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02/24/2010
» Soul Cocina serves up ALL VEGAN menu THIS THURSDAY!
It’s from 6:30-9pm TOMORROW. Click through for more details on the food of the street. Apparently there will be dance to but that’s all you, guy, because I CAME TO EAT. Food line up looks pretty tasty and I especially love that there will be a “special dessert”. This immediately begs the questions, will you be serving it to me OFF YOUR NAKED BODY? Ladies, AM I RIGHT?
Also, after or before, come to SF Vegan Drinks and get DRIZ-UNK/pleasantly buzzed with the hot ladies of Vegansaurus & VegNews!
Thanks to Natalie for the heads-up! She is THE BEST! ORDER HER PIES! GET THE ONE WITH DAIYA!
Link posted at 12:25 by mrpenguino 
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02/22/2010
Invest in a vegan future, for real this time
Hey vegans with dollars! Remember when Mission Street Food refused our investment money (or more accurately, refused our money in that “we’ll take your money but not give you any say in the business even though that’s how investment works in the real world”)? Well now’s your chance to put it to use, albeit on a smaller scale. Dolores Park vegan food truck Sunny Vibrations is looking for an investment of $5,000 to hire a new employee and prepare for the warm weather onslaught of hungry Speedo sunbathers/outdoor medical marijuana users. Same deal as before: either buy a $500 share in exchange for future profits, or put up the whole $5,000 for extra bragging rights. Sunny Vibrations has also started serving up Dragon Lines Tempeh, so they’re not just committed to vegan food; they’re also keeping it local whenever they can.
Speaking of awesome food trucks and how we need way more of them, San Francisco City Supervisor Bevan Dufty is calling for a hearing on the rules and permitting process for street food vendors. It will be open to the public on Monday, Mar. 8 so make sure to come down and tell your side of it. Otherwise, NIMBYs will flood the meeting and complain about how we need to shut down small businesses serving vegan food because there were too many people standing on the sidewalk last Sunday, or whatever. One of biggest problems for small business owners is the expense and the complexity of the permitting process. It’s the same problem that’s been plaguing Curry Up Now’s new San Francisco truck, which promises a new vegan menu when it opens but is now over two months behind schedule. So show up to the hearing and get civic, already! If I don’t get a samosa in me, there’s going to be hell to pay.
Posted at 11:00 by stevesimitzis 
02/09/2010
Rhea’s Deli: Get a vegan chicken sandwich delivered to your face!
Word on the street is that Rhea’s Deli delivers. What the street is leaving out is that Rhea’s can deliver a vegan chicken sandwich with a spicy asian barbecue sauce and all sorts of pickled things on it. Friend of Vegansaurus Joel tried it and liked it very much, and that fucker hates everything so you should get on it. PLUS HELLO DELIVERY.
Of course there isn’t any mention of the vegan sandwich in the Yelp reviews so as soon as you eat one, write one and tell people what’s up! And let them know where you heard about it! Which was here! Even if it wasn’t, we need the hits! Unless you want us to go away! Oh my god, that’s what you want, isn’t it!? TOO BAD I’M NEVER LEAVING WE’LL DIE IN THIS SHITBOX TOGETHER.
Cheers!
UPDATE: Jonas tried the sandwich and confirmed that it’s the BOMB and to ask for it mild spicy unless you’re hardcore. Here is a picture of half of it because it was so tasty, he couldn’t stop to blog. Solid.
Posted at 16:43 by mrpenguino
02/03/2010
Hey you! The one complaining about how there’s no real activism in San Francisco! This is your chance to remedy all that: come to the Activist Showcase! It’s on Saturday Feb. 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the SF SPCA (243 Alabama St. at 16th Street in the Mission). There will be networking and noshing! There will be sharing, requesting, and inspiring! There will be connecting, collaborating, and creating! SYNERGY!
I went last year and it was a great event; you learn about the exciting things other activists are doing and how to get involved. If you have a project that’s near and dear to your heart, you can find people here to connect with. The more people who attend, the better it is for everyone, especially the animals. Which is why we’re all here, right? Oh, I’m here to bitch about menu changes too, but you know, some real activism never hurt anybody. If you want to speak at the event about something you’d like to get collaborators for, email Josephine and let her know! If not, SEE Y’ALL THERE!
Photo posted at 09:05 by mrpenguino
02/02/2010
» Never mind, Weird Fish IS changing their menu
And to top it off, they’re being dicks about it. Dude, nobody ever accused you of being a vegan restaurant so fucking relax. We’re just bummed you’re taking away the one place we could get fried seitan in this city. To tell us to suck it up and head to Gracias Madre is a bunch of bullshit; the menus aren’t comparable at all! I hope your shit burns to the ground. I SAID IT, OH GOD DAMN. And before everyone has a fucking conniption fit, I’m just ONE vegan and this is ONE opinion. I know lots of vegans who might disagree with me and will still go there, but the reason I went was for fried seitan and french fries, vegan Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, and yam tacos, so yeah no, your papaya salad isn’t going to cut it.
Also, talking about all the “vegans grumbling” when there are plenty of non-vegans grumbling on other blogs and plenty of vegans who are OK with the change: way to be jerks about one of your core customer bases. Hardly anyone is stoked about your new menu, but if you want to become less sustainable and have a less inviting menu FOR ALL CUSTOMERS, that’s your business and your lack of business sense. Good day, sir!
My theories: Timothy, the owner, was spurned by a vegetarian or vegan girl and had a nervous breakdown about veg options. He was further negatively influenced by the chef from The Corner who is now the new head chef at Weird Fish. The Counter always weirded me out because Timothy co-owned that place and there was NOTHING veg on the menu, but I was always like, “Whatever! We have Weird Fish!” ANYWAY, my guess is that the chef from The Corner is just kinda bad at his job and can’t do creative vegan fare so they just gave up. Soyrizo taco? I can get that at Papalote for cheaper and better, guaranteed. PLAYED.
Oooh…or maybe Timothy just stopped smoking weed and became way less chill and together with evil chef created a way lamer menu? I mean, that’s why he acted the way he did, right? He was like the most productive stoned guy on earth. I don’t know…maybe some seitan killed his mom. WHO KNOWS; but I’m pretty sure a veg chick dumped his ass. I’ll be back with more theories later! Or you know, be bored with this and move on! Whatevs!
Link posted at 17:03 by mrpenguino
Invest in a vegan future!
You’ve heard about Mission Street Food’s intention to become a full-time charitable restaurant, of course, and the organizers’ need for financial backers—they quote a figure of 100 people investing $500 each. Did that incline any of you toward the pecuniary?
We received an email from a Vegansaurus reader, who said she contacted Anthony Myint (you know, MSF head chef) and offered to invest $500 if MSF would keep vegan options on the menu. She said that “it appears Anthony is considering it.”
Any other vegans with money to spare may want to make a similar offer. We’re not assuring its success—that’s something that would be worked out between the Mission Street Food partners—but we certainly endorse the idea! It’d be a great way to truly invest in a delicious vegan future, and act on your beliefs. Regardless of our (many, many) disagreements with MSF regarding the cuisine, we’ve always admired its support of so many charities. And you know, if we had a spare $500, we’d make a vegan-money offer. Not that theoretical money means anything coming from us, but it’s sincere.
Updated on Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. to add this comment from Mission Street Food
“We do not encourage vegan investment.
“Someone did email me asking if we would have vegan options and I said we “might.” Whether or not we have some vegan options will depend on a lot of factors, and one thing we are trying to avoid is upsetting anyone who would have invested with unrealistic expectations. While we may have vegan options, we cannot firmly commit to that right now. Furthermore, since we have no real stake in veganism, it would be a really misguided investment if that were a factor in the decision.
“Thanks,
“Anthony”
So there you go—another good idea in theory that doesn’t actually work in practice. Thanks so much to Anthony for his forthrightness. Now, back to the really vegan trenches, everyone.
Rosamunde in the Mission: it’s a vegan sausage fest!
Some of you may be familiar with the venerable Rosamunde Sausage Grill in the Lower Haight. It’s only about 20 square feet, but between it and its next-door neighbor, Toronado, I have spent many a perfect Saturday afternoon eating vegan sausage and drinking beer (don’t judge!). Now, Rosamunde has opened a brand-spanking-new Mission location (at 24th and Mission Streets), complete with their very own beer list AND seating for, well, more than the four people the Haight Street location can accommodate.
First things first: Rosamunde is not a primarily vegan location. They serve meat sausages of ALL KINDS, and many people may choose to pass based on that, which is cool, because it just leaves more vegan sausages for me!
Rosamunde has a very simple concept: grilled sausages of various kinds on fresh french rolls with a choice of select toppings for around $6 and a close proximity to beer. The rolls are always super-fresh and delicious, and the toppings pretty much rule: grilled onion, sweet peppers, hot peppers (or a mixture of both), sauerkraut, and a range of mustards and ketchup. The Haight Street Rosamunde offers one vegan sausage: it’s a Tofurky variety (though I can never tell which kind—I think maybe the beer brat), and it’s good, but there’s only the one kind. The new Mission spot offers a selection (!!!) of vegan sausages, which is fancy and makes having only a single option look like communist Berlin. When we ate there last night, the ol’ ball and chain had an apple sage dealy, and I had the kielbasa. The menu lists the vegan sausage as a “daily offering,” so I am going to optimistically interpret that to mean that they will offer a range of vegan sausages and be receptive to trying out new ones. YOU HEAR THAT, ROSAMUNDE?
In addition to sausages, the Mission location also offers vegan baked beans, fries, the biggest, most obscene-looking pickles that you’ve ever seen, and vegan split-pea soup. They also have a sausage platter that includes a sausage (or two), baked beans, and salad. Oh, and beer. They focus on quality, craft beers, and lots of their stuff on tap is of the strong persuasion. Handily, they list the alcohol content right next to the names and prices. OH! And (I almost forgot these) they also have Helwa vegan wafers in three or four different varieties. It’s a nice touch, especially if you get the kind of PMS I get where you need to have sugar, salty and booze in your mouth all at once. Handy!
The atmosphere of the place is something like “German Hunting Lodge with DJ playing an odd mix of Dead Kennedys and Hot Water Music with friendly tattooed hipster counter person.” Sounds odd, yes, but it works. There are lots of long tables with benches for cramming many people in, and boy were there lots of people crammed in when we hit it up last night. Hopefully it’ll calm down a bit once it’s not so new, but for now at least, be prepared to wait 15 minutes or so for your sausage, which is okay, since they have all that beer.
The only complaint I have about this place (besides all the meat, which, let me clarify, sucks, but I’d rather have meaty places acknowledge, accommodate, and respect vegans than not) is that while they are open for breakfast (and even offer free coffee with breakfast! AMAZING), they don’t have a vegan breakfast sausage. Their current breakfast offering is a breakfast sausage with egg and cheddar. I know I’d be pretty happy to have a breakfast sausage with Cheesly and tomato and onion or something. JUST SAYING, ROSAMUNDE!
Posted at 10:34 by jordanpattern 
02/01/2010
WEIRD FISH BRINGS BACK VEGAN OPTIONS (that people actually want to eat)!!!
Let’s all fuck in a bucket of deep-fried seitan! Or make love, if you’d prefer DANG FANCY. Uptown Almanac has the scoop, including a picture of the new old menu. High fives team! What should we take on next? House of Prime Rib?
UA also has the scoop on the city of Las Vegas totally ganking our look. I’m pretty sure we have a restraining order against that chester the molester dino.
Posted at 20:28 by mrpenguino
01/28/2010
» The new Weird Fish menu is whack and can go straight to hell
Sorry, I’m all about fostering open communications and being awesome about local restaurants with vegan options but FUCK YOU, WEIRD FISH. You cannot giveth fried seitan and then taketh away. Oh and replace it with a shaved papaya salad. You can shaved papaya GO TO HELL-A. That doesn’t even make sense but I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW.
Oh yes and no more lunch or brunch. I hate my life.
Link posted at 09:56 by mrpenguino
01/25/2010
Gracias Madre opening party TONIGHT! FREE DRINKS!
Really, all you should care about there is: TONIGHT and FREE DRINKS. It’s from 5 to 7 p.m. Also, FULL DISCLOSURE, we have no confirmation on this and I’m not calling anyone. It’s near the end of the month and minutes are a valuable commodity that I’m sure as hell not wasting on your asses. Now, anyone in an office care to call and confirm? THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME!
Here’s our initial observations about Gracias Madre. I’ll also add that you should skip pretty much everything except the cheesy cauliflower thing (it’s AMAZING) and OK, here’s the plan. Get to GM at like 5 p.m. Have a cheesy cauliflower dish and several free drinks. Wander down the street to El Farolito (or ANYWHERE BUT GRACIAS MADRE) and get a big-ass burrito for $5. Head on over to my place and LET’S PARTY (read: I’ll never tell you where I live EVER!!).
Posted at 11:38 by mrpenguino
