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Squeaker’s Café opened in Bowling Green to provide a “compassionate and healthy alternative in the community,” explains Co-Owner Heather Andre. This café and grocery offers residents access to many products unique to the area.
In 2000, Squeaker's Café originally opened in Findlay, Ohio, and relocated to Bowling
Green the following year. Squeaker's adds a special accent to the city and also attracts visitors to town. University towns often have many vegetarians, and Bowling Green is no different; the café is frequented often by students that come to satisfy their vegetarian and vegan needs.
The cafe's name comes from Heather's pet guinea pig named Mister Squeaker. The animal's health had been declining with age so she replaced the regular guinea pig feed with a vegetarian diet. Mister Squeaker lived much longer than expected and became a testimony for the healthy lifestyle Squeaker's supports.
"Squeaker's is for everyone," co-owner Jay Kirshner explains. "Whether you're vegan or vegetarian doesn’t really matter." He says the meatless dishes taste just the same as their counterparts and that people can rarely tell the difference.
Taco salads, meatball subs, veggie chili, and Sloppy Joes are just a handful of dishes that the Café offers in vegetarian style. Although there's no actual meat used, soy and dehydrated vegetable protein give these foods a very similar taste. The newest addition to the café is the vegan bakery, which uses no eggs, refined sugar, or dairy, but still promises the delight of freshly baked bread.