Aaron beener biography

Working alongside family and those you love can sometimes call for difficult decision making, compromising disagreements and a host of personal spill over, unless you’re  mother and son duo Brenda and Aaron Beener, who worked side by side each day to raise over $20,000 in capital to fund their growing vegan eatery.

Seasoned Vegan is owned and operated by Brenda Beener and her son and business partner Aaron Beener.

Located in Harlem, the green neighborhood hot spot, serves all the soul food inspired dishes you love, “veganized.” Their menu carries cultural favorites from mac and cheese, to lemon crusted chicken, burgers, poboys (in honor of Beener’s parents) and so much more—all meatless and completely vegan.

The two first got started in the restaurant industry in 2012, but Brenda says even before then cooking was always a special part of her life.

She perfected the craft while preparing