All-Vegan Neighborhood Pops Up in New York City

The Vegandale Food Drink Festival—an all-vegan neighborhood pop-up festival formerly known as the Vegan Food and Drink Festival—will land in New York City from September 29 until September 30. The event features a live DJ, interactive art installations, and more than 130 vegan food and drink vendors from around the world. Festival-goers will be treated to the Bac’n Cheeze Burger from Texas’s Arlo’s (named one of VegNews’ Best Burgers), the seitan Doner Kebabs from Switzerland’s Outlawz Food, and tofu Fish n’ Chips from No Bones Beach Club, a vegan beach club in Seattle, Portland, and Chicago. “Following last year’s inaugural and sold-out show, we’re happy to announce that this year’s Vegandale has nearly doubled in size,” Vegandale Owner Hellenic Vincent De Paul said. “Now a two-day destination, Vegandale is proving to the Big Apple that veganism has outgrown its stereotypes.” Vegandale also hosts festivals in Toronto, Houston, and Chicago, and is known for its permanent Vegandale neighborhood in Toronto, which includes two vegan diners, a bakery, an ice-cream shop, a brewery, and an apparel shop.