Drop Squad Kitchen

Wilmington, United States

4.6

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20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards
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Telephone:
+1 302-984-2773
Website:
dropsquadkitchen.com
Address:
928 Justison St, Wilmington, DE, 19801
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.8 miWilmington
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
Yes
Good For
Lunch
Parking
Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
No
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
No
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Wilmington) 12:51 Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Description

Specialties

fresh, vegan, soul — food.

History

Established in 2012.

Molly’s Ice Cream is Riverfront Wilmington’s best kept secret. This gem is situated at the Shipyard Shops overlooking the Christina River, and is a family owned and operated old fashioned ice cream shop. Molly’s has been serving premium Asher’s Chocolates and Jack and Jill’s Premium Ice Cream Parlor Ice Cream since 1985. Molly’s however had very little to offer to eat for more health conscious people other than excellent customer service and that mom and pop atmosphere.

The owner and founder of Abundance Child (vegetarian/​vegan since 1993), Maxine L’Abbee has been overcoming diabetes and has already been offering sugar free alternatives. She allowed her daughter, Abundance and her squad to drop in and un-​apologetically create some healthier alternatives. Drop Squad Kitchen officially started incubating in May of 2012 and now has it’s own separate exclusively vegan menu available 6 days a week. Drop Squad KiTchen is Delaware’s only exclusively vegetarian/​vegan restaurant.

Meet the Business Owner

Abundance Child C.

Business Owner

We do our best to be as healthy as possible avoiding fast and fried foods, drinking plenty of water and exercising… Right?

Well it’s hard! Sometimes you just need someone to hold your hand through the process or at least prepare some unapologetically healthy meals for you. That is exactly what Chief Food Scientist, AC, has been doing on the private side for over 17 years.

She was trained early in the soul food kitchen of her grandmother. She got her first degree in vegetarian meal planning and preparation with the birth of her first child, and spent a year in training with raw food chef Tassili Maat of «Tassili’s Raw Food Reality».

She has now taken her experience worldwide via weekly podcasts on blogtalk radio and live via a storefront incubation on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware where she offers cooking classes and a light vegan menu and high hopes of expanding to dinner and weekends!

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20 reviews of Drop Squad Kitchen

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Place rating: 5
Springfield, VA
This place is great. Ambience is very relaxing and cozy. They have a bookshelf with books and games for customers to play. I’ve tried the Real Wrap in the nori, mac n cheeze„ chickun noodle ramen, la sagena, vegan chocolate ice cream, and s’mores cupcake. La sagena which is a triple layer lasagna was the best! The ramen noodle was not really what I expected taste-​wise. Everything else was on point. Service is always great.
GPS took me to front of Planet Fitness. It’s actually behind it, facing the water. I feel like a bigger sign would help out front.
I would love if they had organic options.
Place rating: 5
Athens, GA
LOVED this food! And I’m not a vegetarian. Fresh, super flavor. The UNchicken wrap was delicious!
Place rating: 5
Chesterbrook, PA
What an amazing find! I thought I had no hope of finding any place I could eat out in the Wilmington area, until I stumbled upon Drop Squad Kitchen! I have a lot of food intolerances and allergies, and the DSK staff worked with me to prepare a custom salad and dressing, made all with ingredients I could eat. They prepared my food separately from all other items in the kitchen, so there was no cross-​contamination. I was so impressed by the care and time they took to help me. I brought a few of my co-​workers with me the first time I visited DSK, and everyone loved their food as well, and couldn’t believe how delicious vegan food can be! I’ve been back a second time and tried two of their smoothies, which were both excellent. If you want fresh, healthy and delicious food, I highly recommend DSK.
Place rating: 5
Wilmington, DE
This food is amazing. The V-​steak is out of this world and well worth a trip here! They had a sage walnut «sausage» lasagna that I wish I could replicate at home, and the mac and cheese is great too. Also, wonderful vegan desserts. A vegan dream come true in Wilmington. They are super friendly and accommodating! Can’t wait to go back and try more things on their menu.
Place rating: 4
Bear, DE
I have been wanting to go here for so long and it did not disappoint!
It was like Mecca for vegans!
There is only one downfall as I see it in that there is limited seating inside. This was a rainy day so inside was the only option unless I wanted to take it home. There was one table available, thankfully!
We ordered drinks… the Citrine and the Mojito Green (non alcoholic) and they were refreshing and wonderful.
For our food we ordered The Real Wrap and The American Burger. Delicious!
The thing is it takes a while to get the food because it’s all made fresh to order so enjoy your outing and be patient.
I need to back a lot more times so I can try all the menu items.
They also have a baked goods counter with vegan cupcakes. Lots of choices.
Place rating: 5
Wilmington, DE
Nice quaint place to get some work done on your tablet or laptop. Nice view of the river and oh by the way, the food is great. I love the concept of meat-​like meatless meals. It’s so cool and was quite divine of an experience. The staff is super pleasant!
I got the dairy free mac and cheese, a wrap and the potatoes. All were good. I can’t wait to try some of the other dishes. I really can’t wait to bring my friend here who is visiting this week from DC and who has probably never had mac and cheese before due to her severe dairy allergy.
Overall, I am really impressed. In fact, I’m on my way there now and tomorrow, and probably the next few days thereafter. Hahaha.
Place rating: 5
Somerville, MA
What a hidden gem! More like an oasis!
Visited family in the area and came from Boston, assuming there was not much locally to eat but boy, we were wrong!
The hibiscus lemonade and mojito were delicious. The V-​Steak was amazesauce if you like or liked philly steak and cheese. The tacos, ice cream, gosh EVERYTHING was great!
Plus the vibe and atmosphere — Go Dropsquad Kitchen!!!
Place rating: 5
Asbury Park, NJ
The V-​Steak was amaaazing! I’ve been a vegetarian since I was pretty small and never thought I’d have the chance to eat a cheesesteak, but the V-​Steak was so close to what I imagined that I now feel content. And the service was VERY personable. Definitely a jewel in Wilmington.
Place rating: 5
Philadelphia, PA
What a find! Everything was delicious. I got the hibiscus/​lemonade mix drink, ribs, lasagne and v-​steak on a kale salad.
Place rating: 2
Douglasville, GA
The food is fine but the portions are super small. Our salad was unusually small and at that price point, I’m afraid that it just wasn’t price competitive with other restaurants in the area. The Mac and cheese was excellent though so I would guess that if you avoid the salads, it’s probably an okay place to grab lunch.
Again, if the portion size was normal, I would have given 4 or 5 stars.
Place rating: 1
Chicago, IL
They said green juice but it’s not a juice. They do not use a juicer. They use a blender and strain the juice. Lots of bulb. I would not recommend ordering a juice from here.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Amazing vegan food on the riverfront. Along with vegan shakes and smoothies to boot. I always get their V Steak and it has never disappointed.
Very cheerful folks at the counter who you can have an actual conversation with :-).
Place rating: 5
Philadelphia, PA
So freakin’ good! I got the Marley salad that is a jerk ChichUn over a bed of kale with red bell peppers, tomatoes, slices of avocado and mango… and a wonderful vinaigrette dressing. Refreshing and wonderful. Everything is made to order so it takes a bit of time to put the love in that food… but it is well worth the wait.
Place rating: 5
Wilmington, DE
Vegan in Wilmington?! Yes please! I’ve been here only twice but I shall strive to be a regular. My first visit included a mean green shake and salad, both of which were absolutely delicious.
Today I decided to go ham (no pigs harmed) and ordered a crap ton of food… and go.
The DSK DELUXE. All caps necessary! Hot damn… these housemade chik’n patties need to be sold in stores to insure a surge in the vegan population! This thing is legit, dare I say better than any real meat chicken sand I’ve had since ’81?!
Moving on, v-​steak. Good choice, not quite dsk deluxe caliber, but tasty and full of cheesy goodness. Grilled peps and onions, yum. The Deity and Raw Earth salads are both superb. Light and full of flavor, these kale based salads had such fresh and beautiful veggies that were surprisingly full of flavor.
I HAD to order a side of Mac & Cheese. Did it come out in its very own baby crock? Of course it did! Enjoyable, especially for a non dairy dish.
DSK is an ethical, family owned restaurant, with employees who are incredibly informative and the place oozes with positive energy! Thanks for existing Drop Squad, I’d like to sign my lease say next week?
Place rating: 5
Hallandale Beach, FL
Excellent food! Fast service and friendly service. We ate our food here and it was a warm inviting and cozy shop. We had a difficult time finding it because it’s on the waterfront side so obviously no parking in front lol but it’s inside Molly’s Icecream shop and next to Timothy’s. We had the hibiscus red iced tea so yummy, the real wrap omg so fresh tasting and the dsk deluxe a yummy chicken burger without the meat! And the Mac n cheese will have you asking «is this vegan» yup that good! Definitely check it out we will definitely be back!
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
We were on tour and finding good food for a bunch of vegans who deeply care about what they put in their body? It’s tough, but this was such a dope find.
SO good. You have to try the kale salad.
Their iced teas are also on point.
Everyone who worked there was super kind and had great vibes.
Keeping this one in my memory forever.
Place rating: 5
Wilmington, DE
Every time I come here it gets better. I’ve tried a few of their soul food Saturday’s since my last review and have really enjoyed them. Wish some items were permanently on the menu. Good people, good food. it’s a great take on vegan food that is friendly to those who’ve never tried vegan food.
Place rating: 5
New York, NY
Impossible to find: It’s actually Molly’s Ice Cream Parlor, but they have a menu for real food called Drop Squad Kitchen. They explained that they were «in transition». It is located in the same building as Planet Fitness, but on the side facing away from the parking lot.
I was skeptical about the lasagna, being vegan and gluten free and all. But he said it was phenomenal and it was. Super delicious. Best I’ve ever had. Loved it so much I went back and tried the V-​Steak sandwich, which was very tasty, even though it wasn’t as good as the lasagna, and was nothing like a cheesesteak. The server was very helpful, honestly telling me what not to get, which I really appreciated.
Place rating: 5
Sicklerville, NJ
The food is absolutely amazing!!! So we came out here on a rainy Saturday afternoon to check out drop squad kitchen… the restaurant is located inside a ice cream shop. the owner is so nice and friendly with the customers. we had a chickum ceasar wrap and it came with sweet potato fries. it was absolutely delicious. .
Please support this place cause you won’ t be disappointed!
Place rating: 5
New York, NY
Just a quick stop for food as we continued onto NJ and what a gem of a find! It wasn’t exactly easy to find, even more grateful that we did because it’s just soooo good!
We were greeted by a very friendly woman who took our order and was able to recommend the most popular dishes: the Amexex Burger and the V-​Steak sandwich. We also ordered the God smoothie which was such a great balance of flavors.
The star of the show was the V-​steak sandwich which was so delicious, I think it will haunt my dreams. Being vegan is easy when you find incredible places like this. Plus we got to briefly meet the chef who was so welcoming. Makes us wish we lived closer.