Sarma Melngailis, Netflix’s “Bad Vegan,” Stares Down Her Past—And Future

“When people send me messages saying, ‘I miss the Mallomar so much,’ every time it’s heartwarming, and I genuinely appreciate [them] saying that, but now I’m going to go cry,” Sarma Melngailis, the former owner of the celebrity-studded Manhattan vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine, said recently. “It’s a painful reminder.” It has been nearly six years since Melngailis was arrested after a bizarre series of events that led to her bilking investors, stiffing employees, and moving millions out of her Gramercy temple to clean eating to Anthony Strangis, a man she met on social media and eventually married, who,… Read Full Article