The Vegan Roadshow was travelling quickly through Liverpool this week but of course we made time to get some eating in.
Check out two of the meals I was able to consume in the brief amount of time we had in the city.
Provincial towns you jog round
The Vegan Kind
One of the biggest joys of being on the Vegan Roadshow is meeting all of the people who come out to listen to the bands and chat with Animal Equality.
The Glasgow stop of the tour brought an extra special (and generous) guest in the form of Karris, the founder of the subscription box service The Vegan Kind.
Not only did Karris buy a ticket to the show, support Animal Equality with donations and listen appreciatively to every piece of music played by our performers, she also gifted everyone on the roadshow with one of her lovely subscription boxes.
Check out what we got!
Glasgow food frenzy
As my Vegan Roadshow rounds the halfway point, we are getting ready to depart Glasgow and head to Liverpool.
I wanted to take two minutes out of my day before we set off down the motorway to show you a few photos of the vegan food I have been devouring in Glasgow these past few days.
Unexpected vegan
Don’t you just love when you stumble upon unexpected vegan food? It’s even sweeter when you are in a beautiful location such as Queensferry, Scotland.
Check this out!
New vegan grocery store
Here is some excellent news.
Birmingham (in the UK, not Alabama USA) is about to get a brand new vegan retail outlet. This will be the second 100% vegan shop in the city. Geez, Birmingham. Don’t be so greedy!
Get a sneaky look inside the still-being-built shop below and read what the owner has to say about the new outlet which just happens to be named Vegan Store. Catchy, right?
Vegan paint job
One of my favourite things about being in the vegan community is when people come together to help others.
It happened recently when readers of this blog helped raise funds to get Veg Instead back to trading, it happens daily when millions of vegans join voices to sign petitions like this one and I’m hoping it will happen again to assist a vegan restaurant in the UK with expenses related to redecorating.
Painted Elephant is a vegan restaurant in the Northern UK city of Newcastle. The business owners took a huge personal and professional leap when they decided to open the first 100% vegan eatery in this part of the country and I’m sure it has been tough work to get through these first few months.
But Painted Elephant has survived and is happily still serving up delicious plant-based meals and desserts to appreciative vegans and omnivores alike.
I am grateful for the dedication shown by places such as Painted Elephant and that is why I don’t mind helping financially when I can. They save animals by serving alternatives to meat, eggs and dairy so they deserve a helping hand when they ask for it, in my humble opinion.
The owners of Painted Elephant opened their restaurant on a shoestring budget but have now decided they would like to decorate to ensure the location can compete with every other non-vegan place in the city when it comes to presentation and decor.
They are only asking for £500 to make this happen and I know £1 from 500 people is a realistic target. Let’s get Painted Elephant looking good as a thank you for everything they do for promoting vegan food and animal protection.
Click here to contribute.
If you are not in the position to contribute, you might consider supporting this restaurant by sharing news of the fundraiser.
Extra note: you can join me at Painted Elephant on July 23, 2015 for Vegan Roadshow. Australian vegan band Love Like Hate will be performing a gig inside the restaurant. Book tickets here. (strictly limited space)
Edinburgh vegan
You can’t stop this runaway vegan train.
Henderson’s Bistro of Edinburgh posted the following on their Facebook page yesterday:
Birmingham eating
Super short post for anyone in (or interested in being in) Birmingham this weekend.
Yay for vegan food traders at local events!
I also like the sound of a mobile gin bar.
Not sure who or what Vegan Grindhouse is? Click here to read more.
UPDATE: After posting this story, I was contacted by Two Towers Brewery who told me their ales will be vegan during the event as well. Drink, eat and be extremely merry!
Go Glasgow!
There is currently a unique fundraising campaign underway in Scotland. A group of vegan activists have come together to raise money to have a vegan billboard erected in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
That is some fucking awesome activism!
You can check out the campaign website here.
If you are in Glasgow this Saturday (20th June, 2015), you can head along to fundraiser concert being held at vegan venue Stereo from 7pm onwards.
Here is a bit of info about the night:
Meat is Murder: A Smiths-inspired pro-vegan fundraiser
All proceeds go towards The Vegan Billboard Campaign
Featuring performances by –
Hausfrau
P6
Seconds
Chrissy Barnacle
DJ Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura)
and more…
Tickets are available online.
If you can’t get along to the gig, consider donating to this campaign online.
Have a fun night, Glasgow!
Vegan menu in Ayr
Yay for Ayr in Scotland!
The Chestnuts Hotel in Ayr is a pleasant surprise for vegans. My buddy Kay messaged me last night to let me know the restaurant in this gorgeous hotel has a lunch menu for vegans and a dinner menu for vegans. (Both links open as PDFs)
Have any readers been along to The Chestnuts Hotel? What did you think?