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SuperVegan is hiring a New York City Editor. This person will write blog posts, update our NYC events calendar, do some social media work, and help maintain the NYC Restaurant Guide.

We used to do a great job covering the NYC vegan scene. We’ve been slipping lately. But lots of people on the internet still get their NYC vegan info from us and we’d like to provide more of it, more often.

This will be a paid, very part time, contract position. The work will be erratic but regular. Potentially daily, maybe 15 minutes here, 30 minutes there, that kind of thing. The money is real but not amazing*. The ideal candidate is posting all this stuff to their own blog/social media accounts already anyway.

Other attributes of the ideal candidate include:

• Residency in and familiarity with the NYC Metro Area.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Decent self-copyediting skills (ain’t no one else gonna do it for you).
• Familiarity with popular social media platforms.
• Extensive blogging experience.
• A personality that comes through in your writing.
• Can accept editorial guidance without taking personal offense.
• Photography skills.
• Anger and optimism in equal measure.
• Online all the damn time.

(If these aren’t all true for you, we might still want you—just let us know which when you apply.)

To apply, send an e-mail to jobs@supervegan.com with:

• A note describing why you’re the best person for this job.
• A brief description of the last good NYC restaurant meal you ate.
• Links to five examples (that you’re proud of!) of your writing on the web.
• A list of three great vegan-related things that happened in NYC in 2013.
• A list of three great vegan-related things that happened in NYC in 2012.
• A list of three great vegan-related things that are happening in NYC later in 2013.
• An explanation of what makes a good SEO-optimized headline.
• Something you’re pissed-off about.
• Something you’re happy about.
• Zero attachments! We won’t look at them. And they may even disqualify your entire message.

Questions welcome via e-mail or in the comments.

*The exact amount will vary depending on how much work is taken on. But they pay will probably be at least $50/week.

Shame on the person who left this full beer behind.

Thank YOU for hanging out and supporting Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART) at Vegan Drinks NYC on April 25th. Kisses to Fontana’s Bar for hosting and to Chickpea & Olive for feeding us!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART)
• Darwin Animal Doctors
• Sea Shepherd
• For Bud’s Benefit (May 3rd at the Yippie! Museum) – R.I.P, Bud.
• World Wide Vegan Bake Sale to benefit Food Not Bombs NYC (April 28th at Mooshoes)
• Ready 4 Rescue
• Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
• VeganMentors.org
• Veg Strong
• forAnima.com
• Shaia’s Hot Sauce (10 percent of net profits goes to Mercy For Animals)
• The New Luv

Cute DJ Alert: Megan Rascal!

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, May 30th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Join us as we benefit VINE Sanctuary and let the world know you’re going by RSVPing at Facebook.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Get on our mailing list!

Join us THIS Thursday, April 25, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. Chickpea & Olive will be feeding your faces!

This month, we’ll be benefiting Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART). The mission of HEART is to foster compassion and respect for all living beings and the environment by educating youth and teachers in Humane Education. Stuff your dollars in the donation jar, and buy raffle tickets from HEART to win one of these great prizes: gift certificates from Lula’s Sweet Apothecary, Candle 79, Vegan Essentials, and Terri; chocolates from Rescue Chocolate; candy bars from Go Max; an item from Vaute Couture; and a Lia Sophia necklace!

Music by DJ Grand Format, DJ Megan Rascal, and DJ Jason Das!

Wanna let all your Internet friends know you’re going? RSVP on Facebook if you’re of the mindset to do so.

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Thank YOU for hanging out and supporting Darwin Animal Doctors at Vegan Drinks NYC on March 28th. Kudos to Fontana’s Bar for hosting and to Monks Meats for feeding us!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• Darwin Animal Doctors
• Mercy For Animals
• Sea Shepherd
• Goosewatch NYC
• VeganMentors.org
• National Animal Rights Day
• Dr. Ostfeld’s Cardiac Wellness Program
• MooShoes
• Veg Strong
• Plant Based Solutions
• MyVeganCookies.blog.com
• Sarah, who is looking for a roommate!
• Anna, an NYU student conducting a study on soy!

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, April 25th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Join us as we benefit HEART and let the world know you’re going by RSVPing at Facebook.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Get on our mailing list!

This month, we’ll be benefiting Darwin Animal Doctors (D.A.D.). The mission of Darwin Animal Doctors is to provide professional and comprehensive veterinary clinics for the animals of the Galapagos Islands, and to preserve the archipelago’s extraordinary biodiversity by humanely limiting the populations of domestic animals. Stuff your dollars in the donation jar, and buy raffle tickets from D.A.D. to win one of these great prizes: a LUSH gift set; handmade jewelry from the Galapagos; Darwin Animal Doctors t-shirts; and more!

Music by DJ Grand Format, DJ Megan Rascal, and DJ Jason Das!

Wanna let all your Internet friends know you’re going? RSVP on Facebook if you’re of the mindset to do so.

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Thank YOU for hanging out and supporting FAUN NJ at Vegan Drinks NYC on February 28th. Big, huge, gigantic thanks to Fontana’s Bar for hosting and to Bunna Café for feeding us! And, congrats to Brian and Eileen, whom became engaged (to one another!) during the evening!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• FAUN NJ
• Vegan Outreach
• Sea Shepherd
• Humane Society of the United States – New York
• VeganMentors.org
• De La Tierra
• Bunna Café
• Veg Strong
• MooShoes
• Matthew, formerly of SLC!

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, March 28th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Join us as we benefit Darwin Animal Doctors and let the world know you’re going by RSVPing at Facebook.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Get on our mailing list!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• NY Coalition for Healthy School Food
• Vegan Outreach
• Sea Shepherd
• Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary 
• Goosewatch NYC
• Citizen Radio
• De La Tierra and Chef Oscar
• The New Luv
• Vegan Long Island
• Bunna Café
• Ramona Cadogan
• Veg Strong
• Erik Walton Photography

Oh that bread!

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, February 28th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Join us as we benefit FAUN NJ (Friends of Animals United) and let the world know you’re going by RSVPing at Facebook.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Get on our mailing list!

Join us THIS Thursday, January 31, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. Harmony Kitchen NYC will be serving Southern BBQ Panini, Chick Melt Panini*, Grilled Chipotle Tofu Sandwich*, Spicy Hummus Avocado Wrap*, Chorizo Empanada, Spinach Empanada, Dill Potato Salad*, “Bacon” Caesar Salad, Chocolate Chocolate Brownie*, and White Chocolate Macadamia Cookie (*gluten free or gluten-free option available)!

This month, we’ll be benefiting the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food (NYCHSF). NYCHSF introduces plant-based foods and nutrition education in schools to educate the whole school community. The organization does this by working with school districts to develop recipes with a special focus on the entrée, and developing curriculum and other educational resources for use in the classroom. Stuff some dollars in their donation jar and stock up on their raffle tickets so you can walk away with the following great prizes:

• Candle 79 Gift Certificate
• Pure Food and Wine Gift Certificate
• Vaute Couture Item
• One Month Equinox Gym Membership
• Free Class or One Day Workshop at the Open Center
• + more to come!

Music by DJ Grand Format, DJ Megan Rascal, and DJ Jason Das!

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

This affected people subscribed directly to the feed and also to our posts-by-email subscribers. (Did you know you can subscribe to the SuperVegan blog by e-mail?)

We’re very sorry about this, and will try very hard to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

In related news, we’ve now got by-category feeds. Some we think may be especially useful are a feed of just our New York City posts and a feed of just our Los Angeles posts. You might also enjoy our recipes feed.

Are there any other specific feeds you think might be useful? Let us know in the comments.

Thank YOU for hanging out and supporting Empty Cages Collective at Vegan Drinks NYC on December 27th. Special end of the year props to everyone at Fontana’s Bar for hosting and to SoulKofa for feeding us!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• Empty Cages Collective
• Sea Shepherd
• Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
• Vegan Mentors
• Seasoned Vegan
• The New Luv
• NYC Vegetarian Food Festival
• The Vegan List
• Vegan Ladies Who Lunch
• Dr. Mary Clifton
• Yoga for Angry Vegans

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, January 31st at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Get on our mailing list!

Join us THIS Thursday, December 27, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. SoulKofa will be serving stuffed “duck,” General Tso’s Tofu, “salmon” smothered with mushrooms, vegan lasagna, South African smoked spinach, and three kinds of cake (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry short cake)! Seriously, wait until next year to think about joining that gym!

This month, we’ll be benefiting the Empty Cages Collective (ECC), a New York-based animal and environmental advocacy organization. ECC aims to cultivate a culture where animals are recognized as fellow sentient beings worthy of respectful and compassionate treatment. Through advocacy, education, hands-on rescue and assistance, the ECC envisions a world free of animal exploitation, abuse, and ecologically destructive behavior. Stuff some dollars in their donation jar and stock up on their raffle tickets so you can walk away with the following great prizes:

• Franchia gift certificate
• Blossom gift certificate
• Candle Cafe West gift certificate
• ‘sNice gift certificate
• One Lucky Duck gift certificate and signed cook book
• Compassion Company gift card for t-shirt, buttons, and stickers
• Basket filled with vegan goodies and cruelty free products, hand picked by Empty Cages Collective
• Pangea Vegan Products t-shirt
• Mark Ross photography book

Music by some folks, including DJ Jason Das!

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Thank YOU for hanging out and supporting Friends of Animals at Vegan Drinks NYC on November 29th. Hugs to everyone at Fontana’s Bar for hosting and to Heirloom Vegan Eatery for keeping us satiated!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• Friends of Animals
• Sea Shepherd
• Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
• Vegan Mentors
• Vegucated
• GooseWatch NYC
• Puppy Mill Free NYC
• Plant-Based Solutions
• NYC Vegan EatUp
• Furface Pet Portraits
• The V-Spot
• The New Luv
• Peacefood Cafe
• De La Tierra
• The Vegan Bus
• Heirloom Vegan Eatery

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, December 27th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Get on our mailing list!

Join us THIS Thursday, November 29, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. Heirloom Vegan Eatery will be back and they’re bringing Southern-style breakfast foods for your dinner needs! Prep your innards for fried “chicken” and waffles, biscuits and gravy, tater tots, grits, “chicken” biscuits and more!

The first 150 attendees will receive a free tube of lipstick (vegan, of course!), a coupon booklet, and special product discount codes, compliments of Ecco Bella. (So get there early!)

This month, we’ll be benefiting the not-for-profit Friends of Animals, who work to cultivate a respectful view of nonhuman animals, free-living and domestic. Their goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world. Funds raised at Vegan Drinks will directly enable them to continue their life-saving work and benefit their low-cost spay-neuter program in the NY Metropolitan area by helping to provide subsidies for rescue groups, shelters and people on low-incomes to spay or neuter their cats and dogs at one of the veterinarians in their network. Stuff some dollars in their donation jar and buy a boat load of their raffle tickets so you can walk away with some of the following great prizes:

• Candle Café West Restaurant—Gift Certificate, Value: $75.00
• Blossom Restaurant—Gift Certificate for Chelsea, 187 Ninth Ave. location, Value: $50
• Blossom du Jour (any location). Gift Certificate, Value: $30
• Moo Shoes, vegan shoe and accessory store, Gift Certificate, Value: $50
• Gift Certificate from Ecco Bella, organic skin care & cosmetics, Value: $175
• Original artwork (oil painting) donated by vegan artist Marcus Pierno, Value: $500
• Gift Certificate for a Sterling Silver Custom Photo Pendant, from vegan jewelry company Metal Cloth & Wood, Value: $55
• Gift Certificate for Lagusta’s Luscious, handmade, organic, fair-trade vegan chocolate, Value: $40
• Gift certificate for a yoga class and community acupuncture session from Third Root Community Health Center in Brooklyn, Value: $55.00
• Box of Vegan Peanut Butter Cups From GonePie Vegan Bakery, Value: $30
• Signed copy of The Lucky Ones from Jenny Brown of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
• One Friends of Animals Vegan message T-shirt (Value: $22) and one vegan cookbook, Best of Vegan Cooking (Value: $19.95)
• One vegan cookbook, Dining With Friends: The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine (Value: $19.95), one Friends of Animals vegan message T-shirt (Value: $22), and one copy of On Their Own Terms: Bringing Animal-Rights Philosophy Down to Earth (Value: $20.95)
• Vaute Couture “For The Love of Dog, Adopt” T-Shirt

Music by our very own Grand Format, DJ Megan Rascal (she’s baaaaaaaaack) and some guy named (DJ) Jason Das!

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Especial thanks to Daniel and Danielle from Chickpea & Olive, Dan and Christopher of Dun-Well Doughnuts, DJ Megan Rascal, DJ Grand Format, the truly wonderful Fontana’s staff, and the patriotic folks who stuck around til 2am when the President finally gave his speech.

SuperVegan’s Best Election Night Party Ever starts at 8pm tonight at Fontana’s. We’ll have delicious, organic, local, savory food from Chickpea & Olive (menu above) and delectable, organic, artisinal doughnuts from Dun-Well Doughnuts!

So come hang out, eat, drink, see old friends, make new friends, watch the returns to come in on Fontana’s giant wall-sized projection screen, and listen to great music from DJ Grand Format, DJ Megan Rascal, and myself.

Fontana’s was without electricity for several days after Sandy, but they’re fully reopened now. Most subway, bus, ferry, and regional rail lines are operational again. The weather forcast also looks fine for bicycling—that nor’easter isn’t expected til Wednesday.

While it’s easy to be completely absorbed in the acute crisis caused by Sandy, this election is—in a very different way—also a very big deal. Amongst many other things, it could have a significant impact on how prepared we are for future big-weather events. And—call us crazy!—move this country closer to a political climate which is more ethically enlightened in regard to non-human animals. So, go vote, encourage your friends and relations in swing states to vote, then come to our party. You don’t want to be sitting home alone on Election Night. We hope to celebrate together. We may have to mourn together. Either way, we should be together.

At Fontana’s Bar, 105 Eldridge Street (between Grand St. & Broome St.), New York, NY 10002. 8pm until the election is called (barring any 2000-style craziness).

Admission is free; just pay for what you eat and drink.

RSVP on Facebook, like the with-it kids do.

All are welcome. Vegans and non-vegans, heavy drinkers and teetotalers, people who revere the two party system and electoral college and those who revile ‘em. You don’t have to be eligible to vote to attend, but you do have to be 21 to get in the bar.

With all the devestation and cuddling caused by Hurrican Sandy, New Yorkers are living in the present even more than usual right now. But. Mark your calendars for the night of Election Day, Tuesday, November 6.

We’re throwing a giant vegan election night party at Fontana’s on the Lower East Side (the same place we do Vegan Drinks) with delicious, organic, local, savory food from Chickpea & Olive and delectable, organic, artisinal doughnuts from Dun-Well Doughnuts.

You don’t want to be sitting home alone on Election Night. We hope to celebrate tongether. We may have to mourn together. Either way, we should be together. With lots of delicious food, a full bar, great music, and a giant wall-sized projection screen to watch the returns come in. We did this four years ago at the now-closed Red Bamboo Brooklyn and it was a heck of a great night. Let’s do it again, Vegan NYC!

While we’ll turn on the TV sound when needed, we’ll otherwise be listening great music all night from DJ Grand Format, DJ Jason Das (that’s me! I don’t DJ as much as I used to, but I still got the records), and update: DJ Megan Rascal!

The location is Fontana’s Bar, 105 Eldridge Street (between Grand St. & Broome St.), New York, NY 10002. Here’s a map.

RSVP on Facebook, if you like that kind of thing.

All are welcome. Vegans and non-vegans, heavy drinkers and teetotalers … even Romney voters, I guess, though I’m not sure where you’d find one of those around here. You don’t have to be eligible to vote to attend, but you do have to be 21 to get in the bar.

See y’all there.

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• Rabbit Rescue and Rehab
• Sea Shepherd
• Farm Sanctuary
• Vegan Outreach

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, November 29 at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Get on our mailing list!

Remember that pizza I blogged about a few days ago? Well, it won! Two Boots Co-Founder and Owner, Phil Hartman* decided that our pizza pie plan was way better than a bunch of other vegan bloggers’ pizza pie plans.

You’ll be able to eat it for a week starting November 1 (World Vegan Day), Update: postponed due to Hurricane Sandy. We’ll post the new date once we know it.
and that day only they’ll be giving away free sample slices from 6pm to 8pm at all NYC Two Boots locations (except Park Slope, which is under separate, less-vegan-friendly ownership). They’ll also be unveiling some kind of eco-friendlier pizza box called the GreenBox.

Apparently they did separate East Coast and West Coast contests, and the retired-from-blogging-but-ha-no-not-really QuarryGirl won the West Coast. Congrats to her! But look out next time: if we’d known there were two contests, we would have tried to win both, because, if you hadn’t noticed we have an active and awesome Los Angeles bureau! (As of right now, Quarrygirl’s site is down right now, because she hosts it on Tumblr (I don’t mean to sound smug, my personal site is down for the same reason!))tumblr’s back up!

Here’s the official descriptions from Two Boots HQ:

Representing the East Coast (the pizza that will be served in our NYC stores) is SuperVegan.com!
Meet The SuperVegan: Artichokes, Vidalia Onions, Sundried Tomatoes and Daiya Cheese with Polka Dots of Basil Pesto on a Thick Sicilian Crust!

And the West Coast winner (whose pizza will be served in our LA locations) is QuarryGirl.com!
The Quarry Girl: Organic San Marzano Tomatoes, Shitake Mushrooms, Artichokes and Fresh Garlic with a Swirl of Basil Pesto on a White Cornmeal Crust!

I’d rather eat our pizza than her’s but we both like garlic, artichoke, and basil pesto, so that’s cool. And her spiral is really pretty! Wish I’d thought of that. And I’m pretty sure we didn’t have the option of organic tomatoes; that must be a Cali thang.

We happily deferred to Two Boots’s expertise in making a couple of modifications to the original design: instead of little letters of pesto, our pizza will have polka-dots, and instead of regular thin crust, structural concerns demand a thicker Sicilian crust.

For the picture, they wrote our initials on it GIANT STYLE. But the real pie will be dots.

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* Not to be confused with the Phil Hartman peddling pizza here:

Join us THIS Thursday, October 25, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. Chickpea & Olive will be serving up those great eats you’ve heard so much about lately!

This month, we’ll be benefiting the all-volunteer Rabbit Rescue and Rehab, who has put together one of the finest raffles Vegan Drinks has ever seen. Rabbit Rescue and Rehab is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing abandoned NYC rabbits and finding them permanent indoor homes. Stuff some dollars in their donation jar and buy a crap load of raffle tickets so you can walk away with some of the following:

• $50 gift card to Sweet and Sara
• 2 pack of tickets to Forever Dusty at New World Stages ($138)
• Black Matt and Nat “Portland” convertible denim satchel ($225)
• Black Matt and Nat “Doors” clutch-style wristlet wallet ($84)
• Gift certificate to the V Spot
• $50 gift certificate to Best Pet Rx
• $30 gift certificate to Whiskers
• Jewelry from Sequin New York
• Framed original piece of art featuring rescued NYC Metro Rabbits bunny
• $100 gift certificate to Teeny Tiny Rabbits for a custom watercolor portrait of your companion rabbit, dog or cat
• Box of vegan peanut butter cups from Gone Pie Vegan Bakery ($30)
• 16×20-inch Beatles print plus a signed copy of The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive 1964-1966 ($205)
• 16×20-inch Rolling Stones print plus a signed copy of The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive 1964-1966 ($205)

Music by our very own Grand Format and his pal DJ Slick Moranis (yeah, we like the name, too) from Toronto!

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

We got an intriguing offer from the PR department of the venerable “quirky” NYC-based pizza chain Two Boots. Two Boots has long been one of the best places to get a vegan slice, with their veggie-laden “Earth Mother” and more recently the “V for Vegan“, all tarted up with Daiya. They have lots and lots of non-vegan food, too, but Two Boots’s interest in serving more and more vegan food is highly commendable.

So, about that intriguing offer: they want to launch a brand-new vegan pie for World Vegan Day (November 1). And they’re offering a selection of vegan bloggers a chance to design said pie. If they pick ours, they’ll name it after us! I am not above doing a bit of PR for Two Boots if it means a good chance of being able to walk in and order a slice of the SuperVegan pie, with our logo on the label and all. And hey, even if we don’t win, more vegan pizza is a win for everyone.

My first thought was to make a vegan “meat-lover’s” pie, loading on as many greasy pink mock meats as Two Boots’s thick crust can support. I was going to name it “The Patrick Kwan“. But Two Boots doesn’t stock any mock meats and they told me they weren’t going to start just for this. (You might send them friendly e-mail suggestion, though.)

What was the best pie we could make with Two Boots’s available toppings? And what would make it distinctive enough from the “Earth Mother” and “V for Vegan”? The “Earth Mother” is basically a ginourmous pile of mild vegetables, and “V” is Daiya, artichokes, shitakes, red onions, basil and red pepper pesto. We’ve eaten plenty of both. But we can do even better.

One thing’s for sure, this SuperVegan pizza pie’s gotta be decadent. No vegan health-pie here. So we’re using the Daiya, loading on the fatty toppings, and skipping the whole-grain crust. And it can’t be too spicy. I can enjoy jalapeños all over a pizza, but too many people I care about wouldn’t go near such a thing.

Here’s the final proposal:

Vidalia Onion, Artichoke Hearts, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Garlic, Daiya, and Tomato Sauce, on regular white crust, with basil-pesto “S”s and “V”s scattered all over. You know you want to eat that right up. I sure do. I even have the conceptual diagram to prove it:

(Note to Two Boots; if the pesto-decorations are too labor-intesive, we’ll understand if you need to simplify a bit.)

(Image “liberated” from Andreas Turanski.)

Thank YOU for hanging out and supporting the Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) at Vegan Drinks NYC on September 27th. Kudos to the staff at Fontana’s Bar for their hospitality and to La Pirata Kitchen for providing such great eats!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• Vegetarian Resource Group
• Mercy For Animals
• Sea Shepherd
• The Humane League
• Farm Sanctuary
• Vegan Outreach
• Rumpshaker Fanzine – reading at MooShoes on October 14th!
• Harmony Kitchen
• Time’s Up
• Occupy the Pipeline
• Heirloom Vegan Eatery
• Terri NYC
• Global Diet and Sustainability Conference: Assessing the Negative Externalities of Animal Agriculture – October 12th at the New School
• DJ Grand Format

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, October 25th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

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Join us THIS Thursday, September 27, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. La Pirata Kitchen will be present to feed your face!

This month, any money you throw in the donation jar will benefit the 30-years-young Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG). VRG is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on vegetarianism and the interrelated issues of health, nutrition, ecology, ethics, and world hunger. VRG publishes the quarterly Vegetarian Journal as well as cookbooks, pamphlets, and articles, and we work with businesses, government organizations, and individuals to bring about healthy changes in your school, workplace, and community. Awesome raffle prizes will abound, as well as the opportunity to sign up for VRG membership!

Grand Format will play yet more thematically relevant music for your ears.

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Thank YOU for packing the bar and supporting Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary at Vegan Drinks NYC on August 30th. Hugs to the staff at Fontana’s Bar for being so accomodating and to Clementine Bakery for feeding us! High fives to our very special guest DJs, Arthur Smilios and Jay Johnson!

And, extra special thanks to those organizations and individuals who made Shout Outs:

• Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
• Clementine Bakery
• Mercy For Animals
• Vegucated
• Harmony Kitchen
• Goosewatch
• Marty of NYC Vegan Mentors (they need volunteers (including a web designer))
• Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos
• Sea Shepherd
• The Humane League
• Bud Burdick
• Joy Askew
• V-Spot Restaurant
• forAnima
• NY Vegetarian Expo

The NEXT Vegan Drinks NYC is happening on Thursday, September 27th at Fontana’s Bar (105 Eldridge Street, Manhattan) from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.

Get on our mailing list!

Join us THIS Thursday, August 30, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! We’ll occupy the Chandelier Room at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. Clementine Bakery will be there to feed you silly and represent for Brooklyn! (Scroll down for Clementine’s special Vegan Drinks menu!)

Grand Format returns to play great music for us. Plus: Special guest DJ set by Arthur Smilios (Gorilla Biscuits, CIV, companion of Lysaght, the most photographed cat on the internet!) and Jay Johnson (Punk Rock Karaoke Chicago, straight A student!, companion of Liam, definitely not the most photographed pup!).

This month, any money you throw in the donation jar will benefit the wonderful (and easy to visit!) Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary (WFAS). Surrounded by the Catskill Mountains in the town made famous for peace and music, Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary provides shelter to cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, sheep, and goats who have been rescued from cases of abuse, neglect and abandonment. WFAS is a place where visitors can come face to face with the animals who most only know as dinner and learn about the devastating effects of modern-day agribusiness on the animals, the environment and human health. At WFAS you can frolic with goats in a large open pasture, sit down with a pig who wants nothing more than a belly rub, cuddle with chickens who seek out your attention or get nuzzled by some very friendly sheep!

WFAS will have a slammin’ raffle for all your raffle-winning needs (all money raised goes to WFAS, of course!). Enter to win the following:

Show up hungry to enjoy Clementine Bakery’s menu (all vegan, of course):

Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.)

We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.