The countdown is on! I’m very excited to say that the 2012 edition of the Vegetarian Directory is at the printers! You can pick up your hot-off-the-press copy at the Vegetarian Food Festival next weekend.

New to our Vegetarian Discount Card program

Looking for an exciting vacation retreat that also caterers to you your appetite? Colombia World Tours offers "All-inclusive eco-adventure tours in Colombia's stunning coffee region, tropical coast, and Andean mountains. Visit historic colonial towns, picturesque coffee haciendas, pristine beaches, snowy glaciers, and soak in hot springs. Gluten-free, vegan & vegetarian meal plans available."  They offer 5% off select tours with your Vegetarian Discount Card, contact them for details. 

As we mentioned previously, there is a new Sadie’s location opening up in Kensington... and now it is open! Sadie’s Juice Bar and Ice Creem Parlour offers Tofutti ice cream (soon to be handmade), lots of frozen novelties, floats and milkshakes and of course fresh juices....AND it’s all VEGAN! Read a bit from BlogTO.  Save 10% with your Vegetarian Discount Card.

New Hours

Teatree Cafe on the Danforth is now open Monday to Saturday 10am-8pm and Sunday 10am-6pm.

New Eats!

Tiger Tail Ice Creem

Boardwalk Chocolates knows that even though Summer is coming to an end, any time is a good time for vegan ice cream. Get in touch with them to make your own creation. I personally just picked up my Tiger Tail today. They write: "it's a mix of orange sherbet, rice/coconut vanilla and "black" licorice flavours. So far I've also made Peanut Butter with Justin's Peanut Butter Cup Candies, Salty Peanut Butter/Banana/Chocolate - a chocolate ice cream with gobs of salty peanut butter and slivers of fresh banana and Xylitol Chocolate Mint Chip. Up next is butter pecan with pieces of butterscotch candy. Consulting is available for those who don't know where to start!" Contact them for your ice-creem fantasy at siue[at]boardwalkchocolates[dot]com

New additions to the East of Toronto page!

Sally, our "roving Eastern reporter" writes: "Just to let you know that I've been branching out a bit further East to assist vegetarians and vegans who are out on day trips or visiting a cottage and looking for food. Happy Cow and other resources don't even list some of these smaller towns. I've had many pleasant encounters with new restaurant and cafe owners who are happy to cater to us, even though in cottage country, we are still a silent minority."  For recommendations and reviews of restaurants, cafés and other items of interest to vegetarians in Durham, as recommended by our Durham Lakeside Group, click here.

Mylk Uncookies

In the news

The Eaton Centre spent $48 million on their new Urban Eatery. It features reusable plate-settings, and the best news (in my opinion) is that Urban Herbivore has set up shop! Read more about it via the Star, and BlogTO.

Big news from our favourite volunteer-run collective up at U of T. Hot Yam! announces that their proposal has been approved to run daily instead of just once a week. They have sent out a call to the community for the help they need to get this big undertaking off the ground. Read more about it here. For now, starting September 21st you can enjoy a vegan meal for $4 on Wenesdays from 12-2pm.

Torontosist wrote up a lovely piece called “Finding Raw and Vegan Comfort in Mylk Uncookies” where you can learn how they came to be.

Now magazine put togerther ther annual student guide and had a whole page on cheap vegan eats.  Hot Beans, Hibiscus, Camros, One Love and Hot Yam! were all mentioned.

The Hog Town Vegan was named one of VegNews' Hot New Vegan restaurants.

Back to school supplies

Grassroots has all you need for eco-friendly back to school supplies like stainless steel water bottles, insulated lunch bags, reusable sandwich wraps, stone paper notebooks, recycled paper pencils, and also tips on packing litterless lunches.

Birthday Celebrations!

Snakes and Lattes

Happy First birthday to Snakes and Lattes! They are a board game cafe serving vegetarian and vegan treats.

Delivery service

Sick? Tired? Just want to stay in? Udupi Palace (details) and Hot Beans (details) are now available by delivery!

Prizes!

Gardein has a new free recipe app for your smartphone, so they are having a contest and giving away an iPad!