London vegan news, reviews & events
Need a reason to visit Brixton? You are about to get a damn solid reason for getting to the south London neighbourhood soon.
A new bar and vegetarian eatery called Vegbar is set to impress when it opens to the public on March 28, 2015. Christian, the mastermind behind the London Vegan Drinks gourmet hot dog night (remember?), is in charge of the menu at Vegbar and it’s safe to say plant eaters are going to be well looked after.
Check out this list of some of the vegan dishes being lined up:
I just received this news from the management of The Gallery Café in Bethnal Green.
Anyone up for a vegan wine night?
Do you want to learn about wine in a fun and friendly environment?
At our comedic wine tasting event you’ll sample a selection of wines and our experts will each give you their own notes on what you’re tasting.
The trick? To figure out who’s telling the truth and who’s bluffing. After tasting each wine, you’ll have to guess who’s giving you the real deal and there will be a prize for getting the most correct answers. And you’ll walk away with enough pretentious knowledge to impress your friends at their next dinner party.
Your ticket includes entry to the event, the wine, and a buffet of nibbles throughout the evening.
Friday 10 April. Doors at 7pm for a 7:30 start.
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Click here to buy.
Extra info: all the wine and food at the event will be vegan. Consume compassionately!
You all know the London vegetarian restaurant called tibits, right?
The ‘help yourself’ food provider is a favourite for diners looking for plant-based food as the majority of their food ‘boat’ is 80% vegan on any given day. Regular items include super food salads, seasoned potato wedges, sticky toffee pudding and Victoria sponge cake.
It is tasty food with a decent vegan wine and beer selection to boot.
But things are changing slightly over at tibits. Check it out:
London, are you ready?
This Friday night is the night you go to Black Cat cafe in Hackney. No excuses.
Wanna know why?
Javier Suarez, a South American chef based in London, has spent the last decade traveling around the globe due to his activity as a musician. He has explored vegan food options across the whole world. Inacio Gomez, head chef at Black Cat Hackney, invited Javier to take over Fridays at the cafe kitchen. Together they developed the idea of the Artisan Vegan ‘Meats’ Supper Night.
The vegan meats night is launching from 5pm this Friday (March 20, 2015). Food will be served until 10pm and the regular low Black Cat prices will be in place.
The menu sounds stunning. Check it out on the poster below.
Tonight is the night. My monthly dance party for the LGBT community and its friends is back for another round. Get along to Queer Vegan Disco from 8pm for pop, indie, alternative and dance music.
It’s a whole lot of fun.
If you are considering coming along but are unsure of how to negotiate dinner plans before the event, your panic is over.
Our host venue Kabaret will be serving the most delicious comfort food earlier in the evening, including:
This tantalising bar snack menu is 100% vegan (just like our drinks list) and will be available for the first few hours of the disco, so get down early for a bite to eat before you dance the night away.
As an extra incentive, you can RSVP to the Facebook event for tonight to receive £3 entry price on arrival instead of £5. Put the savings towards something to eat!
West London vegans. You’ve not been forgotten.
This food truck/street food event is taking place tomorrow (Friday March 13, 2015) in the Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre and 100% plant-based food truck Rupert’s Street is going to be in attendance serving up nutritious cuisine.
Emily of Rupert’s Street let me know what she will be serving in Ealing Broadway tomorrow:
Beetroot & Chickpea Burger with Kale salad
Squash & quinoa Latke on crunch seasonal salad and flatbread
Lentil & chickpea Curry with Brown rice and date chutney
Spiced apple cake
Get along and support independent vegan business!
You can see other dates and events for Rupert’s Street by clicking here.
I’ve just had some interesting news come through about a new regular vegan dining and socialising event in London.
I absolutely adore when people create new spaces for building social capital and find new ways for compassionate humans to connect and support each other.
That is exactly what this concept promises. Check out the press release for BEspoken Dinners below:
This is a first for my blog.
Book a ticket for the theatre and see vegan-friendly meat props used on stage!
An article by Rosamund Urwin for the Evening Standard titled ‘Green is the new black: how veganism became sexy in London‘ is problematic for many reasons (for starters, stop reducing compassionate people and decisions to sexiness), but one glaring omission stands out above the rest of the article’s faults.
I feel Urwin has invisibilised the real, everyday people who have helped drag veganism into the London mainstream.
Urwin attempts to unpack the reasons behind the explosion of plant-based food options in London and comes up with what I view as the typical and shallow reasoning of ‘it’s now sexy’ and ‘ because Beyonce’. She has omitted to name some of the groundbreaking people and events that have massively contributed to the widespread acceptance of veganism in London and the UK.
These people are not pushing plant food choices as a sexualised commodity (most of the time!). They are instead working themselves to the bone to put compassion front and centre. These people are a huge part of the reason why vegansim is a force to be reckoned with in the UK.
I present to you my list of people and organisations I feel were erroneously left out of the Evening Standard article.