Vegan Restaurant Campaign #vrcns
Saturday, February 17th, 2018
There are so many of us who have been working in various ways to promote veganism and vegan foods locally. Yet, there is not a single vegan restaurant in the entire Napa and Solano county; many of us regularly drive 30 to 60 minutes plus to dine at a vegan restaurant. Collaborating together will magnify our individual efforts, and hopefully, one day, we’ll have a vegan restaurant.
Some may ask, why do we want to dine at an all-vegan restaurant when there are nearby restaurants with vegan choices?
- A vegan or entirely plant-based restaurant can be a better dining experience
- Provides a a larger selection to choose from, versus the single vegan item available, or choosing an item and having to order it without meat/dairy
- There’s no risk of allergen contamination from non-vegan foods
- There’s no cues (visual or aromatic) of animal flesh or animal products
- Our dining dollars are not supporting an establishment that profits from the suffering & slaughter of sentient beings
Yet, given the lack of vegetarian restaurants in the county, or even a smaller endeavors like food trucks, it’s a big move for a vegan restaurant to open.
To lay the groundwork for a vegan restaurant to open, we need to create a business climate where vegan foods are seen as profitable. Once we demonstrate that there IS a demand for vegan foods, then someone will eventually exploit that opportunity and open an all-vegan restaurant. (We’re already seeing that explosion with prepared foods. Ben & Jerry’s now has 9 vegan flavors, Haagen Daz and Breyers have vegan flavors too.)
