We moved to Greensboro, NC from Maryland/D.C. area about a year ago. We knew that we would be losing many of the options that we had become accustomed to. Bracing ourselves for that fact, we moved. Greensboro definitely does not have many options for vegans, but there is actually more here than we anticipated. So, during MOFO, I wanted to share with everyone the cool stuff vegans can eat and do in Greensboro.
Meetup.com has been a great help to us in finding other like-minded individuals. In Greensboro, we have a vegan meetup group and an animal welfare meetup group. We have met such wonderful people in our area through this site and attended many an awesome potluck.
Anyway, today, we met with our animal welfare group to help out at a yard sale/bake sale to raise funds. We plan to use the money to start up an unchaining project, where we go to people's homes and offer to build fences for them if they will spay/neuter their dog and take them off of the chain. We hoped to raise enough money to complete our first project.
I baked Isa's delicious Coffee Chip Muffins for the event... and although I couldn't find coffee granules (or afford the $7 coffee extract), they were still delicious as plain, old Chocolate Chip Muffins.
It was a long day, but it was really successful and I believe we earned enough to start our first unchaining project!
Afterward, we went to a really fantastic local restaurant called Jack's Corner Mediterranean Deli. It isn't a vegan restaurant
or even a vegetarian one, but it has many vegan options, all of which are notated on the menu with a cute little carrot. One of the most fantastic items on the menu at Jack's is the vegan falafel burger. Yeah, you heard that correctly... a falafel burger. It comes with these insanely good seasoned fries. This restaurant has all sorts of awesome options for vegans. If you happen to be in the area, you should totally stop by and have something from Jack's. You won't regret it.Afterwards, we were exhausted and came home to relax and watch movies for the rest of the evening. It's been a long day, but also a very satisfying one.
Until tomorrow, happy MOFOing!
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Have you been to Boba House on Tate St? I haven't been there but would love to try it. I live in Raleigh, and the vegan restaurants are very few as in Greensboro. My hometown is only 20 miles south of Greensboro so I would love to try Boba House one day.
ReplyDeleteI have been to Boba House! It's really good. It's our favorite place in G'boro. We'll definitely blog about it soon. It's the only totally vegetarian restaurant in town. If you are out this way, you should totally stop by. Plus, there is an adorable vintage store and a locally owned jewelry store called Sisters nearby.
ReplyDeleteI love it when you find a vegan option in an unlikely place - like when you go into a bar for lunch because everyone from work wants to go, and there's a vegan burger on the menu!
ReplyDeleteThanks!! I am so worried that by the time I get out that way it might close!! I will def check out Sisters, I love locally owned vintage jewelry stores!!
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