Capers is really good..there's a Capers in Kitsilano on 4th West. There's a choices somewhere on Granvile I believe. They have awesome food there!
What're you doing in New West?

i just got a place in new westminster!!!

anybody know of any good places to buy vegan goodies/ good restaurants that cater to veg*ns?

Places in or near New Westminster:
There's a Vietnamese restaurant called "Paradise Vegetarian Noodle House" located smack on the border between Burnaby and New Westminster. It's at 8681 10th Avenue in Burnaby. It's in a strip mall called "Crest Shopping Centre", but most people call it "Crest Plaza" or "The Crest". It's not entirely vegan since there's a dessert that has fried bananas that come with dairy ice-cream, and the bubble teas have dairy in them. I'm also unsure about their fake meat products (fake ham, fake salmon, etc.), because they were informed that their ham contained whey protein and that it wasn't vegan (they used to think it was vegan, probably due to their poor command of the English language). Perhaps they use other mock meats that contain animal ingredients and they just don't recognize that it's not vegan.

There's "Galloway's Specialty Foods", but I've never been there. I've been to Victoria's Health, a vitamin store in the New Westminster Quay, and they had a few vegan food items, but not many. I also remember going to a health food store in the Cariboo neighbourhood of Burnaby I think it was, and they had more East Indian items than the average health food store, as well as the usual Western items. There's a Choices supermarket in southern Burnaby, right behind the Edmonds Skytrain station. You'll need to walk through a wooded trail, and some train tracks (if my memory serves me right), to get to it. It's about a two minute walk from the skytrain.

I don't know if any of these places are still around though, because some of them I haven't visited in years. Maybe you should phone first if you're worried about trekking out to one of them for nothing.

thanks :)

This is sort of short notice, but I'm meeting a friend for lunch tomorrow in Vancouver. I know there are several Buddhist chinese places that offer vegan/vegetarian Dim Sum and I'm wondering if anyone can give me a recomendation.

For those who are interested... I contacted www.tribeofheart.org to see if I could order Peaceable Kingdom and/or The Witness and this is what they told me:


Thanks for your interest in The Witness! We now have a Canadian distributor
of our films, Zoocheck Canada. You can order from them online at this link
(scroll down to bottom of page):

http://www.zoocheck.com/estore/

Or you can contact them by phone at (416) 285-1744, or by email at
zoocheck@zoocheck.com -- let me know if you have any more questions. And I
hope you enjoy the film.

Best wishes,

hi! I hope this is the proper forum for this question...if not, someone, feel free to point me in the right direction! Anyway, I'm heading up to Vancouver this Sunday with my parents. I am a vegan, but they are avid meat-eaters. Are there any good restaurants in Vancouver where vegans and meat-eaters can find happiness and warm, full tummy's?

Thanks in advance and, again, I'm sorry if this is the wrong thread for this. I'm new :)

You're in the right thread but I don't live in Vancouver so I can't help you. I think there are some previous posts in this thread that give some Vancouver veg retaurants.

actually, i have some compies of peaceable kingdom if anybody would like them

i'm in new west, but frequently travel out to vancouver

Hi,

I am desperately looking for a vegan/vegetarian day care/playgroup for my three-years old son in Vancouver. Anybody could help me for that?

Another thing I'd like to mention to canadianSKA and all us vegans living in New West, Burnaby, or northern Surrey:

Today I just found out something I never knew before, and am quite excited about. There's an IGA supermarket in Columbia Square strip mall walking distance from the New Westminster Skytrain Station that has one of the best selections of vegan foods in a mainstream grocery store I've ever seen. They have Earth Balance margarine, Earth Balance whipped, Earth Balance shortening, Tofutti's Better Than Cream Cheese, Soy Delcious ice creams, So Good ice creams, organic chocolate ice cream sandwiches (Lil Buddies, I think was the name), a Terra Breads rack, Amy's cheeseless pizza, Amy's shepherd's pie,Tayo potato drink, various rice drinks in the non-refridgerated section, Tropical Source peanut butter chocolate chips, TastyBite ready-to-eat chana masala and lentils, Greek stuffed cabbage, Greek stuffed grape leaves, a creme caramel flan (which I'm not sure is vegan, since it contains lactoflavin, which can be animal-sourced). They just had so many vegan items that I don't see at other grocery stores; even at some of the other IGA locations.

I'm happy I've found this place, because before, whenever I wanted to buy some specialty vegan items after 6pm, I'd have to ride the skytrain all the way to Edmonds Station to go to Choices. New West Station is a couple stations closer to me.

WOAH.... i live like 2 blocks form there but have been sticking to all the local markets...

guess i should start going there more often!

thanks for the tip!

Hiya. I'm hopping up to Vancouver on business next week, and I was wondering about veg places to eat and Earth-friendly things to do. I guess I ought to read this whole thread from page 1, but there were two things in particular I was wondering about.

1. Last time I was there, everyone suggested a restaurant called "Nam" or "Nom" or something like that. Any ideas where this place is?

2. I remember seeing (somewhere on/near Granville St. behind the art museum) a clothing store that donates its proceeds to a wildlife charity. Does anyone know the place I'm talking about?

Also, are there any interesting events scheduled this month? Thanks!

Quickly jumping in - I'm in Victoria, BC!

Husband and I are Vegetarian, young daughter Vegan so far, so we lean more and more that way to make for less cooking. ;)

http://www.vancouverveg.com/vegguide.php
this is a good thing to have with you when in vancouver...the naam is listed somewhere in there ...if you stop in at banyan books hit aphrodites...small personal and yummy :) (not wholly veg*n though)

http://www.vancouverveg.com/vegguide.php
this is a good thing to have with you when in vancouver...the naam is listed somewhere in there ...if you stop in at banyan books hit aphrodites...small personal and yummy :) (not wholly veg*n though)

Oh WOW! Thanks--this is perfect! :nana:

:bobo: your welcome :)

Quickly jumping in - I'm in Victoria, BC!

Husband and I are Vegetarian, young daughter Vegan so far, so we lean more and more that way to make for less cooking. ;)

I haven't been to Green Cusine but I think just about every veg*n in BC has been there.

So have you been and if so what do you think of it?

Welcome to Veggieboards. :)

Hey everyone, I doubt anyone remembers who I am but I joined this forum about a year ago. I live in Victoria and have been a vegetarian for about a year and a half now. I work with the UVic Vegan Association (UVA) but am not a vegan. If anyone is interested in joined UVA or find out about what kind of work we do let me know. And there is an animal legal defence conference tommorow at uvic that I'm sure everyone knows about. If not here is the email I received:

I am getting in touch with all of you to tell you about a free animal rights conference the UVic Student Animal Legal Defense Fund is hosting on Friday. November 4 from 9 am till 6 pm. Advocating for Animals: A Voice for the Voiceless will be hosting a range of speakers from American and Canadian animal lawyers, a law professor, and philosophy professor. The conference is FREE, and will be located at the UVic campus in the Fraser Building, Room 158. The first 75 attendees who register by October 28 will receive a FREE vegan catered lunch by Green Cuisine. To register for this free conference and free catered vegan lunch, please email uvicsaldf@hotmail.com with your contact information by October 28. Registration is also available the day of the conference, but the free lunch will not be. This conference is open to the general public, and anyone with an interest in animal issues is highly encouraged to attend. I hope that all of you may be able to attend the conference, and that you might be able to help us advertise the event to any animal activists you are in contact with in the area.

Greetings fellow veggies in the Vancouver area. Friends and I have started up a new chapter of Food Not Bombs in the GVRD. If you aren't sure what Food Not Bombs is, check out the organization's main website (http://www.foodnotbombs.net). In short we collect vegetarian foods from stores and restaurants that is no longer saleable but still edible, rescue it from being thrown away, and prepare it to serve to anyone who would enjoy a hot vegetarian meal for free.

We are always looking for donations and new volunteers to help with finding and collecting food, preparing and serving the food, postering and leafletting, etc. If you're interested in helping shoot us an email at:

FnB.GVRD@gmail.com

Thanks and hope to see you out there!

OMG!! Kreeli!! Just glad to see you post here again.... thats all...:up:

I don't live close enough to Vancouver or I'd check it out, seriously!!

Saturday November 26th, 1pm: Film Screening of "The Witness" and "The Emotional World of Farm Animals".

Location:
Pacific Cinematheque theatre
1131 Howe Street (near Davie Street)
(Downtown Vancouver near the Granville Street Bridge)

Tickets: Only $4
Screening will be followed by a discussion period
and some free tasty draw-prizes

Event schedule:
~1:10 Screening of The Witness
~2:10 Screening of The Emotional World of Farm Animals
~3:00 Discussion

Books will be for sale such as "Becoming Vegan", "Introduction to Animal Rights", and "Rain Without Thunder".

Greetings fellow veggies in the Vancouver area. Friends and I have started up a new chapter of Food Not Bombs in the GVRD. If you aren't sure what Food Not Bombs is, check out the organization's main website (http://www.foodnotbombs.net). In short we collect vegetarian foods from stores and restaurants that is no longer saleable but still edible, rescue it from being thrown away, and prepare it to serve to anyone who would enjoy a hot vegetarian meal for free.

We are always looking for donations and new volunteers to help with finding and collecting food, preparing and serving the food, postering and leafletting, etc. If you're interested in helping shoot us an email at:

FnB.GVRD@gmail.com

Thanks and hope to see you out there!

Wow, I never knew that Food Not Bombs was vegetarian.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows of a store in Vancouver that sells fake leather jackets. I have found some websites that sell them but I'd like to actually try the jacket on before buying.
Thanks for any suggestions

Hi from Japan!
Very new so sorry not sure how to use forums.

Trying to contact Veer, a vegetarian guy living in Surrey, into motorcycles and studying Japanese.
If anyone knows him please ask him to contact me here.

If anyone wants to visit Japan and needs advice or a place to stay please contact me as it is not easy being vegetarian in Japan.

Hi is anyone around here from Prince George? I live in toronto now but i was thinking of moving there to attend UNBC. jus wondering how it is to live there.