We didn’t set out for the Paradigm, but when we found ourselves hungry and in Sheboygan. We lucked upon the Goodside Grocery and asked about where to find a good vegetarian lunch. Although the two women at the grocery mentioned several other places in town, they kept coming back to how good the Paradigm was. One started quoting her favorite veggie sandwiches off the menu. We were convinced! So we fed the parking meter and headed around the corner to the Paradigm.
We were expecting maybe a small hole in the wall cafe, but that’s not the Paradigm. What we found wasn’t just a coffee shop, but a great café in a fabulous space.
The Paradigm features numerous hot and cold sandwiches, soup options, and a wide array of coffee drinks. We greatly enjoyed the house hummus that come with a generous portion of homemade pita chips!
Small wonder that the food is so good, since they run a scratch-made kitchen in their little corner of Sheboygan. Whether you go for a mexican flair of the Blackjack– black beans and cheese squeezed into a fresh pita; the garden fresh goodness of the Zeus– cucumbers, hummus, kalamatas! and more; or something else- there is so much to choose from its hard to settle on one item.
All is served up in a huge, open space. There are large farm tables mixed in with smaller ones, couches to lounge on, and a reading space with a pretty good library of books and magazines to check out while you’re there. There are also numerous board games stacked up on shelves and the space to play them.
There’s a nice stage area in front of a large dance floor, so we bet the place gets hopping on weekend nights.
We loved the seating and the fact that our kids were in a large safe environment where they could wander a bit, if they wanted. Add in the wonderful selection of vegetarian options, a good coffee menu, and fast service and you’ve got a great place to dine!
I guess there’s other vegetarian places to go to in Sheboygan, but it’ll be a while before we tire of the Paradigm and choose to explore more.
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