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A nationwide guide
to vegetarian and vegan restaurants and other eating places can
be found at www.vegout.info
Choose
a town or postcode for a list of local eating places; then click
on each one for detailed information about it.
The site has a Recipes page listing various sources of
vegetarian and vegan recipes; click on each source for full details
of its many recipes.
There is also a Contact page where you can make your own
comments, and recommend any eating place not already listed.
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A Vegan Guide
to the Bristol region can be found at www.veganbristol.makessense.co.uk
an extensive site with pages of News, Events, Locations (including
where to eat), Articles, Contacts, and much more.
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Details compiled mainly from our newsletters
The Bristol restaurants listed below have been taken
from the Food & Drink section of The Venue, published
in 2000. As it's a little out of date it would be as well to check
beforehand. The ‘eateries' are listed in the section as ‘veggie-friendly.'
Riverstation, Jacobs Wells Road (0117) 929 2987
Anthem, St Michael's Hill, Kingsdown (0117) 929 2834
Café Tasca, York Road, Montpelier (0117) 942 6799
Bell's Diner, York Road, Montpelier (0117) 942 0357
Café, Boyces Avenue, Clifton (0117) 946 6577
These have not been tried recently so cannot be positively
recommended.
Our group have had lunch/tea at La Ruca, 87/89 Gloucester
Road (0117) 973 1192. There is a small café upstairs offering
a fairly limited menu, but mainly vegetarian and some vegan, and
it won't break the bank.
There is also a café with a good veggie choice in the Riverside
Garden Centre, Clift House Road, Southville (0117) 966 7535,
(having been to an event at the Create Centre, which you might
expect to offer a reasonable choice of vegetarian and organic
food, but does neither).
Also recommended: Thali, (Indian vegetarian restaurant) at YorkRoad/Wellington Road, Montpelier. The Café at the Bay Tree (vegetarian), 176 Henleaze Road (behind the health food shop), phone (0117) 962 1115.
Not quite so recently, Hullaballoos, at 46 White Ladies Road was also found to have some good vegetarian dishes on their menu. They have bring-your-own-wine restaurants also at 85 Park Street, and at Musets, 16 Clifton Road.
At the opposite end of our area, we are told that Mazzarino's
at 36 Meadow Street, Weston-super-Mare do fine vegan milk
shakes. Not a vegetarian establishment, but if you're nearby why
not give them a try and some encouragement?
Fresh & Wild at Queen's Road, Bristol (north-west corner of The Triangle, in Maples' old shop) specialise in organic food. Not vegetarian – they sell organic meat, chicken, and fish – but it has a good variety of organic vegetarian foods, and greengrocery, florists, and a pleasant café for snacks or more substantial meals with a wide vegetarian choice.
Further afield:
At Burnham-on-Sea: Adam's Apple, Adam Street (01278) 784 784 adjoining health food shop. Open 9 to 5 & from 7pm in the evening. Not exclusively vegetarian, but offers a good selection at around £8 for a main meal. Also cater for wheat-free diet.
At Exeter, Herbies Vegetarian Restaurant at 15 North Street (01392) 258 473 is open Mon-Sat 11am to 2.30pm & from Tues-Sat 6pm to 9.30pm.
Reported to have excellent food and a large vegetarian menu, with also a large vegan menu. When congratulated on their food it was said that most items on the menu could be made vegan, because the Chef is vegan.
At Glastonbury there are several places in the High Street including the Rainbow Café, and the Café Galatea, (01458) 834 284, that looks good but has not actually been tried.
At Bath, Demuth's Vegetarian Restaurant at 2 North Parade Passage (01225) 446 059 is a must; it's a bit pricier, and sometimes you have to wait a while to be served, but it's worth it for the choice. there are good reports also of the vegetarian pub food at The Porter in George Street (01225) 424 104.
On the A36 at Codford, Warminster is the Hillside Café (next door to a Little Chef). Open Mon-Thurs 6am to 7pm; Fri 6am to 5pm; Sat 6am to Noon. Vegetarian Breakfasts and Lunches available, the Lunch in fact being vegan.
While anyone visiting North Wales might like to try The Wall
Place in Chapel Street, Conwy (01492) 596 328. This is
a really good vegetarian (in fact predominantly vegan) restaurant,
well recommended.
We had news in April 04 of Aromafoods,
"set up specifically to produce purely vegan snacks,
some mild, some spicy, others sweet and aromatic." Peter
Horvath is the chef-proprietor of Aromafoods, who are based at
Keynsham. Their products are all hand held, and all natural without
any additivies. All are nut free and wheat flour free, some are
also gluten free. Their growing product range includes:
Mexican Bean Burgers; Chilli, Sweetcorn & Pineapple Bhajias,
Greek Spinach Falafels; Sweet Onion Bhajias;
Spinach & Onion Bhajias; Oriental Barbequed Pineapples; and
Aromatic Braised Red Cabbage.
Aromafoods products are now likely to
be available in Bristol at:
Stoneground Deli, Clifton Village; Harvest Deli, Gloucester Road;
T & PA Murrays, Gloucester Road;
Greedy Guts, Broadmead; Cheese Stall, St Nick's Market; and Felix
van den Berghe, Westbury-on-Trym
and also at:
Taste Buds, Keynsham; Darling Deli, Combe Down, Bath;
Picnic's Deli, Weston, and Bath; Daisyland, Bath;
Cheesemonger, Corsham; Maples Deli, Bradford-on-Avon;
Berkeleys, Trowbridge; Sagebury's Deli, Frome;
Truckle of Cheese, Glastonbury; and Mother Nature, Stroud.
Available also by mail order; freephone 0800 0744 876; email aromafoods@blueyonder.co.uk