BostonVegFest Today and Tomorrow (Want a Free VegWorcester Shirt?)

Don’t forget that the Boston VegFest is today and tomorrow at the Regie Lewis Center at Roxbury Community College. I know Boston seems like it’s far from Worcester, but it’s totally worth the trip! Would a getting a free t-shirt sweeten the deal enough for you?

The Boston Veg Fest is a blast, but if the [...]

October 31, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Events, Misc  No Comments

Boston VegFest Speakers List

This weekend is the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. It’s all day on  Saturday, October 31 and Sunday November 1 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury. Below is the speakers list. I’m most excited about Nohm Moyr’s talk about global climate change and vegetarianism.
Saturday Speakers
10:45 —Cooking Demo: Favorites for Fall
Emilie Hardman, The Conscious [...]

October 29, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Events, Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Boston Vegetarian Festival This Weekend

This weekend the Boston Vegetarian Society is holding their big annual VegFest. Free admission, free parking, free food samples. There are some great speakers lined up and will certainly be tons of yummy food samples. The chef from Atlantic Union college is giving a vegan cooking demonstration and Buddha Hut will be there with samples [...]

October 28, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Red Lentil Opens in Watertown, MA [Another New Veg Restaurant]

Lots of good restaurant news this week.Even though TJ’s is closed, Allston will soon have vegan pizza again, in Worcester Veggie Corner has been open for a few weeks, and now a new veg restaurant is open in Watertown, MA. Red Lentil opened last week on September 4 and will be open 7 days a [...]

September 14, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Peace O’ Pie Opening in Allston [Vegan Pizza Joint]

This is starting to become a weird trend: a great vegan restaurant closes then a new vegan restaurant opens in its place.

When Quan Yin closed, Veggie Corner quickly set up shop in its old location. Well, TJ’s house of vegan pizza just recently closed, but now Peace ‘O Pie is opening in its place.
Their [...]

September 11, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: More Veg Options, News, Restaurants & Businesses, Veggie Corner  4 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 a [...]

July 16, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc, Restaurants & Businesses  3 Comments

Falafel in Boston (Another reason never to leave Worcester)

Last week I set up a veg table at the Grinding Tapes showcase show at Church in Boston. (Not at a church, the venue is called Church.) The show was wonderful. Dylan and The Points North debuted some new songs and I talked to some cool people about why being a vegetarian is a good [...]

July 2, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Bay State Bakery, Veg Advocacy  6 Comments

BVS Holiday Social Meeting Tomorrow

Just a quick reminder: tomorrow the Boston Vegetarian Society is having their Holiday Social Meeting at Fiore’s in Jamaica Plains, Boston. Vegan deserts, vegan pizza and more. It’s free, but it’d be nice if you emailed your RSVP to Evelyn B. Kimber: ekimber -at- juno.com.

December 11, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Boston “Holiday Entertaining” Cooking & Baking Class with Didi Emmons – Dec 13

Here’s another upcoming Boston Vegetarian Society event. On the afternoon of Saturday, December 13 BVS is hosting another series of vegan cooking classes, featuring Chef Didi Emmons. It’ll take place at the Haley House Bakery Cafe located at 139 Washington Street in Dudley Square, Boston.

It’s a little pricey, but you get to take home the [...]

December 9, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Events, Vegetarian Recipes  No Comments

Boston Veg Society Holiday Get-Together – Dec 12

Boston Vegetarian Society is having a holiday get-together in Jamaica Plains (Boston) on the evening of December 12, complete with vegan deserts and pizza. This is the kind of event we need to put together in Worcester. What better way to build a social movement than to to gett together over yummy vegan food?
From BVS’s [...]

December 8, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Events, Restaurants & Businesses  2 Comments