Portland's Vegan Mall Opens. I Check Airplane Ticket Prices.

That vegan minimall we've all been waiting for is now very real and very awesome.

The new Herbivore store looks absolutely amazing and Food Fight! is serving up cheeze dogs. I don't think Sweet Pea Bakery or Scapegoat Tattoo are there yet, but I guess I'm not sure.

Congratulations to all involved! Please post comments with links to more pictures. There's really not enough drool on my keyboard yet.

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• 1.

  Comment by Melisser [www] on November 14, 2007 3:28am:

  I've been checking flight costs as well. Meet up in PDX!! Once Sweet Pea opens, it's ON!
• 2.

  Comment by lizzle on November 14, 2007 9:46am:

  Visited Portland last weekend from Chicago.
  We're already planning a move.
• 3.

  Comment by AmyArgh on November 14, 2007 11:58am:

  Um, WOW. The Herbivore store looks ridiculous.
• 4.

  Comment by debya on November 14, 2007 1:08pm:

  You're correct. Scapegoat and Sweet Pea have yet to open.
• 5.

  Comment by IsaChandra on November 14, 2007 6:37pm:

  I guess it looks okay if you're a total yuppy.
• 6.

  Comment by missteenbuffalo on November 14, 2007 8:07pm:

  or you're in the market for another Ironic Vegan Tee
• 7.

  Comment by rachaelrayforever [www] on November 15, 2007 1:29am:

  once sweetpea opens i am there with irish oatmeal cake all over my face.
• 8.

  Comment by anappleaday on November 16, 2007 1:49pm:

  My husband is going to be at the Lloyd center for his work, I am so excited that he can go to one location for my junk food, books and cow hugger shirts.
• 9.

  Comment by foodfightgrocery [www] on November 16, 2007 1:51pm:

  I just had some nachos for breakfast. And some coffee. How fucked up is that?
• 10.

  Comment by homicidalmaniacal on November 16, 2007 3:16pm:

  Why is vegan stuff always fugly brown? I wouldn't wear/use a thing in that store.
  
  The concept of an all-vegan building full of good food, however, is awesome. Thank god I'm vegan for the food and not the (*shudder/gag*) fashion.
• 11.

  Comment by foodfightgrocery [www] on November 16, 2007 5:45pm:

  I only see one brown thing in that picture other than the shelf. Don't be a dick.
• 12.

  Comment by Jason Das [www] on November 16, 2007 5:46pm:

  Brown rocks. In 3 years all the squares will be wearing brown and us cool folks will have moved on to the next thing.
  
  Hey FoodFight - got any sexy pics of your new self?
• 13.

  Comment by homicidalmaniacal on November 16, 2007 6:21pm:

  Click the link, dude. Piles and piles of brown.
• 14.

  Comment by debya on November 17, 2007 12:49am:

  My favorite color is brown.
• 15.

  Comment by babaganoush on November 18, 2007 5:14pm:

  Perhaps your computer color is messed up or you are color blind? There is only one small stack of brown shirts that I see. Most of them are black. And having been in there, there isn't much brown at all.
• 16.

  Comment by homicidalmaniacal on November 18, 2007 8:15pm:

  Dear pretentious hipster vegans: Just because we want to SAVE THE EARTH does not mean that we are only allowed to dress in EARTH TONES.
• 17.

  Comment by joshivore on November 18, 2007 9:42pm:

  homicidalmaniac actually has a good opint. we just switched everything over to brown and sage green. sorry about that! we have a sale on last years pastels though.
• 18.

  Comment by bunk existence on November 19, 2007 12:39am:

  As if you're obligated to shop there.
• 19.

  Comment by Massif on November 19, 2007 4:06am:

  dear homicidalmaniacal, go play in a glass tornado.
• 20.

  Comment by homicidalmaniacal on November 19, 2007 10:14am:

  Oooh, I struck a nerve!
• 21.

  Comment by Jason Das [www] on November 19, 2007 11:33am:

  Dear Homie, please be mindful of your own advice.
• 22.

  Comment by joshivore on November 19, 2007 3:27pm:

  homeboycidal maniarc did strike a nerve. why are we all so in denial about our brown clothes? i'm wearing several shades of brown as i write this. i would have walked out into the world today looking overly brown had homemania not made me realize what i was just about to do.
  
  i tip my hat to the one person on the whole internet who dares to tell the truth. except that there really aren't very many brown clothes in those photos, and i can't actually think of any others out there. but still.
• 23.

  Comment by homicidalmaniacal on November 19, 2007 3:53pm:

  I've seen two vegan stores in my life: Otsu and now Herbivore. And they have one thing in common: they sell a bunch of fugly boring earth toned stuff that I would never use/wear. And being vegan, I would actually very much like to support vegan businesses, but I am not going to do that unless they SELL SOMETHING THAT I MIGHT ACTUALLY WANT. So, fine, you guys all revel in your fugly hipster earth tones, and I'll be over here NOT spending my money on a business that otherwise deserves it. Their loss.
• 24.

  Comment by IsaChandra on November 20, 2007 1:45pm:

  I think we've all learned a lesson here - we need more black clothing!
  
  PS Homicidal, there is ONE pile of brown and several piles of other colors. But what color are you in the market for, just out of curiosity?
• 25.

  Comment by Massif on November 20, 2007 3:51pm:

  if you say hipster again i'm going to eat pancakes on your grave.
• 26.

  Comment by Patrick Kwan [www] on November 20, 2007 4:19pm:

  WHAT?!?! Brown is the new black, bro! Check this article out in BusinessWeek.
• 27.

  Comment by joshivore on November 20, 2007 5:42pm:

  i'm sitting here looking at the shelf in the picture. here are the shirt colors from right to left: pink, blue, green, baby blue, brown, cranberry red, black, black again, red.
  
  then there are the jackets down a bit further: brown, black, black, red, black.
  
  not a whole lot of brown there as it turns out. which kinda makes me think i need to do more brown...
• 28.

  Comment by IsaChandra on November 21, 2007 12:59am:

  I take umbrage with the statement that anything is the new black. I think that is the mindset that is leading to the severe black clothing famine of '07.
• 29.

  Comment by bunk existence on November 21, 2007 2:26am:

  Brown is the new Myspace?
• 30.

  Comment by vj [www] on January 1, 2008 12:46pm:

  Sweet Pea & Scapegoat are now open.
  
  I had a grab-n-go hot dog with nacho cheese sauce at Food Fight yesterday--it was great. And, Isa, I bought Veganomicon there. I don't think of myself as yuppy, but if shopping at Food Fight means I am, then I am. And proud.
  
  I love Herbivore too -- great place to get patches to sew on your your thrifted items or books on veganism or zines or really cute purses.
• 31.

  Comment by HisssMeow on January 13, 2008 9:05pm:

  Interesting that someone is going off about all the brown. I personally don't like brown but I've bought several things from Herbivore and not one had to be brown. black with lettering, more black with lettering, another black, and a gray. I'm going back this week for the black jogger.
  Has Homic Idol ever even been in the store?
  I love all the stores there... even took a coworker there last week. Awesomeness...
• 32.

  Comment by Portland Web Designer [www] on January 9, 2009 10:14pm:

  It looks like a new restaurant is finally taking the place of the old Veganopolis on SW 4th downtown. Any PDXers know if it's going to be vegan-friendly?
• 33.

  Comment by sydlexia on March 7, 2009 11:12am:

  I hadn't heard about the new restaurant on 4th. I really miss Veganopolis. It was the best. Has anybody in PDX been to the new Los Gorditos II on SE 8th and Ankeny? It's deelish!