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Vegetarian Guide Product UpdatesUpdates are available for the following guides:
Vegetarian Europe Updates
Banyan, Nussdorferstrasse 22, A-1090 Wien. Tel: 01-319 22 57 Open: 11-23.00 every day. Above a supermarket. Vegetarian restaurant that opened in 2003. Lovely rooftop terrace and elegant indoor seating. Buddhist based, 95% vegan. Email: banyan@banyan.at. www.banyan.at
Lotos is no longer vegetarian. But there is a separate vegetarian menu in the nearby a la carte restaurant on two floors at the 3-star Hotel Cerna Liska, Mikulasska 2, 110 00 Praha 1. Tel +420-2-2423 2250. Fax +420-2-2423 2249. In the Old Town Square. Please let us know if you try it. ENGLAND - LONDON CTJ, Soho, is now called TAI, Tel 020-7287 3730. Cranks and Crazy Salads have all closed. Try Crussh juice and sandwich bars instead, see www.crussh.com. Or Maoz falafel bar at 43 Old Compton Street, Soho, open every day all day and most of the night. Mildreds has moved to 45 Lexington Street, W1, near Country Life. The falafel cafes are on the NE entrance of Leicester Square, not NW. But the falafels at Maoz at 45 Old Compton Street, Soho, are much better. Nuthouse near Oxford St has closed. Try instead Plant vegetarian restaurant and cafe at 47 Poland Street. www.plantfooddrink.com Greenhouse in Bloomsbury has closed. But you can get eat the same kind of food at the new cafe in nearby Planet Organic (page 67). Mandeer in Bloomsbury has closed. But there's a new and much cheaper Indian restaurant called Vegetarian Paradise, nearby at 59 Marchmont St. Open: every day 12-15.00, 17-23.00. Lunch buffet £4.50. Tube: Russell Square. Cafe Pushkar in south London has moved round the corner to 424 Coldharbour Lane and is now open every evening. Heather's in south London has closed. SEE ALSO Updates to Vegetarian London for new places in Central London FINLAND - HELSINKI Happy Carrot has closed FRANCE - PARIS SEE Updates to Vegetarian France for new places in Paris GERMANY - BERLIN La Mano Verde new gourmet vegan restaurent, Wiesbadener Str. 79, D 12161 Berlin. Open: Mon-Sun: 11.30-15.00 and 18.30-22.30. Tel. 030 841 83 446 www.lamanoverde.de HUNGARY - BUDAPEST BUDAVEG self catering apartment and tour guiding for vegetarians and vegans. Their English website www.budaveg.com tells you all about the town and a couple of new vegetarian restaurants in Budapest. Mirtusz has closed ICELAND - NEW SECTION! A Naestu Grosum, Laugavegur 20b, Reykyavik. Tel: +354-552 8410. On the main shopping street. Vegetarian buffet restaurant, bright and cheerful, off the main shopping street with good vegan food too and good prices. Menus changes often. Sandwiches, soups, salads and hearty main courses. www.anaestugrosum.is Graenn Kostur, Skolavororoustigur 8, Reykyavik. Tel: +354-552 2028. Buffet and take-away with vegan food and good prices. They use spices, but not yeast, sugar, bleached flour, eggs or milk. Garourinn, Klapparstíg 37, Reykyavik. Tel: +354-561 2345. Salatbarinn Hja Eika, Posthusstraeti 13, Reykyavik. Tel: +354-562 7830. Two blocks from the harbour. Lunchtime special buffet. Thanks to Amy Short (Baltimore, MD) for updates from Icelandtouristboard.com, who gets a free Veggie Guide. ITALY Vegetarian and vegan cooking holidays in Italy www.vegtour.com site in English. lorenzo@vegtour.com. USA toll free 1-888-474-9170. Le Cornacchie, Piazza Rondanini 53, Rome. The sister of Margutta Vegetariano, delicious food, excellent service, and much more understanding of vegans. NETHERLANDS - AMSTERDAM De Groene Gewoonte has closed. De Vliegende Schotel now sell bottled beer and small tubs of vegan ice cream for dessert. NORWAY - OSLO New vegan restaurant in central Oslo Eatyrego, Oslo's first 100% vegan restaurant has now opened in Storgata (Next to the club Killyrego and Gunerius), open six days a week (Sundays closed). If you're after a soy cappuccino, this is the place to go. Open from 3pm-10pm. POLAND Green Way
vegetarian cafes have opened all over Poland. In Warsaw they are at Gorczewska 124 (CH Wola Park),
ul.Hoza 54, ul. Marszalkowska 28, ul. Szpitalna 6. WARSAW Mata Hari and Nowe Miasto have closed. RUSSIA - MOSCOW NEW Cafe Avokado, Shistoprudni Boulevard D 12, Korp 2. Vegetarian cafe, no eggs. www.vege.ru (in Russian) (Nikolai Kalanov, March 2004) SPAIN MALAGA, Relax Cafe Bar, Calle Los Remedios 27, 29400 Ronda, Malaga. Vegetarian cafe and bar. Open Mon-Fri 13-16.00, 20-00.00. +34-952 877 207. www.relaxcafebar.com NORTH TENERIFE (Canary Islands), Forest Garden Retreat in quiet valley near sea and village. Raw vegan meals available. Cottage for two £120 per week. Yurt £60. Helpers also needed. Vegetarians and vegans only. +34-676 438 936. LANZAROTE (Canary Islands), Casa Noelia is a detached villa set upon the hillside in the sleepy village of Oasis de Nazaret. Double £35, single £20 per night. Private outdoor pool. www.veggielanza.co.uk BARCELONA MAOZ Three falafel bars close together, one on the Ramblas almost opposite the Cafe de l'Opera, and two in Calle de Ferran. And there is a new vegetarian restaurant and health food store VEGETALIA in the heart of the Gothic quarter at 54 Escudellers St, open 10am to midnight. www.vegetalia.es BARCELONA Sesamo, Calle Sant Antoni Abat 52, 08001 Barcelona. Metro: Sant Antoni (Line 2). Tel: 93-4416411. Open: Mon 12-18.00, Tue closed, Wed-Thu and Sun 12.00-01.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-02.30. Kitchen 13.30-15.30, 21-23.30. New vegetarian restaurant in the old part of Barcelona, in the bustling Raval, a multicultural, vibrant neighbourhood, full of modern bars and restaurants and young artists' studios. Next to them is one of Barcelona's oldest markets, the Mercat de Sant Antoni, where you can find food, clothes and accessories, and on Sunday mornings there is a market selling second-hand books, records, comics and curiosities. Lunch 7 euros for three courses with bread and a drink. Take-away available at lunchtime. Evening a la carte 13-17 euros. Good idea to book for evenings. Air conditioned. Visa, MC. TURKEY, ISTANBUL - NEW SECTION! Three good veggie restaurants, one with vegan meals indicated on the menu. Menu in Turkish and English in all 3 restaurants, but only in Nature and Peace they spoke good English. Nature & Peace cafe-restaurant, Buyuk Parmakkai Sokak 21/23 (side street of Istiklal Caddesi which is a big shopping street near Taksim & Beyoglu) Tel: 0212-252-86-09. Vegan dishes available. Open: 11-23.00. Zencefil healthfood restaurant, Kurabiye Sokak 6, 80080 Beyuglu (near Taksim). Tel: 0212-243-82-34 Parsifal, Kurabiye Sokak 6, 80080 Beyuglu (near Taksim). Tel: 0212-243-82-34 |