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Restaurateur Interview Series: Eric at Peace o’ Pie

Peace o’ Pie 487 Cambridge St (at N Beacon and N Brighton) Allston, Massachusetts 02134 617-787-9884 Owner: Eric Prescott Is this your first restaurant? Yes What has been your greatest professional success and your biggest setback? Greatest professional success so far was our big launch in 2009. Biggest setback was hiring a manager who was not a good fit for the position. What’s your favorite dish on the menu? I like them…

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Meatless Monday: Moroccan Chickpea Tagine from Cornucopia

Meatless Mondays

Today we have a wonderful recipe from Cornucopia in Dublin, Ireland. Now that colder weather is upon us this Moroccan Chickpea Tagine is just the thing to warm you up and keep you satisfied!  This is a classic North-African spiced casserole with slow-cooked vegetables and dried fruit, served up on a bed of aromatic bulgur wheat. Tagines are traditionally served with couscous, but in Cornucopia we often use bulgur wheat, as it is…

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City Spotlight: Orlando, Florida

Orlando is not a very big city but houses one of the largest tourist attractions in the United States, Walt Disney World. Visitors from all over the world meet here for fun in the sun, eating and other tourist-friendly activities. So it would make sense that Orlando has some really great vegetarian and vegan restaurants right? Here are some of the top-rated restaurants on HappyCow for Orlando, Florida. Photo by…

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Restaurateur Interview Series: Ann Gentry of Real Food Daily

Restaurant: Real Food Daily 414 N La Cienega Blvd (at Oakwood) West Hollywood, California 90048 514 Santa Monica Blvd (at 5th St) Santa Monica, California 90401 Owner: Ann Gentry Is this your first restaurant? Yes What has been your greatest professional success and your biggest setback? Its one and the same. In January 1994, only seven months after opening my first restaurant, first business, a serious earthquake struck Los Angeles. While nobody at RFD…

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Top Rated Restaurants in Small Towns

It’s a good time to be vegetarian or vegan! Even in small cities, new veg restaurants are popping up making it easier than ever to get a wholesome vegetarian meal. I wanted to recognize these small town restaurants that are going against the grain and taking chances in their communities to offer healthful food for everyone. As you can tell from our new Restaurateur Interview Series, opening a restaurant is…

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Restaurateur Interview Series: Deirdre and Tony of Cornucopia

Restaurant: Cornucopia Wholefood Vegetarian Restaurant 19 Wicklow Street Dublin, Ireland Owners: Deirdre McCafferty: Proprietor Tony Keogh: Head Chef Deirdre: Is this your first restaurant? Yes What have been your greatest professional success and your biggest setback? Our greatest professional success has been being open here on Wicklow Street, Dublin for 25 years – we are celebrating our 25th birthday this year. It is also the fact that we succeeded in acquiring the…

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Meatless Monday: Raw Thai Collard Wrap

Today’s Meatless Monday post comes from Peter Niculescu, Executive chef/co-owner of the Naked Sprout, Burlington first and only vegan and raw restaurant! The idea from the recipe actually came from another dish that we serve at The Naked Sprout. It’s a raw noodle dish that we call the Noodle-Tang. It has a thick creamy almond thai flavour to it with real tamarind paste and almond butter. The sauce is thick and creamy enough to…

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City Spotlight: Los Angeles – Top-Rated Ethnic Restaurants

As far as the United States is concerned I think Los Angeles has the most vegetarian and vegan restaurants by far. It’s also the home to many of the finest and diverse ethnic foods. They’ve got it all! Here are HappyCow’s top-rated ethnic restaurants in Los Angeles. Shojin 333 S Alameda St Unit 310 (at 3rd St, in Little Tokyo Square 3rd floor above supermarket) Los Angeles, California 90013 213-617-0305 For gourmet,…

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Great Vegan Restaurants: Sutra

As an honored new blogger for HappyCow.net, I am excited to blog about vegan restaurants around the country.  I travel every week and one of the first things I always do when I go to a new city is get on HappyCow to find out what the best vegan restaurants and grocery stores are in the town I am visiting! Today, I kick off my blog with my all-time favorite…

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Restaurateur Interview Series: T.K. at Veggie Grill

Restaurant: The Veggie Grill Many locations across Southern California Owner: T.K. Pillan, Co-Founder Is this your first restaurant? Yes, Veggie Grill was my first restaurant, but we’ve now opened seven. If no, what made you decide to open a vegetarian/vegan restaurant? I’ll answer this anyways. We started The Veggie Grill because we had a personal passion for (1) the need for delicious, wholesome, convenient food and (2) the opportunity to show people how…

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5 Top Rated Vegan Bakeries in the US

We’ve come a long way baby. We’ve got vegan restaurants in every major city in the US . Now vegan bakeries are popping up showcasing that desserts and treats can be made vegan and taste exactly the same and better than their unhealthy animal-filled counterparts. So if you ever need a cake or desserts for a party order from these top rated vegan bakeries and don’t tell anyone it’s vegan.…

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Top 6 Vegan Food Trailers or Trucks

  Food trailers are all the rage along with food trucks, which have been popular since the 50’s. From Portland to Los Angeles to Austin to Kansas City to Chicago, having a food truck or trailer is a great way for small business owners to get their delicious, inexpensive meals to the people without breaking their own bank. If you are a mobile food truck you have to be social…

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Top 6 Places to Take Dad For Father’s Day

There’s nothing like saying “I love you Dad” like taking your pops to a delicious, yet healthy vegetarian restaurant where you know he will be satisfied without the heart-clogging animal foods that he might usually eat. These top 6 places to take dad on Father’s Day feature restaurants that will fit the needs of any dad around. 1. Gracias Madre 2211 Mission St (at 18th St, in Mission District) San Francisco…

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