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Since bursting onto the food scene last February the Filthy Vegan Takeout has had a phenomenal year, progressing from a home kitchen to serving 15,000 kebabs and hot dogs at Nottingham's Christmas Market.

The latest step is launching a night-time 'restaurant' in one of the city centre's cafes - and thanks to an extended menu there's even more to enjoy.

Fans of the hearty meat-free meals can eat in at Kings Walk Kitchen overlooking Trinity Square from early evening, six days a week.

And rather than a short-term pop-up founders Joe Johnson and James Freeman are there for the long haul.

Diners can look forward to table service and restaurant-style presentation rather than eating their kebab in the street.

The new menu starts with soup of the day served with crusty vegan bread and nachos with vegan cheese, salsa and jalapenos.

As well as the 'dirty' kebab for the health conscious which kicked off the Filthy Vegan last February (a filling naan bread packed with soya meat and salad), they're serving the Moving Mountains hot dog and new to the menu, a Beyond Meat vegan burger.

Sides of sweet potato, filthy or curly fries and mac 'n' cheese can be ordered, with cauli wings and lil' tacos coming soon.

Dinner can be finished off with a sweet treat, either chocolate cake or doughnuts from Nottingham bakers Doughnotts.

An application to sell alcohol has been made but in the meantime customers can bring their own for a fiver corkage fee.

Alternatively there's soft drinks, coffee and oat shakes in various flavours at very reasonable prices.

A few tweaks will be made to the menu soon - with the addition of lunch-time meal deals such as a toasted ciabatta with vegan ham or cheese with a drink for £5 and a 2-4-1 deal on Tuesdays.

Joe said: "We're still finding out what people want and what works in this area."

It's been a steep learning curve since the duo started out by creating kebabs in the kitchen of Joe's home in Mapperley at the weekends.

Speed was of the essence at the market in Old Market Square and Leeds Festival where they turned out 7,000 kebabs over three days. "Going from 100-200 a week to 7,000 was the hardest transition," said Joe.

They hope to repeat both events plus make their debut at Download later this year.

The latest venture gives them a little more time to spend on presentation and have a chat with customers.

Demand for the Filthy Vegan has reached a point where both Joe and James have quit their previous jobs to concentrate on the food business.

James, who worked in building and property development, said: "It's scary but I wouldn't go back to what I was dong before.

"We are here for the foreseeable future. We like the location as it gets a lot of footfall. This is a nice step up from the Christmas Market."

Joe added: "It's great for us. We expect to be a slower burner especially at this time of year. We don't expect floods of people coming in through the door on Monday and Tuesday nights but as it gets warmer and lighter I think people will start coming in."

During the day Kings Walk Kitchen operates as a cafe serving breakfast, lunch and cakes, but Filthy Vegan customers can still collect or have a Deliveroo delivery between midday and 5pm.

February 7 will mark the Filthy Vegan's first birthday which will be celebrated with a special offer of 25 per cent off the total bill and a Valentine's Day vegan speed dating event called No Meat? Let's Meet is taking place on February 14 - sparked by a customer at the Christmas market who asked where he could meet vegan singletons.

Twenty per cent of the £10 tickets (including food and drink) have already been snapped up with more than two weeks to go.

The Filthy Vegan Takeout 'restaurant' is open Monday to Friday 5pm to 9pm and from 6pm until late on Saturdays.