Stumptown Vegans

July 19, 2008

Taqueria Los Gorditos has informed us that an all-new & all-vegan taco truck has opened right around SE Stark & SE Grand as of yesterday, 7/18/08. Not so surprisingly near the vegan mini mall. Check it out!

Red & Black Cafe is holding a Beer Cooler Benefit Dinner on July 25, 2008. It is sliding scale $15-$30 and will have three courses, all vegan. Please RSVP to redandblackbooking@yahoo.com.

May 30, 2008

A new VooDoo Donuts location, at 1501 NE Davis St. will be opening tonight, after a march from the old location to the new. See this Willamette Week article for more information.

There will be a Let Live Benefit four-course dinner on June 18th. All dishes will be prepared by Isa Chandra Moskowitz of the Post Punk Kitchen. Tickets are available now and selling quickly - sliding scale $40-$100 per person.

May 20, 2008

Pho Green Papaya on Hawthorne has closed. The MLK location is still open for business. Go there.

May 7, 2008

Is your favorite vegan food cheap? Is it from a hidden gem? If so, represent for the vegans and vote for your favorite vegan food locations in the 2008 Willamette Week Best Of Poll! Voting is open until the end of the month.

May 5, 2008

This weekend is the annual Portland VegFest, May 9th & 10th, 2008.

Check out the website for more information on speakers, chef demos and exhibitors. There will be food for sale from Papa G’s Vegan Organic Deli, Proper Eats and Blossoming Lotus, as well as samples GALORE.

Stop by the Try Vegan Week info booth for Temptation Vegan Ice Cream!

Here is a $1 off coupon on admission. See you there!

April 22, 2008

Try Vegan Week is an informational and recreational week of events taking place June 7th-14th, ending with an 80s themed vegan prom. Visit their site for more information and to sign up to be a mentor or participant.

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Check out the grand opening of Papa G’s on SE Division and 21st, tonight, April 22nd. Festivities include free entertainment (music and balloon creations), new daily plate specials and free food samples. Here is a coupon for a $1 off, expiring tomorrow as well.

Look for our in-depth official review coming soon!

April 16, 2008

Stumptown Vegans are proud to announce that have reached the 100 review mark! As of today we have 103 in-depth vegan restaurant reviews on our website. Thank you for reading and commenting! Check our our INDEX for the full list.

New Reviews Coming Soon: Nhut Quang, Sckavone’s and Voleur, along with many, many more!

March 17, 2008

We’ve started new adventures in life with podcasts! Join us as we talk about food. Let us know what you think, but be nice - we’re shy and trying to get used to the mic.

Check the new podcast link at the top of the page, as we will be adding new podcasts once a month (or two).

March 7, 2008

Don’t forget, March 20 is the Great American, and International MEAT OUT. Check here for events in your area. Spread the message!

March 6, 2008

Yesterday’s review of Steamers Asian Street Bistro is currently on the front page of Foodcandy.com as a featured blog post. Cool.

February 23, 2008

Brunch at Sweetpea Baking Company tommorrow!

“Its time for us to finally start this! This Sunday, from 9am until noon or so, we will be having an all you can eat brunch buffet. $10 gets you coffee and juice and as much french toast, pancakes, potatoes, scramble, biscuits and gravy, etc etc as you can eat.”

February 13, 2008

Junior’s Cafe is bringing back its First Friday Suppers, starting Friday, March 7th at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 a person and must be bought in advance - stop by or call 503-984-0810 for more information. We are waiting to here if there are all-vegan again and will update.

February 8, 2008

Maybe one or two of you out there haven’t heard - the former owner of the now defunct Pirate’s Tavern has opened a “vegan” strip club, Casa Diablo, in the same location. Now open, with Mexican themed food, apparently.

On Friday, February 15th, 2008 there will be a Vegan Valentine’s Day Dinner at Sweet Masterpiece Chocolate. From NW Veg:

Sweet Masterpiece Chocolates in Portland’s Pearl District (922 NW Davis St.) is offering a special vegan dinner with dessert the night after Valentine’s Day. There will be two options for the main savory course: (1) Tofu Peanut Fondue served with an array of local & organically grown seasonal vegetables and brown rice balls wrapped in nori or (2) Vegetable & Sweet Potato Curry with brown rice & spiced basil sauce. Dessert will feature Dark Chocolate Fondue served with an assortment of organically grown seasonal fruit- including apples, pears, bananas, tangerines, and strawberries-vegan cake bites, and vegan shortbread cookies. The cost for the savory and sweet course is $18 per person. For and additional $4 ($22 per person) diners may enjoy appetizers Tofu & Mushroom Salad Rolls and Vegetable Dumplings. The dinner will begin at 6:30 pm on Friday, Feb. 15. Seating is limited; call Sweet Masterpiece at (503) 221-0055 to RSVP.

February 1, 2008

Papa G’s Vegan Organic Deli is now open! They’re located at 2314 SE Division St. Click here for a coupon.

January 29, 2008

Rumor has it Papa G’s will now be softly opening within the next 2 weeks, construction is still going on. It is not yet open!

Vegan-friendly Pho Green Papaya has opened a second location at 4111 SE Hawthorne. Check it out!

January 16, 2008

Check out Stumptown Vegans’ “Ten Best Things We’ve Eaten in Portland” in the current print edition of Herbivore Magazine, Issue#14, The Travel Issue.

Our list of meals are from The Farm Cafe*, Junior’s, Blossoming Lotus, Hush Hush, Nutshell, Flavorspot, Backspace, Sweet Pea Bakery*, Proper Eats and Vita Cafe.

*Reviews coming soon~

January 13, 2008

Papa’s G’s Vegan Organic Deli, formerly at the now closed Daily Grind, is quickly opening next week on SE Division St.! From the Food Fight! website:

“Papa G’s vegan organic deli looks to open softly on January 21 2008. We are completing our extensive remodel of our location at 2314 SE Division st. We will be open from 7 am to 7 pm Monday -Friday and 8-6pm on Saturday and Sunday. We will offer an organic vegan salad bar, hot entree bar, deli case, vegan espresso and of course a variety of desserts and pastries. We will make all of our own vegan nut/bean yogurts, milks, and salad dressings as well as offering a morning granola bar with our own house made granola, flake cereals and hot breakfast en tree items. We are excited about our new opportunities and look forward to changing the way people view vegan food!”

January 11, 2008

Waffle lovers who don’t want to travel to the N. Lombard Flavorspot - check out your new location on N. Mississippi and enjoy the vegan apple crisp! From the man itself:

“Greetings waffle eaters,

Tomorrow (1/12/0 we will begin the un-grand opening of the new shop.
We will be open for weekend service from here on out at the Fremont &
Mississippi (SE corner) location.

Current hours are going to be 8:30-3 Saturdays and Sundays ONLY.

We will have apple crisp again this weekend (both locations) and there
will be a batch of vegan apple crisp as well.

Come on down and say hey!

See you soon,
Your friendly neighborhood FLAVOURspot”

Red & Black Cafe has re-opened at 400 SE 12th Ave @ Oak St, with limited hours through the weekend, and all vegan food (go figure with the mini mall next door!) From their email:

“Your friendly neighborhood worker-owned cafe is BACK with an all vegan food menu, a beautiful space and plenty of new smiling faces!

We’ll be reopening at our new space, 400 SE 12th avenue at Oak tomorrow, Friday January 11th with limited hours being 9am-3pm through the weekend, and 9am-9pm the following week and until further notice. Please come and see us!

Can’t wait to see you, and many thanks in advance to everyone for their patience as we re-adjust to our new space.
COME GET SOME FOOD!”

January 6, 2008
More on the Vegan Mini Mall Grand Opening Party, from the Herbivore blog:
What: Vegan Mini-Mall Grand Opening Party
When: January 6th, 2008, all day
Where: 12th and Stark in SE, PDX

Join us as we celebrate the official grand opening of Portland’s own Vegan Mini-Mall! Come down and visit Sweetpea Baking Company, Herbivore, Food Fight Vegan Grocery, and Scapegoat Tattoo. While you’re checking out our new digs, take in some live music by Cars and Trains, Old Growth, Superbad, and Rough Chukar (music starts at 6 pm) and eat yourself silly. Herbivore will have food samples from the cookbook they just published, Yellow Rose Recipes by Joanna Vaught (food at 3), and Sweetpea will be up and running with the delicious you’ve come to expect plus a whole bunch of new menu items. Stock up on your grocery needs at Food Fight while you bust out a karaoke song or two, and book your next tattoo appointment at Scapegoat.
Many months in the making, The Vegan Mini-Mall is now fully operational. Come celebrate with us!”

January 1, 2008 Of course you know about the vegan mini mall’s grand opening on Sunday at 1pm. We thought we’d just remind you. Even one of the Stumptown Vegan authors likes to say she played a (small) part in making it happen. We are so happy for everyone involved.

December 15, 2007

Look for a second Flavorspot in the Mississippi neighborhood starting that the beginning of the year.

Also, all hail Sweetpea Baking Company’s grand opening on January 6th, along with everyone else over at the vegan mini mall!

December 4, 2007

Word is that the last Pirate’s Night at Pirate’s Tavern is on December 7th, 2007.

November 29, 2007

Earth First! Vegan Dinner Benefit

Where: Monkey Wrench Cafe 5529 N Vancouver @ Killingsworth
When: Sat. December 1st 6-10pm

“Not so pricey, no one turned away”

“an evening spent in the company of Earth First!ers of all generations, a gala of storytelling and fine vegan dining, a benefit for stumptown’s own Earth First!”

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Vegan Sundays at Taquerias Los Gorditos seem to be over for the season. If we here they’re back, we’ll let you know - but don’t forget that there is always a vegan menu available.

November 23, 2007

We haven’t been to dine yet, but there’s a new vegan restaurant at 3438 NE 82nd Ave: Nhut Quang Vegan Restaurant. Like Van Hanh and driving out to the airport? This is up your alley. The website should be up soon.

October 30, 2007

Don’t forget to stop by the FREE Vegan Holiday Festival this Saturday, November 3rd at Benson High School at 546 NE 12th Ave 10am-6pm. Our friend Julie Hasson, among others, will be presenting a cooking demo at 2pm.

Food Fight! and Herbivore will also be there, and officially opening in their new locations nearby on SE 12th & SE Stark on November 4th.
October 25, 2007

Stay tuned to news about Flavorspot’s second location! They will be opening a small storefront in North Portland.

October 21, 2007

Check out the Los Gorditos Mexican food cart on 50th and Divison for their vegan Sundays! Make sure to show up early because they sold out in two hours on the 21st. Good job Portland!

September 21, 2007

Check out the new vegan bar, Bye and Bye, on NE 10th and Alberta Ave. Opened today.

September 13, 2007

Sweet Lemon Vegetarian Restaurant is now online with a menu.

September 12, 2007

For those of you on Live Journal, we now have a feed. Now you’ll always be up to date on our reviews

The Red & Black cafe will have its final day of business in its current location on September 26th, 2007. Go get yourself one last bowl of dragon noodles and a tlp! Go get two!

Pirate’s Tavern closed for remodel and reopening September 19th, 2007.

From their website:

“Ahoy, Matey! Pirates Tavern will be closed for remodeling until September 19th, 2007. We are adding four new pool tables, darts, video poker, a karaoke singing lounge, multiple HDTV flatscreen TV’s featuring various sports channels, pinball and video games, more outdoor dining and an outdoor stage. We are completely updating our menu and adding a full bar and adding more cooking capacity in our kitchen for quicker delivery. We will be extending our hours. Come join us for our Re-Grand-Opening on this September 19th, Talk Like A Pirate Day … Arrrgh!”

September 4, 2007
The next Red & Black Cafe vegan family style dinner will take place on Saturday, September 22, 2007. Call or stop in to reserve your place. This will be the final dinner in its current location.

August 15, 2007
This upcoming Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 7:30pm, Red & Black Café is hosting perhaps its final vegan family style dinner benefit in its current location. There are approximately 10 spots left, so please RSVP if interested and join in for a nourishing and lovingly prepared meal.

Did you spot us in the Willamette Week?

August 8, 2007 -
We are excited to let you know about two new restaurants in town:

Nutshell: 3808 N Williams, Ste. C
It’s all vegan. No faux meats or cheeses. Gormet vegan food. We have sampled much of their food but have been waiting to go back to give it a full review. Right now we can say: try the couscous and the porter cake! These guys care about good vegan food.

Chaos Cafe: 2620 SE Powell Blvd.
All veg*an cafe.

August 2, 2007-
There is now have a map of all the restaurants we’ve reviewed. Check it out here.

Stumptown Vegans make it easy to help you Go Vegan on Mondays.
If you’re already vegan, we welcome you to sign-up (for the animals!) and add your suggestions on how, along with Vegan Syd, we can further spread the vegan message. You can sign up here.