This 100% vegetarian fast-food chain is ready to take on McDonald's and take over America

Fast food is a guilty pleasure many Americans find impossible to avoid. But Amy's Drive Thru is a first-of-its-kind restaurant serving up organic, local, vegetarian, and non-GMO fare - and it's ready to take over the US.

Amy's Drive Thru is aiming to become America's first vegetarian national fast-food chain, competing with giants like McDonald's and KFC, Fast Company reported.

Two years after the company opened its first location in Rohnert Park, California, business is booming. According to Fast Company, six new Northern California locations are currently in the works. 

Amy's has been an established food brand for over 27 years, stocking sections of Whole Foods and other grocery stores.

"Over the years we felt we've been part of changing frozen food," Operations Director Paul Schiefer told Tech Insider in 2016. "And we had customers and partners saying, 'Hey I wonder if you can do the same thing for fast food.'"

Last year, we decided to visit Amy's Drive Thru's pioneer restaurant, located just an hour drive north of San Francisco, to see for ourselves how the meatless fare stacks up to established fast-food eateries.

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