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Updates to the January 2005 fifth edition. Printer-friendly pdf version NEW Saf gourmet vegan restaurant 153-154 Curtain Road, Shoreditch EC2A 3AT
(corner Old Street) Tel: 020-7615 0007. Open: Mon-Sat 11.00-23.00 last orders, closes midnight, 01.00 Fri-Sat.
Sun closed, will be 12-23.00. Take-away available 11.00-17.00. Opened April 2009, The City now has a big gourmet vegan restaurant right by the bars and clubs of trendy Shoreditch. The menu is huge, 80% of it raw, and there are over 100 organic and biodynamic wines. Out front is a restaurant seating 78 with a long bar and open kitchen. Behind this is an courtyard where you can enjoy a bevvy, and at the back another area for courses and the libary of 150 health and recipe books you can browse. Head chef Chad Sarno leads an international team to bring London the kind of green cuisine that you can find in American vegan and raw restaurants, creating innovative raw and plant-based versions of many traditional dishes foods. NEW InSpiral Lounge vegetarian cafe 250 Camden High St, Camden Lock NW1 8QS (next to bridge over canal by Camden Market) Tel: 020-7428 5875. Open: Tue-Thu 10.00-20.00 (later if event is on), Fri-Sat
10.00-24.00, Sun 10.00-22.00. Newly opened on two floors in an amazing location. InSpiral Lounge serves organic visionary cuisine, lots of raw foods, and is licensed for alcohol with all drinks organic and vegan or vegetarian. Have a healthy meal or afternoon tea with vegan cake after shopping in the market or at nearby My Village, or wind down with a glass of wine by the outside canal seating. InSpiral is already a hotspot for events featuring ambient/downbeat electronica, multimedia performances, talks, film screenings, acoustic sessions, dance, healthy living and conscious being. NEW Rootmaster nouveau vegan restaurant on a bus Ely’s Yard, The Old Truman Brewery car park, Hanbury Street (2nd left coming from Spitalfields) E1 6QR Tel: 07912 389314. Open: Mon-Sun 11.00-22.00. Finally Brick Lane has a vegetarian restaurant and what an absolute cracker it is, gourmet vegan in a classic, nay iconic, Routemaster double decker red bus, situated in the car park of the Old Truman Brewery. Downstairs is an open-plan fully fitted galley, the top deck is a swish 28-seat bustaurant, and there are 26 more seats at tables outside under an awning. Drinks are organic, bread is baked on the bus, there are candles on tables at night, even the flowers are sustainable cacti and sunflowers in pots. It’s manically popular already so best to reserve and that’s absolutely essential on Friday and Saturday nights. Come at opening time for elevenses with a luxurious warm fruit muffin for £1.50 which will probably sell out by lunchtime as they appear to be the best vegan muffins in London. The nouveau vegan lunch menu starts with soup with bus baked bread £4; Rootmaster burger £5; pasta of the day £5; seasonal curry with organic brown rice £5. Crispy veg rolls £4.50 with chilli mango sauce. Assorted dips, olives and bread £4. Panini or sandwich with 3 fillings of your choice from tomatoes, pesto, roast courgette or peppers, red onion, olives, humus, sun-blushed tomatoes. Salads £5. Dinner appetizers: gyozu veg wraps with ponzu soya and lime dip £4; soup £4; veg rolls £4.50; edamame soya beans £3; meze selection £5.50; tempura veg with wasabi and ponzu sauce £5.50 for 2 or £7.50 for 4. Main courses: Pasta of the day with bus baked bread £7; seasonal curry with daily rice £7; mixed lentil filo purse with soft garlic polenta and wild mushroom red wine sauce £9; teriyaki stir-fry with marinated tofu £8.50; marinated pan-roasted tofu stacked with crispy wontons, with creamy coconut curried veg £9; homemade burger with roast veg, salad and wedges £8.50; cassoulet of tofu herb sausages and organic beer mix baked in a rich provincial sauce £8. Vegan desserts are where many a veggie restaurant falls down, but you won’t be disappointed here. For a fiver you can have banana fritter, mango and cashewnut moose and trifle or Shanghai pastry with chocolate. They have applied for an alcohol licence but for the moment it is bring your own. Service is not included, but they say that tipping is sexy. If you really must you can smoke in the outside area, though this is discouraged when busy. (They have only two ashtrays) You can hire the top deck for 28 people. (1 Nov 2007) NEW Sagar South Indian vegetarian restaurant 17A Percy Street, off Tottenham Court Road, London W1. (near Joi Chinese vegan buffet restaurant) Tel: 020-7631 3319. Open: Mon-Fri 12.00-14.45, 17.30-22.45; Sat 12.00-23.30; Sun 12.00-22.45; Bank Holidays 13.00-22.00. Opened August 2007. Mon-Fri 3-course lunch platter £4.95, lunch box every day £2.95. Lots of curries, dosas and uttapam £3.95-6.50. Thalis £10.95, £13.45. No vegan desserts on the menu, but they have mango sorbet if you ask. Licensed for alcohol. (24 Aug 2007) NEW The Spirited Palace organic vegan Caribbean cafe 105 Church Road, Crystal Palace SE19 (near Crystal Palace bus station, bus 63/363 from Central London). Tel: 020-8771 5557 or 07939 474 507. Open: Tue-Fri 11am-22.00, Sat 14.00-21.00 or later, Sun 14.00-21.00, closed Mon. Finally south-east London has a veggie cafe! And it is open long hours. Rotis and wraps £3.50, sandwiches, rolls. Choose from vegan cheese, sausages, bacon, chick pea or veg fritters, roasted mixed veg, curried chick peas, curried veg, seasoned tofu and pumpkin, sprouted seeds and salad. Soup of the day £3-4. Organic raw veg and sprouted seeds platter £4.50. Patties (veg, spinach and potato, or wheatmeat and coriander), pasties and pizza £1.30. Lots of sweets and cakes £1-2 including sweet potato pie, apple crumble, choc chip slice, ginger squares, pineapple cup cake, coconut bun, carrot cake, fridge cake (dry and raw fruits and nuts set in the fridge). Freshly made organic juices £2, herbal teas, soya drinks, organic canned drinks, smoothies. Special events featuring live music, poetry, seminars, culture, More details NEW VitaOrganic 74 Wardour Street, Soho W1F 0TE. Tel: 020-7734 8986. Open: every day 12-22.00 Unique organic vegan gourmet cuisines like the original branch in West Hampstead on page 121, specialising in raw, juices and Malaysian buffet. Phong and Mui use Oriental techniques to show healthy food is tasty, leaving you feeling light and energised. Super healthy food, nothing heated above 100 degrees C, curries cooked by steaming or with high-oleic sunflower oil, lots of raw food and sprouts. They use ayurvedic principles and it is great for macrobiotic and raw fooders too or people following the principles of Hippocates Health Institute. Most importantly the food is tasty without frying. There are biodynamic water features, bonsai, crystals, candles, chakra lights complement the wood and glass tables. No sugar. No credit cards. Soups and starters £2.50-4.90 such as miso, sweet potato dal. Desserts £3.80-5.80 include sugar free redberry, coconut and seed cheesecake; banana mousse with macademia nut; blueberries, figs and pecan tart; steamed purple sticky rice pudding with coconut cream; orange zest carrot sprouted rye cake; green tea and nettle, almond agar pudding. Juices, juice cocktails, lassi, smooties, nut milks, soya or carob cappuccino or latte. www.vitaorganic.co.uk NEW thecafe@Foyles 113-119 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0EB. Tel: 020-7440 3207. Open: Mon-Sat 9-21.00, Sun 11-18.00. Regular cafe on the first floor of the giant bookshop Foyles, with Fair Trade soya cappuccino and several vegan cakes such as banana and orange loaf, pear and nut loaf, passion loaf, ginger loaf or triple chocolate cake, all £1.80-2.00. Yep, now you can get vegan cake in Soho on Sunday when Govinda and Beatroot are closed, fantastic! Also vegan and veggie baguettes, panini and sanwiches and a vegan salad. Live jazz music every Thursday evening. Country Life has closed so if you miss their superhealthy vegan food, your best bet is VitaOrganic (above). There is now a second branch of Maoz falafel bar nearby at 4 Brewer Street (Old Compton Street end), open 11.00am till 01.00am www.maoz.nl NEW Green Note 106 Parkway, Camden Town NW1 7AN. International vegetarian restaurant with stacks of vegan food and a chef who used to work at Manna, but lower prices. Open: Tue-Fri noon-23.00, Sat 10-23.00, Sun 10-22.30. Live music some nights. www.greennote.co.uk Yao Thai omnivorous Chinese restaurant near Harrods at 8 Egerton Garden Mews still has the vegan menu of the previous Red restaurant including crispy aromatic vegan duck, main courses £5.50. (Kim Gilmour) Organic13 and Eco13 (North London) have closed. CTB (Euston) has re-opened as Gi Gi Hut Chinese Veg (Islington) has closed. That was the one in Chapel Market with the green front that was not actually veggie. But vegan Tai Buffet and the nearby vegan Noodle Bar opposite Angel tube station are both very much still open. Vegetarian Britain (2nd edition) Updates
Updates to the October 2002 second edition. Printer-friendly pdf version BRISTOLNEW One Stop Thali Cafe, 12a York Rd, Montpelier, Bristol BS6 5PZ. Open: 18.30-23.30. Tel: 0117-942 6687. Indian vegetarian restaurant between Arches hotel and the centre. £6.50 thali with rice, dhal, curry and salad. Bring your own alcohol. Arches Hotel, at 132 (not 32) Cotham Brow, is now completely vegetarian. Non-smoking throughout. Hairdryers in rooms. Nearby is Harvest wholefood shop at 11 Gloucester Road. CAMBRIDGE The new vegetarian restaurant opened in Cambridge, but unfortunately Bill Sewell is not in charge and we hear they're planning to start serving meat. We've also had several reliable reports that they're pretty hostile to vegans. No such problem however at Rainbow Vegetarian Bistro instead! CORNWALL NEW Coast Vegetarian B&B and The Bean Inn Vegetarian Café www.coastcornwall.co.uk. Both at St Ives Rd, Carbis Bay, Cornwall TR26 2RT. Opened in June 2003. Tel: 01736-795918. Cafe open Wed-Sun 9.00-16.00. CUMBRIA NEW Anworth House, vegetarian guest house in Keswick. 27 Eskin Street, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4DQ. Quietly located only 4 minutes walk to town centre and theatre by the lake. Ideal for walkers. 5 ensuite bedroms with colour tv, radio clock alarm, hairdryers. Double/twin from £23 per person, family/four poster from £25. Single supplement £5. Children over 6 £15. Open all year. Non smoking. No pets. Tel: 017687-72923. www.anworthhouse.co.uk DERBYSHIRE NEW Vegetarian and vegan guest house in Darley Dale near Matlock. David Matthews and Jennifer Joy, 3 Unity Villas, Dale Road North, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 2HX. Tel: 1629-732445. joymatthews@supanet.com. NEW VEGAN PUB The Globe, 144 High Street West, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13 8HJ. www.theglobepub.org. Email: foodattheglobe@hotmail.com. Tel: 01457-852417. The Globe has been around for many years, but in 2003 it opened a vegan restaurant within the pub. Open every evening except Tuesday, and Sat-Sunday 13.00-21.00. Restaurant smoke-free, although smoking is allowed in the rest of the pub. No fixed menu, but here's a sample weekly menu: Starters: vegetable samosas, onion bhajees, soup with home-made bread rolls, hummus and pitta. Main courses: Brazil nut roast with onion gravy; rose cocoa bean and mushroom curry;roast vegetables and tofu in satay sauce; cauliflower, coconut and butter-bean bake. Desserts: sultana or malted peanut flapjack, carrot or ginger cake, banana crumble. The Globe is a live music venue that has music on most nights of the week andbands from all over the world to play in the large function room upstairs. No.3 B&B in Chesterfield has closed. Stonecroft, Edale, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S33 7ZA. Tel: 01433-670262. www.stonecroftguesthouse.co.uk. Omnivorous guest house in the historic hamlet of Edale at the start of the Pennine Way in the Peak Dsitrict National Park. A haven for those seeking peace, beauty and countryside. Six miles from Castleton caves and Norman castle, 12 miles from Buxton. Double room £27.50 per person, ensuite £32.50. Qualified chef does great veggie or vegan breakfast. Most nearby pubs, hotels and cafes do veggie evening meals. Children over 12 only. No pets. No smoking throughout. 5% discount to Vegetarian Society members (except bank holidays). 7.5% discount for 3 nights or more. DEVON - TOTNES NEW Dart Villas Vegetarian B&B, 3 Dart Villas, Totnes Down Hill, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5ET. Tel: 01803-865895. Opened May 2005, with lots of organic food and only 5 minutes walk from the town centre. £27.50-35 per person. Full details at www.dartvillasbb.co.uk DORSET - BOURNEMOUTH NEW The Salad Centre, 667 Christchurch Rd, Boscombe, Bournemouth BH7 6AA. Tel: 01202-393673. After closing in early 2002, it opened up again while Vegetarian Britain was at the printer. EAST SUSSEX - BRIGHTON Food for Friends in Prince Albert Street has been refurbished as a vegetarian a la carte restaurant with vegan food prepared in a separate area to avoid any mix-ups. Open every day 11.30-22.15 (last orders). Starters £4, main meal maximum £8, lots of them vegan, desserts £3 including vegan crumble, summer pudding with blackberries soaked in cassis, and organic vegan ice-cream. Lots of cocktails. www.foodforfriends.co.uk Trogs has closed. Tables 88 is the new restaurant replacing Trogs in the Granville Hotel, and it has some vegetarian dishes. Room 101 has closed. The Peace and Environment Centre has moved to 39-41 Surrey Street. EAST SUSSEX - LEWES The Snowdrop Inn We heard via Lewes & Hastings veggie group (www.ivu.org/lhveg) that The Snowdrop Inn is no longer an almost vegetarian pub (they used to have one fish dish). They have been taken over, and now sell organic meat dishes too. ESSEX HARLOW www.veganharlow.co.uk Comprehensive vegan guide to the area. HAMPSHIRE - SOUTHAMPTON NEW The Barn Vegetarian Guesthouse 112 Lyndhurst Rd, Ashurst, Hampshire SO40 7AU. Tel: 02380-292531. New vegetarian and vegan guesthouse in the New Forest. 1 double and 1 twin, both ensuite, £26 per person. Evening meal £14. www.veggiebarn.net Email: info@veggiebarn.net NEW Allsorts Psychic Cafe 22 Carlton Place, Southampton SO15 2DY. Tel: 023 80237561. Fully veggie, mainly drinks and cakes (many vegan). They have a single savoury dish too such as soup, stew or pasties. Prices are very reasonable. www.allsorts-psychic-cafe.com. 10% discount for Viva! and Southampton Vegetarians & Vegans members. HERTFORDSHIRE NEW Violin Vegetarian B&B, 24 The Dee, Grovehill, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 6EN. Tel: 01442-388977. £26 per person, £30 single. Evening meal £10. Off junction 8 of M1. www.theviolinbnb.co.uk Email: contact@theviolinbnb.co.uk Bella Pasta Italian restaurant, 21 - 23 Chequer St, St Albans. Open: Mon-Thu 11-22.00, Fri-Sat 12-23.00, Sun 12-22.00. Tel: 01727 844264. Lots of veggie options and they have a list of all the dishes suitable for vegans if you ask. The pizza bases are vegan, so is the bruschetta starter and there are a couple of vegan pasta dishes. Cafzza Lebanese Restaurant, 144 High St, Watford WD17 2EN. Open: Sun-Thu 12-22.00, Fri-Sat 12-22.30. Tel: 01923-211500. Lots of veggie meze dishes, many of which are vegan, for example falafel, houmous, babaganoush, pepper potatoes, kibbe potatoes. They also do hot pitta-style sandwiches to take away, two of which are vegan: Al Bustan which is char-grilled vegetables with babaganoush and falafel with tahini. Sazio, 143 The Parade, High St, Watford WD20 1NA. Open: Mon-Fri 12-15.00, 18.00-23.00; Sat 12-23.00. Tel: 01923-211283. Lots of veggie options. Pizza bases and garlic bread are vegan. They are very accommodating and where possible will adapt dishes to make them vegan. LANCASHIRE NEW The Fat Olive, Assembly Rooms, King St, Lancaster. This has replaced the Gallery Cafe. Most dishes vegetarian or vegan though they use some fish. Salads, paninis, all based around olives and fresh foods. Some vegan cakes. The Sultan of Lancaster, Brock Street, is an Indian restaurant opposite Whale Tail cafe that cooks veggie dishes separately. Amazing atmospheric place in an old chapel. Tel 01524-61188. All the Indian restaurants in Lancaster are vegan aware and friendly. Gregson Community Centre, Moorgate, Lancaster. Lovely cafe and bar, good community feel and lots of interesting events. Can make all its vegetarian dishes vegan. www.gregson.co.uk For a veggie map of Lancaster click here LEICESTER The Whole Truth Cafe has closed. NEW Indigo at the Fosseway, 432 Melton Rd, Leicester LE4 7SN. Tel: 0116-261 1000. Open: Mon-Sat 12-14.30, 18-22.00; Sun 12-21.00. Indo-Chinese vegetarian restaurant with extensive menu. Lunch weekday buffet £4.99. LONDON Crazy Salads and Country Life have closed. SEE ALSO Updates to Vegetarian London for new places in Central London MIDDLESEX Chai in Harrow Weald is no longer vegetarian. (But the one in Edgware is.) Jhupdi has closed. Ram's Gujarati Surti Cuisine is a new restaurant at 203 Kenton Rd. Tel: 020-8907 2022. Open: Tue-Sun 12-15.00, 18-23.00. Closed Mon. Tube: Kenton Rd 5 mins. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NEW Pooja, 33 Alma St, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 4DH. Tel: 01933 278800. Open: Tue-Sunday 6pm-11pm. The Pooja is a delight, a family run totally vegetarian Indian restaurant with gorgeous dosas, thalis etc. and at a good price. It is at the rear of an Indian sweet and catering business. (Patsy McKinnon, Oct 2003) Balti King, omnivorous Indian takeaway and restaurant near the town centre, 73 Earl Street, Uppermounts, Northampton. Tel: 01604-637747. Good selection of vegetarian dishes, main courses are £3-5. You can bring your own alcohol from the off licence opposite. The Penny Whistle, omnivorous pub, 31-33 Abington Square, Northampton, NN1 4AE. Open: Mon-Thu 12-23.00, Fri-Sat 12-24.00, Sun 12-22.30. Tel: 01604-824471. Studenty pub serving food daytimes, 12-18.00, with several vegetarian options. Popular, filling and cheap. The Rat and Parrot, omnivorous pub opposite the Guildhall, Northampton town centre. Tel: 01604-239534. Spacious pub with a good view of the Guildhall (one of the town's most interesting buildings) and a courtyard garden for the summer. They have a number of vegetarian dishes in each course which are clearly marked. NOTTINGHAM Heart and Art has closed. OXFORD Cafe MOMA is no longer so good for vegetarians. But here are three new places: The Beat Cafe Clarendon St, Oxford OX1 2HS. Open: every day 12.00-23.00 (Sun 22.30). Tel: 01865-553543. Almost completely vegetarian cafr upstairs with a few vegan dishes, bar downstairs. Food £3.50-4.00 such as curried rice salad, veg couscous, falafel, tortilla, burgers, veggie BLT. Soya dog £2. Fries with skins £2.50. Covent Garden soup with baguette £3.50. Smoothies £2.95, juices £1.50, lots of teas £1.60. Smoking throughout. Meltz, 8a St Michael's St, Oxford OX1 2DU. Open: every day 10-22.00 or later. Tel: 01865-202016. Omnivorous cafe can be open as late as midnight. Starters £1.50-2.50 are all vegetarian such as hummous. Pasta £6.25. Veg tikka or hummous and pepper sandwich £4.25. The Nosebag Restaurant 6-8 St Michael's St, Oxford OX1 2DU. Open: Mon-Thu 9.30-22.00, Fri-Sat 9.30-22.30, Sun 9.30-21.00. Tel: 01865-721033. Omnivorous cafe with several veggie and vegan dishes. Main courses and starters upstairs, dessert parlour downstairs. Soup with yummy bread £3.25. Mains such as mushroom and leek pasta bake £6.50 with veg or 3 salads. Lots of cakes, but only one of them vegan usually though they are working on it. Beer £2.50, wine £8.50 bottle, £2.20 glass. Non-smoking upstairs. Downstairs the Saddlebag is more snacky and is a Malaysian restaurant at night. SURREY NEW Tide Tables, Richmond, have opened a further two vegetarian cafes. TYNE& WEAR The Sky Apple cafe, 182 Heaton Rd, Heaton, Newcastle NE6 5HP. Open: Mon-Wed 10-18.30, Thu-Sun 10-22.00. Tel: 0191-209 2571. New vegetarian cafe, in the style of a coffee bar, cloudscape walls and crystal chandeliers. Soup and bread £2.50, home made veggie burgers, veggie BLT, Spanish and Greek style tortillas, baked potatoes. Maximum £5.50 for a main course. Juices. Best reserve as it's already so busy that they sometimes have to turn people away. Vegan options marked. Sometimes vegan cakes. Candles on the table in the evening. (last updated 27 Mar 2004) Almonds and Raisins health food shop, Upper Princes Square, Heaton, Newcastle, are opening a cafe within the shop, in a student area 5 minutes from the centre on the way towards Tynemouth. Tel 0191-261 5959. WEST MIDLANDS - BIRMINGHAM NEW Canalside Cafe vegetarian cafe, 35 Worcester Bar, Gas Street. Tel 0121-248 7979, Open every day till late. Near the main entertainment area Broad Street, on the tow path by the canal, in an 18th century lock-keeper cottage. Run by an animal rights activist. Veggie soup, variety of meals and puddings such as summer pudding or spotted dick with soya ice cream or crea. Soya milk shakes are thick and delicious. Licensed for alcohol. WEST SUSSEX - BOGNOR REGIS Earthwise closed June 2003. WILTSHIRE Berli's in Salisbury has closed. NORTH YORKSHIRE NEW Tower Street Pantry 14 Tower Street, York YO1 9SA. Tel: 01904-647963. Take-away or eat-in sandwich bar right opposite Clifford's Tower, the only bit of castle left above ground. Each sandwich freshly made to order so you can pick your own ingredients. Lots of salady things, hummus, roast veg, cakes, flapjacks and fahiras (a big pasty). NEW Jumbo 2-4 Hudson Street, York YO1 6LP. Tel:01904-623656. Open every day 12-23.00. Omnivorous Chinese all-you-want buffet with lots for veggies and vegans including mounds of fresh fruit. Rice contains egg or ham but they always have plain boiled rice though you may have to ask for it. Prices vary according to time: £4.99 12-17.00, £6.99 17-19.00 but till 23.00 on Sun, £8.99 19-23.00. £1 extra after 17.00 on Sat. Clear? NEW Old Chapel Veg Cafe outside terrace right by the beach. Open: Sun-Fri 10-18.00, Sat 10-20.00. NEW The Women's Holiday Centre The Old Vicarage, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Settle, N Yorks BD24 0HD. Tel: 01729-860207. Only veggie and vegan food, for women and children up to 16, very cheap, pay according to what you can afford. www.hortonwhc.org.uk WEST YORKSHIRE NEW Canalside Community Café New vegan cafe at Hebble End, next to the Alternative Technology Centre on the canalside, Hebden Bridge. Tel: 07870-727373. Open: Tue-Thu 10-18.00, will open on Mondays for groups by prior arrangement. Non-smoking, eat in or outside in the garden, child friendly with children's menu, toys and high chair. Email: kurlykathb@yahoo.co.uk (P. Lennox, May 2004) Hansas in Bradford has closed though Hansas in Leeds remains open. We have heard the Curlew Cafe in Otley no longer seems bothered about vegetarians after a change in ownership. NEW Fair Trade Café 2 Ash Grove, Bradford BD7 1BN. Open: Mon-Fri 12-15.00 university term-time. Use entrance on Great Horton Road, opposite Chesham Building of Bradford University - look for mural on garage door. Regular themed daytime and evening events - tickets from cafe. Organic House, 2 Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 6AA. Organic vegetarian cafe and shop, largely vegan menu. Open Tue-Wed and Sat 9-18.00, Thu -20.00, Fri -19.00, Sun 10-17.00, Mon closed. Tel 01422-843429 www.organic-house.co.uk (March 2004) SCOTLAND - ABERDEEN The following restaurants in Aberdeen serve vegan food: SCOTLAND - INVERNESS Herbivore has closed and been replaced by an omnivorous restaurant Zanzibar, which has some vegetarian food. WALES NEW The Barn Vegetarian B&B, Pen-y-Maes, Capel-y-Ffin, Monmouthshire NP7 7NP (Powys border). Tel: 01873 890477. Deep in the beautiful Black Mountains, between Hereford and Abergavenny, amid abundant nature, The Barn is the ideal retreat for walking, resting, reflection and rejuvenation. One double and one twin £20 per person, one double en suite £22.50 per person. Single person £25. Children £10. www.thebarn-wales.co.uk Email: alice@thebarn-wales.co.uk (June 2005) NEW Bryntirion B&B, Lon Ganol, Llandegfan, Anglesey LL59 5YA. New omnivorous guest house, all diets catered for. Open all year round. Two twin en suites, one is disabled equipped, £25-30 per person. Evening meal £10-12.50, packed lunch on request. Tel: 01248-712 775. NEW SNOWDONIA Holiday lettings at farm being developed for vegan horticulture. Sleeps 8. Wind and solar energy for electricity, heating and hot water. Situated in forest clearing near resevoirs. Excellent for walking, boating, cycling, relaxing, climbing and getting away from it all. Tel: 01244-819088. NEW Dyfiguest B&B, 20 Ffordd Mynyd Griffiths, Machynlleth, Powys Powys. Tel: 01654-702562. New vegetarian and vegan B&B next to Snowdonia National Park and 2 miles from the Centre for Alternative Technology. Double ensuite room £25-26 per person. Lockup garage for bicycles, on cycle route. Dogs welcome. No children. Easy access as ground floor though you can't get a wheelchair through the door. All organic and home made. 5 mins walk from town. Train: Machynlleth. www.dyfiguest.co.uk Email: dyfiguest@yahoo.co.uk Treehouse restaurant in Aberystwyth at 14 Baker Street, Tel. 01970-615791, has 5 to 7 vegetarian main dishes for £5.75 or less. Open: Mon-Sat 12-15.00. There's an organic shop downstairs with vegetarian take-aways, open Mon-Sat 9-17.00 or later. Vegetarian France Updates
Printer-friendly pdf version PARIS NEW PARIS 3rd, Le Potager du Marais 22 Rue Rambuteau, 3rd arrondissement. Open every day noon until midnight (Sun 1pm till midnight), last orders 10.30pm. Metro: Rambuteau (line 11), Hotel de Ville (1 and 11) Tel: 01-42 74 24 66. Finally Paris has a vegetarian restaurant in the 3rd arrondissement, next to the Pompidou Centre. And this one has a separate vegan page in its menu. Dishes from 7 to 12.50 euros or a set menu for 15 euros. Smoking allowed. Photo and map There is always at least one vegan soup. However, I decided on a cold starter, seaweed pate with salad and plenty of wholemeal bread, followed by a vegetable casserole with tofu and potatoes which was huge and very filling. With freshly-extracted carrot, celery and beetroot juice and fruit compote this made a very satisfying and warming lunch and came to just over 15 euros, service included. By 2pm the place was full with a seeming mix of tourists and locals. (Peter Freeman, Nov 2004) NEW PARIS 19th, Le Marchand de Soupes, 70 rue Rebeval, 75019 Paris. Tel: 01-42 41 79 64. Metro: Pyrenees. We hear this is a new organic vegetarian restaurant.Country Life, La Truffe and Piccolo Teatro in Paris have closed. MAOZ new falafel bar at 8 rue Xavier Privas, 6th arrondissement. Metro: St Michel. Eat for 3.7 to 5.2 euros. Open: 11.30-midnight. Tel: 01-43 26 36 00. No smoking. Po Mana vegetarian restaurant, 39 rue des Vinaigriers, 10th arrondissement. Metro: Gare de l'Est (near Eurostar). Open every day 12.30-14.30, 19.30-22.30. Tel: 01-40 37 19 19. Fixed menu 17-19 euros with dishes that change daily according to season. The food is delicate and delicious. You receive a large bowl of rice, salad, soup, vegetables, bread, chutney and dessert. The room is warm and welcoming. Note for vegans: some dishes are dairy based. 12 seats. No smoking. Tien Hiang restaurant, 20 rue Nationale, 13th arrondissement (Chinatown). Metro: Porte d'Ivry. Tel: 01 45 82 99 54. Open: Wed-Mon 10.30-23.00, Sat 11.30-23.00, closed Tue. Meals 6 to 7.5 euros. No smoking. NORTH WEST NEW La Basse Louvetiere, Courcite 53700 (53 Mayenne, Loire). Tel: France +33-2 43 04 71 24, England +44 (0)7092 311708, Fax England +44 (0) 7092 025973. 18th century vegetarian guest house and self-catering gite. www.french-holidays-loire.com website in English. Email: gitesinfrance@aol.com NEW La Haute Fariniere Retreat 2 hrs from SW Caen, idyllic B&B well positioned to discover Le Mans (40 mins), Laval (40 mins), Mayenne, Loire, Chartres, Tours, Angers and Paris. Equally ideal for an overnight respite if continuing south. Home grown seasonal cuisine. Individual needs catered for i.e. vegan, juicing, detox, raw food prep classes and health coaching. Dawn & Robert look forward to making your visit special. Tel: +33-2-43902411 or dawn@rainbowpromise.co.uk for details and photos. Dept 53 - La Haute Fariniere, Torce Viviers En Charnie, 53270 France Tel: 02 43902411 e-mail dawn@rainbowpromise.co.uk Prices approx 60 euros pnpp & 30 euros pp for eve meal. They plan to move further south, e.g. Carcasonne or Cognac.(July 2006) NORTH EAST NEW Domaine Chateau Bellevue in France-Compte (39 Jura), 39700 Chatenois. Near Dole, Dijon and Besancon. 19th century chateau in a 5-hectare park, with ancient chestnut and lime trees where you can discover nature and meditate. Rich variety of rare and protected species of flora and medicinal plants. Vegetarian organic kitchen, mainly ayurvedic. French, English, German, Italian spoken. 11 rooms, one suite, apartment, separate house, and dormitory. Seminar rooms. Swimming pool. Playground. No pets. Non smoking. Prices with breakfast: double or twin room 58 euros, single 46 euros, suite 107 euros, dormitory 20 euros. Apartment (4.5 rooms) 610 to 687 euros per week. Small house 382 euros per week. Extra charge for partial board 12.5 euros, full board 23 euros. Tel: +33-3-84 72 82 35. Fax: +33-3-84 82 67 48. Lots more on their website www.arche-novum.com. Email: contact@arche-novum.com NEW Les Battees Guesthouse, Burgundy (71 Saone et Loire), opening Easter 2004, vegetarian and vegan guesthouse. Formerly a wine-grower’s mansion in its own wooded park, on a rise overlooking the canal port of St Leger-sur-Dheune. Situated in beautiful countryside on the main route to the tourist centre of Autun, within easy reach of Beaune, the wine capital of Burgundy. Dating from the 19th Century, the house retains many original features, such as moulded plasterwork on the ceilings, marble fireplaces, and terracotta floor tiles. All rooms have en suite facilities. The house also possesses its own extensive orchard, enabling them to offer homemade jams and fruit-based desserts such as plums in brandy to enjoy with breakfast and the Table d’Hote on an elegant terrace. They will cater for children of all ages, but cannot accommodate pets. For further details phone Val Patchett on +33 (0)3 85 45 47 09. www.lesbattees.com Email: lesbatees@wanadoo.fr SOUTH EAST NEW in LYON, Soline vegetarian restaurant. It has a very modern and colorful appearance and friendly ambience. International dishes are served lunchtime Mon-Fri and Thu evenings. 7.50 for one dish, 12 euros for a menu. Mainly organic products. 89 Rue Paul Bert, 69003 Lyon, Tel: 04-78 60 40 43. (Wayne Featherstone July 2006) NEW Hotel Les Fleurs, Auvergne (63 Puy de Dome) Vegetarian hotel with vegetarian restaurant, 367 Avenue Geneau de Mussy, 63150 La Bourboule. Tel: +33-4-73 81 09 44, Fax: +33-4-73 65 52 03. 18 rooms, 35-60 euros per person. Lots of organic ingredients. Dogs welcome. www.hotellesfleurs.com. hotel.lesfleurs@wanadoo.fr NEW in NICE, Le Speakeasy vegan restaurant, 7, rue Lamartine, in the centre of Nice's financial and shopping district. Menus or carte, around 12 euros. Open: Mon-Sat 12-14.15 (last order), and Fri-Sat 19-21.15 (last order); closed Sun. Reservations advised tel: 04-93 85 59 50. Run by a Californian. Specialties include vegetable p‚tde from potatoes, olive oil and local herbs; vegetable pies made with kneaded grains instead of flour; macrobiotic casseroles, pastries (also without flour) and fresh banana ice cream without the cream, calories or cholesterol. The tourte au potimarron, made from a local gourd the color of egg yolk which tastes like scrambled eggs is a local favorite. The walls are covered in quotations from famous vegetarians. (Jeffrey M. Freedman) SOUTH WEST NEW Tomlins Vegetarian Guest House & Cookery School Opened May 2004 in Charente-Maritime. 23 Rue Du Fief Gourmand,17290 Chambon. Tel: +33-5-46 35 65 42. Fax: +33-5-46 35 69 46 www.tomlinsinfrance.com Email: info@tomlinsinfrance.com (Kari Manovitch, May 2004) NEW Les Jardins d'Iesse Organic vegetarian restaurant in Montignac in the Dordogne, open every day July till September. Superb food. Very welcoming host, good English spoken. Sometimes concerts on Friday or Saturday evening in July and August. 28 rue de Juillet, Montignac. Tel: +33-5-53 50 18 51. NEW Le Guerrat Veganic non smoking bed and breakfast in stone farmhouse, run by an English couple. Room from 40 euros per night for a couple, evening meal 14 euros per person. Sue and Trevor, Le Guerrat, 09420 Rimont, France. Tel: +33-5-61 96 37 03. leguerrat@aol.com. http://vegan.port5.com/flashvegangite2.html (This website is not always live.) CONTACT FELLOW VEGGIES Aequalis is now called One Voice and is based in Nantes.
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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, Country Life, Crazy Salads and Nuthouse 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. 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 and Heather's in south London have 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 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 - GDANSK Restauracyjka Wegetarianska has closed. The two Green Way cafes in Sopot have closed and relocated to the train station. 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 (Andrew Richards, March 2004) 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). 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