{"id":11809,"date":"2014-12-23T09:32:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T17:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=11809"},"modified":"2014-12-23T09:32:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T17:32:51","slug":"meatless-in-sarasota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/meatless-in-sarasota\/","title":{"rendered":"Meatless In Sarasota"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Welcome-to-Florida-Credit-DonkeyHotey-cc-by-2.0.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Welcome-to-Florida-Credit-DonkeyHotey-cc-by-2.0-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome to Florida Credit DonkeyHotey cc by 2.0\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Welcome-to-Florida-Credit-DonkeyHotey-cc-by-2.0-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Welcome-to-Florida-Credit-DonkeyHotey-cc-by-2.0.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/story\/news\/local\/2014\/10\/06\/meat-off-menu-today-in-sarasota-schools\/16795161\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Sarasota County schools now observe &#8220;Meatless Mondays,&#8221;<\/a> making Sarasota the first city in Florida to serve all-vegetarian meals once a week. Instead of mystery meat, the schools are serving kid-friendly, meat-free meals, such as hummus and vegetable subs, spaghetti, and taco salads. While the food chief for Sarasota County Public Schools acknowledges that the Meatless Mondays program is a good approach to get kids thinking about ways to fight obesity and other health problems, it was the students who were pushing for more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-food\/meat-wastes-natural-resources\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">meat-free<\/a> meals.<\/p>\n<p>The Meatless Mondays initiative is a great start and will hopefully inspire more and more students to eat meat-free meals throughout the week. The Sarasota area is very vegan-friendly; even some of the pizza and burger joints on the Suncoast offer <a href=\"http:\/\/features.peta.org\/how-to-go-vegan\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">vegan <\/a>options.<\/p>\n<p>Kids and adults alike love pizza, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pizzasrq.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Pizza SRQ<\/a> offers a vegan pizza with gooey nondairy cheese, as does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ricospizzatogo.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Rico&#8217;s Pizzeria<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/vertoris-pizza-house-bradenton-29169\"  target=\"_blank\">Vertoris Pizza House<\/a> not only offers pizza and pasta that are made with Daiya dairy-free cheese but it also has vegan breadsticks, potato skins, soups, salads, and a variety of other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vertorispizza.com\/pdf\/vegan%20menu.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">vegan menu<\/a> items. And both Pizza SRQ and Vertoris also offer gluten-free crusts for people with gluten sensitivities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.square1burgers.com\/menu\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Square 1 Burgers &amp; Bar<\/a>, a burger place with eight locations in Florida, including two in the Sarasota area, offers a Very Vegan Veggie Burger, which is served on a whole-wheat bun and topped with lettuce, tomato, avocado, and sun-dried tomato and artichoke hummus. And while you might not expect to find many vegan options at a place called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/mr-bones-bbq-holmes-beach-29250\"  target=\"_blank\">Mr. Bones BBQ<\/a>\u2014which is located near Holmes Beach\u2014the rib joint has a whole vegan menu, which includes potato leek soup, Thai sesame peanut noodles, General Moe&#8217;s watercress, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes Beach happens to be the home of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialpeta\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">PETA&#8217;s<\/a> 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/prime.peta.org\/sexiest-vegan-over-50-contest\/winners\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Sexiest Vegan Over 50<\/a> contest winner Ellen Jaffe Jones. Ellen shares her love of vegan food by teaching cooking classes and writing books about vegan eating. With such passionate, inspiring vegans in the area, it&#8217;s easy to see why so many restaurants\u2014even ones that tend to cater more toward meat-eaters\u2014are now offering plant-based options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Greetings-from-Sarasota-Credit-Boston-Public-Library-cc-by-2.0.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Greetings-from-Sarasota-Credit-Boston-Public-Library-cc-by-2.0-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"Greetings from Sarasota Credit Boston Public Library cc by 2.0\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Greetings-from-Sarasota-Credit-Boston-Public-Library-cc-by-2.0-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Greetings-from-Sarasota-Credit-Boston-Public-Library-cc-by-2.0.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/sage-biscuit-cafe-bradenton-36605\"  target=\"_blank\">Sage Biscuit Caf\u00e9<\/a> in nearby Bradenton calls its menu &#8220;naughty and nice&#8221; because it has lots of &#8220;nice&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-food\/factory-farming\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">vegan<\/a> options in addition to meaty meals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/taste-of-asia-sarasota-19345\"  target=\"_blank\">Taste of Asia<\/a> in Sarasota has an entire vegan menu that&#8217;s full of delicious Thai, Laotian, and Vietnamese dishes, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/tandoor-sarasota-33907\"  target=\"_blank\">Tandoor Fine Indian Cuisine<\/a> marks its many vegan dishes with a leaf so that diners can easily distinguish between vegetarian and vegan options. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/shore-diner-sarasota-46133\"  target=\"_blank\">Shore Diner<\/a>\u2014located in the touristy <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.starmandscircleassoc.com\/\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">St. Armands Circle<\/a>\u2014is far from a vegetarian restaurant, but it, too, offers several vegan options, including a kale &#8220;Caesar&#8221; salad, a black bean burger, and a vegan tempeh scramble.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are plenty of more obvious places to find tasty vegan fare in Sarasota. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/veg-sarasota-20756\"  target=\"_blank\">Veg<\/a>, for instance, has an extensive selection of vegan options, as does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/smell-the-bread-sarasota-38224\"  target=\"_blank\">Smell the Bread<\/a>, a natural foods kitchen with an all-vegan bakery. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/beauty-of-sprouts-sarasota-46509\"  target=\"_blank\">Beauty of Sprouts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/ionie-sarasota-35372\"  target=\"_blank\">Ionie Healing Center &amp; Raw Food Cafe<\/a> serve raw, gluten-free vegan food. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/simons-coffee-house-sarasota-11787\"  target=\"_blank\">Simon&#8217;s Coffee House<\/a>, another local favorite, offers raw lasagna, along with vegan soups, sandwiches, smoothies, and desserts\u2014including vegan chocolate cake and vegan fudge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/cafe-evergreen-nokomis-45031\"  target=\"_blank\">Caf\u00e9 Evergreen<\/a>, in nearby Nokomis, also offers raw vegan dishes, as well as smoothies, salads, soups, and sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>And like many other cities, Sarasota also has several vegan-friendly chain restaurants, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chipotle.com\/en-US\/menu\/special_diet_information\/special_diet_information.aspx\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Chipotle<\/a>, which has vegan sofritas;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalsmoothiecafe.com\/fresh-food\/vegetarian-food\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Tropical Smoothie Caf\u00e9<\/a>, which offers Beyond Meat; and <a href=\"http:\/\/tcby.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">TCBY<\/a>, which sells Silk vegan frozen yogurt. Of course, that&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg. You can find vegetarian and vegan fare just about everywhere in Sarasota\u2014in the schools, in the restaurants, and even in the spring training <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stadiumjourney.com\/stadiums\/ed-smith-stadium-s880\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">stadium<\/a>. Hopefully, now that more young people are realizing that there is plenty to eat if you don\u2019t eat meat, plant-based options will continue to sprout up around Sarasota.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Florida pic \u2013 Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/donkeyhotey\/6767979825\/sizes\/m\/in\/photolist-bj4EBk-oE1kZd-9ENwGx-bURKT7-oV8iJb-9UPGxx-e4cKc1-aszvKJ-ei3mzv-dv8PuT-aR5Ki4-8vE2zU-8cTMXf-9urhxv-ebUvv8-96AS2q-nksNMq-caB5EC-nAyZ1V-e6nDdu-cRigj7-egQQwk-fCj2dU-neqih8-n6VphS-n6Tppa-\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">DonkeyHotey<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">cc by 2.0<\/a>;\u00a0Greetings from Sarasota pic \u2013 Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24029425@N06\/8071407002\/in\/photolist-dif56G\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Boston Public Library<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">cc by 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarasota County schools now observe &#8220;Meatless Mondays,&#8221; making Sarasota the first city in Florida to serve all-vegetarian meals once a week. Instead of mystery meat, the schools are serving kid-friendly, meat-free meals, such as hummus and vegetable subs, spaghetti, and taco salads. While the food chief for Sarasota County Public Schools acknowledges that the Meatless Mondays program is a good approach to get kids thinking about ways to fight obesity and other health problems, it was the students who were pushing for more\u00a0meat-free meals. The Meatless Mondays initiative is a great start and will hopefully inspire more and more students to eat meat-free meals throughout the week. The Sarasota area is very vegan-friendly; even some of the pizza and burger joints on the Suncoast offer vegan options. Kids and adults alike love pizza, and Pizza SRQ offers a vegan pizza with gooey nondairy cheese, as does Rico&#8217;s Pizzeria. Vertoris Pizza House not only offers pizza and pasta that are made with Daiya dairy-free cheese but it also has vegan breadsticks, potato skins, soups, salads, and a variety of other vegan menu items. And both Pizza SRQ and Vertoris also offer gluten-free crusts for people with gluten sensitivities. 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