Archive for July, 2009
Buddha Hut Hosting Another All-you-can-eat Buffet Fundraiser: Saturday, August 15
Earlier this month, Buddha Hut held the first-ever buffet-fundraiser for VegWorcester (photos). It was such a huge success that they are going to do it again in August. Sweet! Mark your calendars: the next buffet will take place on Saturday, August 15 from noon – 7pm. It’s only $10 for the all-you-can-eat buffet and 10% [...]
July 27, 2009
Tags: Buddha Hut Monthly Buffet, buffet, east asian, fundraiser, good news Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Restaurants & Businesses 
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VegWorcester Meets Fireworks, Vegetarian Band from Detroit (Leafleting at the Palladium + DCU center)
On Saturday, a couple of VegWorcester volunteers handed out over 250 copies of our Spring 2009 vegetarian dining guide to Worcester at events downtown. We went down to the Four Year Strong show (Worcester hardcore band) and also gave out leaflets at the Danskin Expo. Fireworks at the Palladium Lots of the kids in line [...]
July 26, 2009
Tags: dcu center, music, photos, the palladium Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Activism, Belmont Veg, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Tortilla Sam's, Veg Advocacy No Comments
Best Asian Markets in Worcester?
There is a new Soy de Worcester in this week’s edition of Worcester Magazine! Soy de Worcester is WoMag’s monthly column about local veg dining and culture. The current article is a look at our city’s Asian markets: A Taste of Asia. It has four recommendations, each with a short description. Here’s the list: Binh [...]
July 25, 2009
Tags: east asian, Indian, mock meats, Soy de Worcester, Worcester Mag Posted in: Grocery Stores, Misc No Comments
Red Robin goes cage-free
Another fast food chain has agreed to only use eggs from facilities that do not use battery-cages. Cage-free factory farms are not exactly heaven for animals, but removing battery-cages from the equation is a major improvement. As the recent undercover investigation into New England’s largest egg farm demonstrated, forcing hens to live in barren wire [...]
July 23, 2009
Tags: battery cages, cage-free, eggs, Worcester Posted in: Animal Rights, More Veg Options, News, Veg Advocacy No Comments
Reminder: VegWorcester general meeting this Thursday
Don’t forget about VegWorcester’s July General meeting. There should be some new people coming out this month. Come to 49 Cedar Street, Worcester at 6pm this Thursday, July 23. Try to bring a vegan dish to share, it’s a potluck. Read the original meeting announcement.
July 21, 2009
Tags: meeting, VegWorcester Posted in: Events, Misc One Comment
Feedback from Buddha Hut Buffet Fundraiser (Apparently ya’ll liked it)
The survey about last Saturday’s buffet fundraiser at Buddha Hut has been running for about a week now. It’s been great to read what people thought about the event. The survey will be online for another couple of days. Have you filled it out yet? Here are some of the more interesting comments: There are [...]
July 18, 2009
Tags: Buddha Hut Monthly Buffet, buffet, deep fried goodness, east asian, fundraiser Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Misc, Restaurants & Businesses No Comments
A Eulogy for TJ’s House of Vegan Pizza in Boston
Bad news. Another awesome vegan restaurant just closed. Tuesday night was TJ Scallywaggle’s last one. After 2 years of being an entirely vegan pizza and sub shop, TJ’s is no more. The collective who was running it have decided that they can no longer support it. The details are unclear, but last night they held [...]
July 16, 2009
Tags: Boston, pizza!, vegan cheese Posted in: Misc, Restaurants & Businesses 3 Comments
Worcester’s Vegetarian Renaissance Continues: VegWorcester General Meeting + Potluck July 23
The Details July’s monthly VegWorcester general meeting is happening on Thursday, July 23 at 6pm at Dynamy (27 Sever Street, Worcester). Dynamy is acting as Stone Soup’s temporary space and it located at 27 Sever Street, Worcester. It’s a potluck, so bring a vegan dish to share. (No worries if you can’t, there will be [...]
July 15, 2009
Tags: community, meeting, potluck, stone soup, Worcester Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Animal Liberation Theory & Action Reading Group, Animal Rights, Buddha Hut, Events, Veg Advocacy No Comments
What did you think about Buddha Hut’s buffet?
In case you missed it, last Saturday (July 11, 2009) Buddha Hut hosted a buffet fundraiser for VegWorcester. It was a huge success. Tons of awesome food and lots of cool people. Should we do it again? After talking to the owners of Buddha Hut today, I’m happy to say that the chances are good [...]
July 14, 2009
Tags: Buddha Hut Monthly Buffet, buffet, deep fried goodness, fundraiser, photos Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Restaurants & Businesses No Comments
Photos from Worcester’s 2nd Annual New Orleans Festival
This weekend had a ton of events. While Buddha Hut held the first ever buffet fundraiser for VegWorcester (photos coming soon), some VegWorcester members were down the street at the 2nd annual New Orleans festival. We had a booth and gave out free stickers, handed out copies of our 2009 vegetarian dining guide to Worcester, [...]
July 13, 2009
Tags: baked goods, community, cookies!, fundraiser, NOLA festival, photos, vegan bake sale, Worcester Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Barely Legal Treats, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Misc, Veg Advocacy No Comments