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IN THE NEWS
June 8, 2021
The pandemic has served the pop-up model well. These roving restaurants, bakeries, taquerias and supper clubs allow chefs to try out nascent ideas and passion projects at a reduced cost, and with flexible hours. Here are three worth checking out.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
February 4, 2021
Why she inspires us: Sophia is bringing delicious, healthy, plant-based eating to plates everywhere with her company, Happy Seed.
Best Self Magazine
July 14, 2020
Vegan popup Happy Seed is back at A Mano in the Old Fourth Ward on Mondays in July, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., offering takeout and curbside pickup. The Latin-inspired menu changes weekly and features vegan sandwiches, snacks, and entrees made by chef Reid Trapani and sweets from mother-daughter bakery business La Dolce Madness.
Eater Atlanta
May 3, 2021
A Happy Chicken Alternative: Reid Trapani is the chef at popular plant-based pop-up restaurant Happy Seed. Here, he shares a recipe for his unbelievably vegan Buffalo dip.
My Home Improvement Magazine
May 20, 2021
Food Expert and Blogger, Skye Estroff, lists Happy Seed as one of the top pop-ups around the city.
FOX 5 Atlanta
October 2, 2020
At Chef Reid Trapani’s Happy Seed vegan pop up in Atlanta last week it was hard to get a seat—-and most of the guests were not full-time vegans. Says Trapani, who specializes in inventive authentic Latin dishes using plant based ingredients, “so many of our guests tell us they’d eat like this all the time.”
Forbes
April 27, 2020
Happy Seed, Atlanta vegan caterer and dining pop-up co-owned by chefs Reid Trapani and Sophia Marchese, is excited to announce Curbside Pick-Up from a mano
Vegan World Magazine
April 17, 2019
For as long as I can remember, food has played a valuable role in my life. It was the centerpiece of my upbringing and many of my childhood memories! When the lightbulb appeared with the concept of Happy Seed, I wasn’t even surprised that food was my calling.
Voyage Atlanta
February 11, 2021
Vegan pop-up Happy Seed serves a Latin-inspired menu from chef Reid Trapani and his crew. Dishes from this pop-up include in-season squash empanadas, tamales with sweet potato masa and black beans, esquites (street corn), and king oyster mushroom carnitas enchiladas.
Eater Atlanta
August 6, 2020
Recent menu offerings have included black bean tamales made with sweet potato and corn masa, Plant Nachos topped with black beans, chipotle charred corn and salsa verde, and a plant-based crunch wrap stuffed with beef seitan, vegan nacho cheese, crunch tostada, lettuce, tomato and cashew sour cream.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 21, 2019
Happy Seed is a budding vegan food company built by locals Reid Trapani and Sophia Marchese. Here, walnuts are the main ingredient in these fully raw, flavor-packed tacos!
Best Self Magazine
January 19, 2019
Oyster mushrooms make for the perfect meaty substitute in this Lemon Pepper Satay appetizer.
My Home Improvement Magazine