Vegetarian Britain (3rd edition)

South of England Updates

Updates to the third edition as at 12 May 2013

SOUTH: CORNWALL

NEW Pea Souk vegetarian cafe, 19c Well Lane, Church St, Falmouth TR11 3EG. Tel: 01326-317583. Open: Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun closed. Also evenings for advance bookings. New backstreet vegetarian café near the Polytechnic arts centre specialising in Arabic food. Uses local organic produce. Full English breakfast £6.50. Soups, salads, wraps, sandwiches ££4.25. Meze platter £7.65 with hummus, falafel, tabouleh, roast veg, kalamata olives, vegan options. Specials ££7.95 such as curry or bake with salads and bread. Vegan lunches include daily tart such as Tunisian Filo Brik with roasted root veg and chickpeas on couscous, with salad and red cabbage coleslaw. Vegan desserts and cakes ££2.45 such as chocolate and banana cheesecake. Organic vegan wines, beers and ciders. Wine £11 bottle. Coffee £1.50. Dogs welcome. Open some evenings if booked. 2 course dinner £15, 3 courses £20. Facebook: Pea Souk

Cinnamon vegetarian café, 4-6 Brewery Yard, High Street, Falmouth TR11 2BY. Tel: 01326-211457. Open: Tue-Sat 10.00-16.00, Sun-Mon closed; Xmas-Easter closed. Licensed vegetarian café in a 450 year old courtyard, a real sun trap at the outside tables. Full cooked breakfast £5.80. Sandwiches and baguettes with side salad £4.40-£5.10 such as home-made hummus and tomato. Mains £4.70-£7.50 feature puy lentilburger, vegan spicy chickpea pie, salads, Mediterranean veg and hummus panini, Lebanese stew with brown and wild rice topped with toasted almonds. Cakes £1-£3 change weekly. Pot of tea £1.70. Wine from £3 glass, £12 bottle; vegan wine £4.10 small glass, £16.95 bottle. Beers and ciders. Kids’ menu, high chair. Dogs welcome. Occasional evenings tapas and live music. Facebook: Cafe Cinnamon

Westaways vegan bed and breakfast, Latchley, Nr Gunnislate, Cornwall PL18 9AX. Tel: 01822-833745. Train: Gunnislake 2.5 miles (can collect free), Plymouth 20 miles (can collect £15). New vegan bed and breakfast in 17th century cotage. Single £25, double £25 per person or £35 as single. Shared bathroom. Full cooked breakfast. 3-course evening meal £15. Children welcome but no baby facilities. No pets. Meditation available. White Hart pub 1.5 miles away can provide veggie and vegan meals, or Totnes 15 miles away has a vegan restaurant. Bude and other sandy beaches 20 miles. westaway.westaway[at]googlemail.com (replace [at] by @)

Lanherne (page 259) has closed. Yam Parlour in Penzance (page 259) has closed.

NEW Archie Browns has added a second vegetarian cafe and wholefood shop in Truro at 105 Kenwyn Street, Truro TR1 3BX. Tel: 01872 278622. Open: Mon-Sat 9.00-17.00, Tue till 17.30, Sun closed. www.archiebrowns.co.uk and on Facebook

DEVON

Ansteys Cove Hotel (page 437) has closed. The Garrett cafe in Brixham (page 278) has closed.

NEW Easdon Cottage vegetarian organic bed and breakfast, Easdon Cottage, Long Lane, Manaton, Newton Abbot TQ13 9XB. Tel/Fax: 01647-221389. www.easdoncottage.co.uk

NEW Epicentre vegan cafe, 59 Torquay Road, Paignton TQ3 3DT. (short walk from main bus and train stations) Tel: 01803-553 790. Open: Mon-Fri 9.30-17.00; Sat 9.30-16.00; Wed or Thu 19.30-22.30 if events; Sun closed. Cafe and secondhand bookshop opend 2010. Food is British and Mediterranean, with Californian and Mexican on the way, and all vegan apart from optional cow milk in hot drinks. Soups, salads, burgers ££3.50. Toasties, wraps and sandwiches £1.50-4.85 (with chips and salad). Desserts 75p-£2.50 include cheesecake, ice-cream, pies, cupcakes, cookies and brownies. Free performance arts workshops and performances, usually Wednesday night. On Facebook (menu in Notes) and www.epicentrebookcafe.org.uk

NEW The Terrace vegetarian art cafe, 6 Marine Crescent, Seaton EX12 2QN. Tel: 01297-20225. Open: Tue & Thu 10.00-17.00, Wed 10.00-15.00, Fri-Sat 10.00-21.30, Sun 11.30-15.00. www.artannapola.com

DORSET

NEW The Old Mill House vegetarian bed and breakfast, 1 East Road, Bridport, West Dorset DT6 4AG. Tel: 01308-422310. www.theoldmillhousedorset.com

NEW The Sands vegetarian bed and breakfast, Flat 1, Seashells, 7 Burlington Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LR. Tel: 01929 422 794 after 6.30pm and all weekend, otherwise leave message. www.swanagesands.co.uk

NEW Variety Cottage vegetarian guest house & retreat, Burton Bradstock, Dorset (3 miles from Bridport). Tel: contact via website form. www.arnoldsretreats.co.uk

NEW Zoukini's vegetarian restaurant, 18 Seamoor Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth. BH4 9AR. Tel: 01202-766 797. Open: Tue-Thui 11.30-15.30, Fri 11.30-21.30, Sat 10.00-22.00, Sun 10.00-16.00, Mon closed. May start opening Thu evening. Sat-Sun breakfast till 11.30. Various cooked breakfasts £4.95, whopper £6.25, French toast vegan style with bananas and maple syrup £3.50. Lunch menu 12.00-16.00 includes soup with toasted baguette £3.95, pasta of the day £6.25, falafel with hummous and salad £5.95, cannellini bean & rosemary bruschetta with salad £4.95, jacket pototoes £4.25-5.95, veggie burger with chips and salad £6.75, Mexican “no” meatballs on tortilla with black bean salsa £6.25. Evening meals tapas style from £3.55, at least 20 to choose. Also specials £7.75-8.95 such as a pasta dish. Themed evenings are very popular such as Mexican or Indian night, 3 courses for £18.50. Lots of cakes including vegan and gluten-free £2.20-2.40 and other desserts from £3.95. WIne £3.25-4.30 glass, £12.90 bottle. Beers £2.70, non-alcoholic £2.50. www.zoukinis.com

Wessex Tales, Bournemouth, closed

EAST SUSSEX – BRIGHTON

NEW The Cowley Club vegan cafe, 12 London Road, Brighton BN1 4JA. Tel: 01273-696 104. Open: Wed-Fri 12.00-16.00; Thu 19.00-23.00, Sun 14.00-18.00; Sat, Mon-Tue closed. Social centre with vegan cafe, radical bookshop and library, perfect for an afternoon reading. Seasonal soup £1.80. Wraps £2.30. Main meals £3-3.50 can be moussaka, or home-made burger and wedges, with Friday specials such as creamy mushoom, leek and pea risotto. Sunday nut roast and roast veg £4.50, sometimes a pudding too £5 total. Vegan cakes ££1. Juices and Zapatista filter coffee 80p. Tea 50p, pot 70p, hot chocolate £1. Children's playhouse, toys, board games, high chair, baby changing. Terrace, dogs welcome. Cash only. www.cowleyclub.org.uk

NEW Loving Hut Chinese vegan cafe and take-away, and take-away, The Level, St. Peter's Place, central Brighton BN1 4SA. Tel: 01273-689 532. Open: Mon-Sun 10.00-19.00. Full English breakfast £3.50, toasted sandwich £1.90. Burger £2.95. Spicy wrap £2.90. Not Dog £2.20. Golden Nuggets £2.80. Main dishes £3.95-4.95 include stir-fry vermicelli, chow mein, chunky satay, sweet & sour, kung pao. Hot and cold drinks 80p-£1.95. No alcohol. 2 tables inside, 5 outside. Children welcome, one high chair. Dogs outside welcome, dog bowl. No cards, cash only. www.lovinghut.co.uk

NEW The Beanstalk vegetarian cafe, 25 North Street, Brighton BN1. Tel: 0777 2425004. Open every day 08.00-18.00. Reasonably priced. Vegan cake, cheesecake and pasties. Curries, oriental dishes. Redwoods cheatin' and cheezly range used in baguettes etc. Predominantly vegan.

NEW Iydea vegetarian cafe, 17 Kensington Gardens, North Laines, Brighton. Tel: 01273-667 992. Open: Mon-Sat: 9.30--17.30, Sun 10.00-17.30. Open later when busy or it’s sunny. Lunch £4.70-7.40 gets you your choice of main dish then fill up your plate with any of the hot veg, salads, toppings and sauces. Vegan cakes. www.iydea.co.uk

NEW V-Bites vegan international cafe and deli, originally opened in Hove, moved May 2013 to 14 East Street, central Brighton BN1 1HP. Tel: 01273-933757. Open: Mon-Sat 08.30-11.30 for breakfast, then from 11.30 for food orders, kitchen closes 18.00. Sun from 10.30. Heather Mills’ all-vegan cafe is cheerful and child-friendly. Here is the old menu from Hove, they are still experimenting with the new location. Breakfasts (£2.50-£5.95) range from smoothies to full cooked English. Mains (£2.95-£4.50) include soup, sandwiches and wraps, filled with burgers, sausage, tuno and sweetcorn, falafel, chicky chili, fishy fillet. Healthy foods to grab and go with salads, jacket potatoes and stone-baked pizzas (£6.95-£8.95) and specials (upto £6.50) like creamy nut korma, Sunday roast, stir-fried tofu with spring veg Desserts and cakes (£1-£2.50) include apple turnover, bread pudding, tiffin chocolate shortbread nutty cherry cake, ice-cream and lollies. Beer £3.90. Wine £3.95 glass. Children’s menu £2.95, high chairs. www.vbites.com, Facebook and Twitter

NEW World Peace Café, Bodhisattva Buddhist Centre, 3 Lansdowne Road, Brighton & Hove BN3 1DN (Driveway entrance is on Lansdowne Road, opposite the top of Cambridge Road. See map on website). Tel: 01273-732917 Cafe: Mon-Sat 14.00-17.00 term time only. Relax and unwind in serene, friendly vegetarian café lounge serving cappuccino, espresso, lattes, mocha, hot chocolate, herbal tea, cakes and a range of organic and Fairtrade products. www.meditateinbrighton.com/worldpeacecafe.htm

EAST SUSSEX - HASTINGS

NEW Bay Tree House vegan hotel, 59 Baldslow Road, Hastings TN34 2EY. Tel: 01424-446300. Single £60, double/twin £35-57.50 per person, triple £33-42 per person. Bar. Wifi. Dogs welcome. www.baytreeveganhotel.co.uk

NEW 1066 Cake Stand vegan cake shop 82 Queens Rd, Hastings TN34 1RT. Tel: 0784 909 3151. Open: Mon-Sat 11.00-15.00. Also Hastings Town Centre Market Thu 9.00-15.00. Opened September 2012, with lovely vegan cakes, savoury snacks, salad pots, sandwiches, vegan chocolate, local jam and local art. Some are gluten or sugar-free. Celebration and wedding cakes to order. They even sell their own cake recipe book. Catering services and suppliers to the catering trade. www.1066cakestand.co.uk and facebook.com/1066cakestand

HAMPSHIRE

NEW The Art House vegetarian café, 81a Bedford Place, Southampton SO15 2DF (entrance on Henstead Road). Tel: 02380-238582. Open: Tue-Thu 11.00-17.00, Fri 11.00-21.00, Sat-Sun 12.00-17.00, Mon closed. Lunch served 12.00-16.00. www.thearthousesouthampton.co.uk

KENT

NEW Fortify vegetarian café, 32 High Street, Maidstone ME14 1JF (near Argos). Tel: 01622-670533. Open: Mon-Fri 8.00-17.00, Sat 9.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-15.00. www.fortifycafe.co.uk

NEW The Hutch vegetarian restaurant13 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DZ. Tel: 01227-766 700. Open: Tue-Sun 12.00-15.30, Tue-Sat 18.00-21.30 (last orders, they are open much later); closed Sun eve and all day Mon. Near Canterbury Cathedral, with an Italian chef, plenty of vegan and gluten-free. Lunch £5.50-8.75 such as wraps, burger with chunky chips and salad, quinoa tabouleh with griddled vegetables and hummus. All-day starters £4.95-6.25 include mixed tapas such as butterbean and garlic puree, roasted peppers, aubergine caviar and focaccia. All-day mains £9.50-11.50 include paella, aubergine and chickpea tagine, asparagus and artichoke salad. Desserts £5.50 include spiced summer pudding, roasted pineapple carpaccio, and chocolate mousse with fruit and caramel cracknel. Organic vegan wines, local ales and ciders. House wine £2.75 small glass, £5.25 large, £12.10 bottle. Small children’s portions free. Dogs welcome at outside tables. www.thehutchcanterbury.co.uk

MIDDLESEX

Chetna's and Woodlands have closed.

SOMERSET

NEW Jericho vegetarian bed and breakfast, Mells Down, Mells, near Frome BA11 2RL. Tel: 01373-813 242. New luxury vegetarian b&b in splendid isolation by woods and fields, 5 miles from the town of Frome and 3 miles from the village of Mells. One kingsize bedroom with bathroom and private sitting room, £110 first night then £100 per night for two people. TV, wifi. No animals or smoking. stayatjericho.co.uk

NEW The Flying Dragon vegetarian bed and breakfast, 12 Hexton Road, Glastonbury BA6 8HL. Tel: 01458-830321 freespace.virgin.net/rench.ness

WILTSHIRE

NEW The Lodge vegetarian bed and breakfast, High Street, Avebury, Wiltshire SN8 1RF. Tel: 01672-539 023. Grade II listed building. Two rooms with kingsize beds, one ensuite, one with big private bathroom, can put a single bed in as well, £80-100 as single, or from £120 as double. Antique furniture. Off street parking. Evening meal if booked in advance around £15. Children welcome, bring your own cot. No smoking. Wifi. No pets. The Wagon and Horses pub nearby always has a veggie option for an evening meal, or go to Marlborough which has pizza places, Indians and Italians. www.aveburylodge.co.uk

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