Bay Area Vegetarians :: Blog » Guide News http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog News, ramblings and musings of members and supporters of Bay Area Vegetarians Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:39:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Loving Hut coming to SF Union Square http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/02/09/new-loving-hut-coming-to-sf-union-square/ http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/02/09/new-loving-hut-coming-to-sf-union-square/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:29:45 +0000 Chris http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/?p=818 Breaking news!  A new Loving Hut will be coming to Union Square this spring.

And the real good news is that it’s being run by the same family who first brought us Golden Lotus in Oakland, then Golden Era in San Francisco, and most recently Merit in Sunnyvale.  While under the same family management, it will be operated under the Loving Hut brand.

It will be in a high traffic food court, offering a smaller scale of food than the current restaurants.  Similar style to the Golden Lotus steam table lunch offerings (yum!)


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Check ‘em out .. and be the first to review them!  And if anyone has a photograph of the restaurant, please use the ‘add photo’ button to submit it.

Ultimate Guide – Nature’s Express: read it, rate it, review it!

Thank to Marin Veg for the original tip-off.

]]> http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/01/17/natures-express/feed/ 0 Bodhi Vegetarian House (Rancho Cordova) added to UG http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/01/16/bodhi-vegetarian-house-rancho-cordova-added-to-ug/ http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/01/16/bodhi-vegetarian-house-rancho-cordova-added-to-ug/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:33:39 +0000 BAVeg http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/?p=812 Bodhi Vegetarian House is a Vietnamese-style vegan restaurant in Rancho Cordova.  While they are newly added to the Ultimate Guide, they have been open for a couple of years.

Ultimate Guide:  Bodhi – read it, rate it, review it

With most of our membership in the San Francisco Bay Area, we do like to include listings for places to eat veg in adjacent areas.  So if you dine out veg-style in the Sacramento area, please check the Ultimate Guide to see if your favorite places are listed.  If they’re not, please add them!

]]> http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/01/16/bodhi-vegetarian-house-rancho-cordova-added-to-ug/feed/ 0 Amba open in Oakland http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/01/12/amba-open-in-oakland/ http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/01/12/amba-open-in-oakland/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:48:43 +0000 BAVeg http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/?p=810 Amba, a new vegetarian restaurant featuring Mediterranean fare, is open in Oakland at 6464 Moraga Avenue in Montclair Village.  For more information (hours, website, etc), please visit the Ultimate Guide link below.  Thanks to Amba for letting us know of their new vegetarian eatery.

Ultimate Guide – Amba: read it, rate it, review it

According to the Ultimate Guide, this is Oakland’s 6th vegetarian restaurant, joining the ranks of  Encuentro, Golden Lotus, Pizza Plaza, Souley Vegan, and The Breakroom Cafe.  If you know of other vegetarian and vegan restaurants that should be included in the Guide, please submit the listing for review and inclusion.

Oakland vegetarian restaurant list (6 entries)
East Bay vegetarian restaurant list (25 entries)
San Francisco Bay Area vegan restaurant list (39 entries)

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Thanks to Doug for the heads-up!

]]> http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2010/01/01/garden-fresh-new-location-in-the-new-year/feed/ 0 Nature’s Express – coming soon to Berkeley http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/12/01/natures-express-coming-soon-to-berkeley/ http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/12/01/natures-express-coming-soon-to-berkeley/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:54:53 +0000 Chris http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/?p=775 From this months Marin Veg Newsletter

Nature’s Express, a new vegan restaurant for people in a hurry is planning to open mid-January in Berkeley.  Read about the founder, an oncologist of all things.

]]> http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/12/01/natures-express-coming-soon-to-berkeley/feed/ 0 Gracias Madre (SF) opening 12/14 http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/11/23/gracias-madre-sf-opening-1216/ http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/11/23/gracias-madre-sf-opening-1216/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:44:24 +0000 admin http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/?p=770 Gracias Madre, a vegan restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission district by the creators of Cafe Gratitude, is scheduled to open December 14th.  It will serve organic Mexican cuisine.

Thanks to Dana for the heads-up.

]]> http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/11/23/gracias-madre-sf-opening-1216/feed/ 0 Planet Raw opening soon in Pleasant Hill http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/09/03/plant-raw-opening-soon-in-pleasant-hill/ http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/09/03/plant-raw-opening-soon-in-pleasant-hill/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:14:35 +0000 BAVeg http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/?p=764 Well, Contra Costa County is about to get its first veg restaurant — and a raw one, at that!  Planet Raw is currently in Santa Monica, started by Juliano, who had “Raw” in San Francisco many years ago.

For this East Bay location, the website says their “opening soon”, in the autumn.   The location is across from Diablo Valley College, and adjacent to the California Health Club.

Thanks to Winnie for the heads-up!

]]> http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/09/03/plant-raw-opening-soon-in-pleasant-hill/feed/ 2 iPod Bay Area Veg Guide – Updated http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/08/18/ipod-bay-area-veg-guide-updated/ http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/08/18/ipod-bay-area-veg-guide-updated/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:22:23 +0000 BAVeg http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/?p=760 iPod Bay Area Vegetarian Guide

iPod Bay Area Vegetarian Guide

An updated version of our handy Ultimate Guide is now available for your iPod.

It’s easily installed by downloading a file and moving it content to the ‘Notes’ directory of your iPod. The Guide does not programmatically alter your iPod in any way: it’s simply a collection of documents organized for easy browsing.

Please spread the word to all your friends!

]]> http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/08/18/ipod-bay-area-veg-guide-updated/feed/ 0 New World Vegan closing August 2009 http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/07/27/new-world-vegan-closing-august-2009/ http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2009/07/27/new-world-vegan-closing-august-2009/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:28:33 +0000 BAVeg http://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/?p=744 Well, we’ve long heard rumors that New World Vegan would be closing .. thanks to Rachel for sharing the update that a date has been set.  New World Vegan will close its doors at the end of August.

New World lives on in Symphonie, a sister restaurant located in Richmond that opened in February 2009.

Long-time Bay Area folks may remember another veg restaurant, Bode, that occupied that same location prior to New World Vegan.

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