December 18, 2009, Newsletter Issue #287: Vegetarian Restaurant Guide

Tip of the Week

I recently received a press release from Mercy For Animals and Compassionate Action for Animals. They are launching a comprehensive online guide to vegetarian- and vegan-oriented restaurants and grocers called VegGuide.org.
The website features restaurants around the globe. There are 10,000 individual restaurant reviews covering restaurants in over 70 countries! VegGuide.org is community-lead, meaning you can log on and add reviews from any vegetarian-friendly restaurants you've dined at anywhere in the world--including photographs. The press release finishes by saying, "With your contributions, together we can make this the most useful guide to vegetarian establishments on the planet." Ambitious!
I visited VegGuide.org and typed in my zip code. The search functions didn't impress me. For example, I typed in 92399 and got one result 4 miles from my house. I then typed in the zip code of the next town over 92374 and got 4 different results that were less than 2 miles away from my house!? You can set the search function to how many miles from your house it should search (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 miles).
I personally created a guide to vegetarian-friendly chain restaurants in the US on HubPages a few years ago. It may be helpful for new or transitioning vegetarians:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Best-Chain-Restaurants-for-Vegetarians-in-the-US

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