Archive for March, 2009

This Saturday: Help Update Worcester’s Vegetarian Dining Guide

Last Spring we published the 2008 Guide to Vegetarian Dining in Worcester. It was a huge success. We distributed around 3,000 copies in Worcester.
Now it’s time to create the 2009 edition. We need to update it and add new places like Belmont Veg that opened since Spring 2008. So VegWorcester is putting together a committee [...]

March 26, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Activism, Events, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Victory: BOCA Goes Egg-free

A couple weeks ago I posted an article here about BOCA considering going egg-free. Well, yesterday the company announced that they are making the compassionate decision and phasing out all egg ingredients by the end of 2009.
This comes after only two weeks of activists and consumers making phone calls, sending emails and writing letters to [...]

March 21, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, Misc, News  3 Comments

Heather Mills Buys Out Quaint Fish & Chips Restaurant, Makes it Vegan

Celebrity (and vegan) Heather Mills recently purchased a sea-side fish and chips joint located in the UK and plans to reopen it as an all-vegan cafe. She used to eat there with her ex-husband, Paul McCartney. They always wished that the quaint restaurant would have more vegan options. “They’d have veggie breakfasts and soya milk [...]

March 18, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Nancy Chang, News, Restaurants & Businesses  One Comment

Buddha Hut Gets a Website

Buddha Hut, Worcester’s all-vegan East Asian restaurant, now has a website with their full menu and hours. Here it is: bostonbuddhahut.com
From their new site:
We only use 100% natural, vegetarian and vegan ingredients in all of our dishes. Our food is cholesterol free, contains no saturated fat, is low in sodium and suitable for all. Everything [...]

March 12, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Restaurants & Businesses  2 Comments

Vegan Artist Opens Show at Dark World Gallery

This past weekend Morgan Freeman opened his art show at Dark World Gallery at 179 Grafton Street, Worcester (map). Often depicting some kind of suffering or pain in his art, Morgan believes that his paintings and his veganism are connected. Every month the tattoo shop features the work of a new artist. Morgan’s show opened [...]

March 10, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

Free Vegan Cupcakes Today at Dark World Art Gallery

Today at the Dark World Gallery Morgan Freeman’s art work will be on display. Go there for the opening tonight at 6pm and you can grab some free vegan cupcakes. Sweet!
From Dark World’s website:
Morgan Freeman Born January 25 1982, vegan.
These paintings are roughly based on the foundation of the ideas associated to, not related, with [...]

March 7, 2009   Posted in: Misc  One Comment

Awesome Photos from Worcester’s Vegan Bakery

Barely Legal Treats, Worcester’s only vegan bakery, now has a flickr photo page. And the photos look amazing. Barely Legal specializes in cupcakes, cookies and custom cakes. All the ingredients are vegan, organic, and fair trade so you can feel good about it. You can place an order by emailing barelylegaltreats -at- riseup.net or by [...]

March 7, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Nancy Chang Adds Vegan Menu

Nancy Chang’s now has a new vegan menu, complete with over 50 items. If you haven’t tried their mock-chicken yet, make some time this week to swing by. The restaurant is located at 372 Chandler Street, Worcester (map). Plus, you can pop down to The Q Cafe afterwards to pick up some tasty, fresh-baked vegan [...]

March 3, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: More Veg Options, Nancy Chang, Restaurants & Businesses  One Comment

Telegram & Gazette Takes On “Sea Kitten” Meme

This weekend George Barnestorming of the T&G published a weird, maybe-sarcastic/maybe-half-serious rant about the recent “Sea Kitten” meme. If you’re going to read it, I’m warning you it is pretty confusing. It reads like a Toni Morrison, stream-of-consciousness short story about what he ate for dinner.
In case you haven’t been following this Sea Kitten business, [...]

March 2, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc, News  No Comments