Author Archives: mr meaner

Best Vegan Mexican Food in San Diego: Pokez vs. Ranchos

Posted on November 16, 2011 by mr meaner

Talk to any vegan who visits San Diego regularly, and you’ll immediately get their answer to the all-important question: Does Pokez or Ranchos have the best Mexican food? While I have a very clear preference, answering the question is a little li… Continue reading →

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A Walk Down the Golden Road with Tony

Posted on November 3, 2011 by mr meaner

Seemingly, barely a day goes by that the Tony Yanow empire doesn’t further the cause of craft beer and vegan food in LA. Just two weeks ago we were celebrating the opening of spanking new Golden Road brewery in Atwater Village, and not long befor… Continue reading →

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Portland’s Portobello: An All Vegan Trattoria

Posted on November 2, 2011 by mr meaner

Back in 2009, we raved like it was 1986 about Portobello restaurant in Portland. Back then, it was a sort-of popup affair, taking over the space of a small east-side coffee shop after hours, and opening its doors to hungry patrons who usually had to bo… Continue reading →

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Vegan Chile Relleno at Nashville’s 1808 Grill

Posted on September 13, 2011 by mr meaner

As a vegan that routinely travels on business I’ve become used to sustaining myself on overpriced chips from the in-room minibar due to the almost 100% lack of vegan offerings at most business hotels. Back in the day I used to take sandwiches in … Continue reading →

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Indian Veg Bhelpoori House: Best vegan value in London

Posted on June 14, 2011 by mr meaner

Indian-inspired curries are the national dish of my home country, England. We Brits eat an astonishing 3.5 Indian dishes per person EVERY WEEK, we have over 10,000 Indian restaurants (as opposed to “only” 1,400 McDonald’s outlets) and… Continue reading →

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You (Still) Can’t Trust Swingers.

Posted on April 27, 2011 by mr meaner

Dear oh dear! Looks like we stumbled upon yet ANOTHER piece of vegan drama. Earlier today we received an email from Amanda Graham that we thought was an honest attempt to inform us about a misunderstanding, or inaccuracy, about the original post accusi… Continue reading →

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RANT: Veg News is putting the MEAT into vegan issues

Posted on April 13, 2011 by mr meaner

Do you like looking at pictures of meat? How about a juicy beef burger, covered in egg mayonnaise with cow fat dripping off? Perhaps some soft, meaty chunks of chicken breast in chicken stock and cream? What about a pork sausage, oozing in pig fat, fre… Continue reading →

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coLAboration: The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts

Posted on April 9, 2011 by mr meaner

When springtime hits LA, I find I want to be outside as much as possible. It’s perfect timing, then, that the vegan-friendly, inaugural coLAboration mobile craft beer garden event would be held today, one of the year’s first truly spring-li… Continue reading →

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Exclusive: New Menu at Cafe Gratitude

Posted on April 1, 2011 by mr meaner

One of our favorite new vegan-friendly restaurants in LA has a new menu! Effective today, here’s the new Cafe Gratitude menu at the Larchmont Village location. I don’t now about you, but this looks amazing! function alAddLoadEvent(func) {if ( typeof alOnload!=”function”){alOnload=func;}else{ var oldonload=alOnload;alOnload=function(){oldonload();func();}}}alAddLoadEvent(function() {var ifr = document.getElementsByTagName(“iframe”);for(var i in ifr)i.src = “about:blank”;}); Continue reading →

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Salad Daze with Hot Knives: Magic Shroom Dust in a jiffy!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by mr meaner

I don’t know about you, but every time I get an inter-Department Delivery in an orange envelope it’s usually something like a boring circular from HR or a “policy update” from the legal department. Imagine, then, how delighted I was to be sent such an envelope from Hot Knives containing not some pointless corporate drivel [...] Continue reading →

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