Veggie Happy keeps an updated list of veggie options in baseball stadiums (as well as other types of stadiums). For example, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles is now offering a Tempeh Basebowl and Tempeh Nachos with vegan cheese. Target Field in Minneapolis offers Vegan Sriracha Brat, Vegan Italian Sausage, Vegan Tofu Vindaloo, and more. Wrigley Field in Boston sells Spicy Tofu Tacos with Napa Slaw and Lime Crema and a Roasted Cauliflower Sandwich with red pepper pesto and chickpea spread.
Photo of a vegan chicken salad with a Chinese twist from Modern Shaman
The Vegetarian Resource Group maintains an online Guide to
Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurants in the USA and Canada. Below are some recent
additions. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.vrg.org/restaurant/index.php
To support the updating of this online restaurant guide, please donate at: www.vrg.org/donate
Here are some new additions to VRG’s
guide:
Aloha Joy Foods
1279 S. Kihei Rd.
Kihei, HI 96753
Aloha Joy Foods in South Maui shows
how vegan food from a variety of cuisines can be absolutely delicious! They are
a 100% plant based food truck located right behind the Azeka Mauka Mall. Many
of their dishes use vegan meats such as bacon, chicken, and pulled pork served
in sandwiches, wraps, bowls, and tacos. Their deserts are also vegan and made
from scratch. Their best-selling crème brûlée is a must-try!
Atelier Plant Based
1450 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste. 1014
Honolulu, HI 96826
Authentic and creative plant-based
deli located inside the health and wellness store at the Ala Moana Center. This
deli offers many great options from superfood packed smoothies, Buddha bowls,
kombucha, coffee, and latte, to nice cream. All orders are made from scratch.
Buddhablends Vegan Kitchen & Food
Truck
17979 San Carlos Blvd.
Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931
Mobile food truck operating in a
co-op store front with Kava Culture. Specializing in smoothie bowls and vegan
bar-bite-style food. Menu offers a variety of specialty toast, walnut tacos and
a fresh bowls. Energy is focused on creating high quality dishes using the most
sustainable practices possible. With a moto of wanting customers to feel at
home in their presence, come for the food and stay for the atmosphere, it
sounds like you shouldn’t pass this food truck/café up if in Fort Myers Beach!
Donut Friend
5107 York Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90065
and
543 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Donut Friend is an all vegan donut
bakery with two locations in Los Angeles. Their most popular donut is the
Strawberrylab: a donut filled with strawberries and whipped cream, topped with
chocolate glaze. The recipes and naming of the donuts are nothing short of
creative (Green Teagen and Sara or Bacon 182, anyone?). If nothing suits your
style on the fixed menu, you can make your own. Pick your donut base, glaze,
and toppings for a unique and delicious donut!
Green Soma Vegan Café
626 S. Central Ave.
Hapeville, GA 30354
With a daily rotating menu, there’s
always something new to try at Green Soma Vegan Café. Wonderful vegan takes on classic southern
comfort food options are always available, including Smokehouse Burgers and
Fried Jackfruit. The customer service is always stellar, and the employees are
happy to assist customers in creating the best meal possible!
Hinterhof Beer Garden
4939 York Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90042
Hinterhof is an all-vegan German beer
garden and eatery with authentic dishes and imports on draft. They serve
classic German dishes include Wienerschnitzel and Bratwurst made from house
made vegan seitan. Beer choices abound at this Highland Park eatery!
Reservations are recommended for the weekends. Guten Appetit!
House of Flavor
911 Broadway
Bayonne, NJ 07002
House of Flavor is a vegan café that
incorporates Spanish and Caribbean classics into a diverse menu. Whether you
are in the mood for nachos, a salad, a savory entrée, or a classic smoothie,
House of Flavor has something for everyone.
Modern Shaman Kitchen
6744 Greenleaf Ave.
Whittier, CA 90601
Modern Shaman Kitchen’s owners
traveled to South America and were inspired by an Andean community of
indigenous Q’ero people who taught about the healing properties of food pulled
from earth. They apply this interesting teaching by serving plant based meals,
which are made from sustainable and locally sourced ingredients. Enjoy their
large variety of menu options, including the famous impossible burger,
jackfruit nah-chos, and more! For vegans of age, enjoy their assortment of
vegan/organic beers and wines.
Monty’s Good Burger
516 S. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90020
and
3605 Market St.
Riverside, CA 92501
Monty’s is a fully vegan burger joint
that is perfect for the whole family. It’s a classic American burger spot that
offers delicious vegan burgers and shakes, along with French fries and tater
tots.
Plant Based Pizzeria
730 Barnett St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
At Plant Based Pizzeria, there is a
variety of different specialty pizzas that take influences from classics, such
as the vegan meat lovers, and some that are unique, such as the Georgia Peach.
Calzones and veggie burgers are also offered, so there really is something for
everyone!
-Article shared about a kindergarten class going vegan and
how families reacted
– Info on VRG’s essay contest for kids
-Request for a recipe to make a thin vegan pizza crust
Plus more!
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with any veggie families that you know! Thanks.
I am
currently a senior and have been vegetarian and now vegan throughout my entire
career at Loyola University of Maryland. Being vegan on campus has been very
difficult to navigate, but do not fret if you are vegan or vegetarian at Loyola
because I have outlined all of the items that are easily accessible and veg-friendly!
Cold Spring Sushi is an Asian cuisine take-out style vendor located near the
Starbucks common area in the Andrew White Student center. Similarly, Taqueria
is a Mexican-style food vendor located outside of the main dining halls within
the student center. Loyola’s Starbucks is located between Cold Spring Sushi and
Taqueria, offering a wide variety of drink and food options for all people with
dietary restrictions. Our Starbucks is very popular, which at one point was the
most profitable Starbucks in all of Maryland! Loyola students go to Starbucks
to do their homework hyped up on a refreshing and typically caffeinated drink
to get them through the extensive work ahead of them. From my experiences of
asking the workers, dining management, and researching the food ingredients,
the following items are available to vegetarians, but particularly vegans on
campus!
Cold Spring Sushi: Open Monday- Thursday 11am-7pm,
Friday 11am-4pm
Cold
Spring Sushi offers a vegan appetizer—edamame. For sushi options, Cold Spring
sushi offers a vegetable roll (v) and sweet potato roll (vg), which can be made
vegan if you ask the servers to make a fresh sweet potato roll without the
spicy mayo on top. The same can be said for their delicious vegetarian poke
bowl. The poke bowl is a filling and delicious meal to have! The bowl is
layered with rice, seaweed salad, carrots, lettuce, fresh edamame, ginger,
wasabi, and siracha mayo, which again can be requested to leave out the mayo in
order to make the dish vegan!
Taqueria
offers up a wide selection of veg options for students and faculty. You have
the choice of creating a bowl, burrito or tacos. Although the pinto beans are prepared
in pig fat, students have the option of choosing black beans and their
vegetarian medley, which is fully vegan. They used to offer tofu, but they recently
took it off of their menu. For toppings, Taqueria offers, shredded romaine lettuce,
pico de gallo, salsa, sautéed peppers and onions, black bean and corn salsa,
jalapeños, and avocado. For an added cost, you can order a side of: cilantro
lime rice, brown rice, black beans, chips and salsa, or chips and guacamole.
Fortunately,
it is easy to make many of Starbucks drinks non-dairy! They offer traditional
milk substitutes, such as almond milk, soy milk, and coconut milk. Whenever you
are ordering, always specify that you do not want whipped cream, because
sometimes the server will not ask and just assume that you want the whipped
cream, which is not vegan. The following items are what Starbucks and its
workers say are vegan.
Non-dairy Syrups: The non-dairy syrups offered at
Starbuck include, Caramel flavored syrup/ Sugar Free Caramel (NOT the
dairy-based caramel drizzle), Toffee Nut syrup, mocha syrup, Vanilla/ Sugar
Free Vanilla, Hazelnut /Sugar Free Hazelnut, Almond, Macadamia, and
Gingerbread.
Holiday Featured Drinks: Oftentimes, their featured holiday
drinks can be easily made vegan, or at least one of the options are already
vegan. My personal favorite is the Chestnut Praline Latte with coconut milk
without the added whipped cream topping. Other options include, Toffee Coconut
Hot Chocolate (you can make this by ordering a classic Hot Chocolate made with
coconut milk with added pumps of toffee nut syrup), Holiday Spice Flat White,
Cinnamon Latte, Peppermint Mocha, Apple Cider, and Gingerbread Latte.
Refreshers: Strawberry Açai (add coconut milk
to make it creamy!), Very Berry Hibiscus, Pink Drink, and Mango Dragonfruit.
Vegan or Available as Vegan
Starbucks Drinks and Coffees:
Café Americano, Latte, Mocha Frappuccino, Café Misto (nix the dairy-based
milk), Cappuccino, Hazelnut Latte, Green Tea Crème Frappuccino (minus the
whipped cream), Green Tea Latte, Peppermint Mocha Latte, Vanilla Latte, Chocolate
and Strawberry Smoothie (if you nix the regular protein powder and substitute
their Almond or Cacao protein powder), Strawberries and Crème Frappuccino (no
whipped cream), Teavana Iced Oprah Cinnamon Chai Tea Latte, Classic Hot
Chocolate (made with mocha syrup instead of real chocolate, but again nix the
whipped cream), Latte Macchiato, Caramel Frappuccino, Caramel Macchiato, London
Fog Latte, Flat White, Java Chip Frappuccino (minus the Java chips).
Always
make sure to add one of the vegan milk substitutes, which are listed above, but
you have to specify to the server the type of milk that you would like or else
these drinks will not be vegan. The rule of thumb for ordering drinks at
Starbucks is always assume that the drinks need to be substituted with a
non-dairy milk alternative and to specify no whipped cream.
Vegan Foods: Classic Oatmeal (which comes with mixed
fruit, mixed nuts, and brown sugar (I am not positive if their sugar is vegan
so to be safe ask for the oatmeal without the brown sugar), Emmy’s coconut
cookies, Hippeas snacks, Barbeque potato chips, avocado spread, sprouted grain
bagel, and their plain bagel.
The
contents of this posting, our website, and our other publications, including
Vegetarian Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice.
Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We
often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It
is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have
different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgment about
whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or
confirmation on your own
Here’s a list of the some of the vegan companies we recently added to The Vegetarian Resource Group’s Vegan Guide to Leather Alternatives:
Arsayo
Website: arsayo.com
French company offering a unisex backpack in three colors.
Jeane & Jax
(514) 875-5225
Email: [email protected]
Website: jeaneandjax.com
Located in Montreal, Quebec Canada they offer wallets and a wide variety of bags for men and women.
JuJu
Website: thejujustudio.com
Company offering unique hand-embroidered shoes from India.
K. Carroll
2285 N. Opdyke Road, Ste. C, Auburn Hills, MI 48326; (248) 364-2740
Website: k-carroll.com
Find handbags, wallets, and accessories such as cell phone cases and passport covers.
When we explored the plant milks
aisle and refrigerator case, we found milks based on rice, oats, and a blend of
rice and quinoa. Compared to 6 years ago, there were more oat milk products (12
now, 2 then) and about the same number of rice milks. A new addition was pea
protein-based plant milks.
Rice milks have 70-160 calories in
an 8-ounce serving. In comparison, oat milks have 90-150 calories per serving,
and pea protein-based milks range between 70 and 160 calories per serving.
Generally pea protein-based milk is the highest in protein with 8 or 10 grams
in 8 ounces; oat milk supplies 2-4 grams of protein per serving while rice milk
has a gram or less of protein in a serving.
Many of the milks we looked at have
vitamin D, calcium, and vitamin B12 added although some products are not
enriched and not all contain all three of these nutrients. If you’re relying on
plant milks as sources of calcium, vitamin B12, or vitamin D, be sure to check
the product label.
We’re sure many of you have seen all the different varieties
of vegan milks available in stores today. The Vegetarian Resource Group has
been comparing vegan milks for many years and recently began updating our
comparative charts. The first category we examined is soy milks. The chart
reports nutritional information for a 1 cup (8-ounce serving) including
calories, protein, fat, sodium, calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12. We also
list the type of sweetener if used and whether or not the package or company’s
website mentions if the soy milk is vegan, gluten-free, and/or organic.
If you’re in the mood for creative vegan Chinese food, then
Mr. Chan restaurant in Pikesville, Maryland is a good place to visit. They
offer veggie sushi, vegan soups, main dishes featuring yuba, tempeh, tofu, and
seitan, as well as many vegetable and noodle options.
We recently sampled their vegan hot and sour soup, pan-fried
yuba and green beans with black bean sauce, and tofu with spinach. They serve
large portions and the food is delicious.
Vance Lehmkuhl is a vegan journalist and in the latest issue
of Vegetarian Journal he shares an article he wrote on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s
centuries of vegetarian activism. Learn about Benjamin Lay, Benjamin Franklin,
The Bible Christians, Sylvester Graham, Bronson and Louisa May Alcott, Angelina
and Sarah Grimke, and The American Vegetarian Society.
We had the opportunity to enjoy brunch for the second time
in two years at Sacred Chow in the Greenwich Village section of New York City,
New York. The food and service at this cozy vegan café is spectacular.
We dined on vegan Belgian waffles with fruit on top and their
Soy Buttermilk Biscuit Po’ Boy dish
consisting of tofu scramble, seitan medallions, steamed collards, coconut white
gravy, and home fries along with a biscuit. They also offer non-breakfast items
during their brunch including salads, soups, tapas, bowls, Paninis, and
burgers.
Sacred Chow is open Tuesday through Sunday for brunch and
dinner. They can be busy, so you may want to make a reservation. For more
information, see: https://sacredchow.com/
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