Daily News | Goodbye to Magic Carpet, the vegetarian food truck that powered generations of UPenn students
their beloved business, but the community they’ve fed for nearly four decades is far from ready to say goodbye.
Back in the ‘80s, Magic Carpet was a pioneer for vegetarianism in the city. “When we first started, nobody knew what a falafel was,” Deb Varvoutis says. “And the tofu meatballs, people would snub their nose and I’d be like, here, taste one.” Sternlicht credits those meatballs with getting her through college. “That was what was pumping through my veins,” she says. “I think I had them at least once a day.
For now, the couple is keeping the recipes to themselves in hopes that they can sell them along with the equipment and the brand itself. The dream buyer? Someone with ties to Penn who will honor Magic Carpet’s legacy, keep a foundation in Philly, and expand the brand. “I believe with all my heart that we can compete with any of the vegetarian places out there,” Varvoutis says.
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