garde'n today!
avantgardenatl.com!

Thank you for supporting local, melanated, plant based businesses. We hope you enjoy today's edition of The Avant-Garde'n Times 💚!

Read. Sip. Smile. See you this STRONGend, and as always: THE Plant Based Scientist is In the Lab!
👩🏽‍🔬Chef Aja,
Avant-Garde'n
avantgardenatl.com
515.989.1180

Click here for an update from Avant-Garde'n!

06/27/2026

📰 EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it!

The newest edition of The Avant-Garde'n Times is fresh off the press, and here's what's making headlines:

👩🏽‍🍳 Chef Aja Spotted Across Atlanta This STRONGend!
Join us this Sunday from 1–7 PM , where we'll be serving up your favorite soy & dairy free plant based food and desserts alongside an incredible day of wealth-building, wellness and community! Stop by and say hello! Free to attend; RSVP https://bit.ly/UWE-Summer-2026 (link in bio).

🍰 BREAKING NEWS
Our best-selling desserts have officially been restocked at:
📍 At Ease ATL
📍 YOL Juice Market
📍 Wadada Healthy Market & Juice Bar

🔬 FROM THE LAB
This week's science spotlight explores phytonutrients: the natural compounds that give colorful fruits and vegetables their vibrant hues and help support overall health. Another reminder that food isn't just flavor...it's science 🧬!

☀️ STRONGEND FORECAST
🌱 100% Chance of Plant-Based Goodness
🍰 Scattered Dessert Sightings Across Metro Atlanta
💚 High Probability of Full Plates & Great Conversations

📼 REMEMBER WHEN?
Take a stroll down memory lane with this week's nostalgic flashback and celebrate the first weekend of summer with us.

Check out your copy of The Avant-Garde'n Times, and if you're headed to the Ultimate Wealth Expo, be sure to stop by and get your Avant-Garde'n fix!

We look forward to serving you soon ✨️! We're not fast food, we're avant-garde in flavor AND we put nutrition BACK on your plate!