Restaurants
Sisters Close Salon After a Decade to Open Booming Vegan Business
After running a successful food truck, sisters and business partners Arvelisha Woods and India Pernell continue making waves with the opening of Mattie’s Foods’ brick-and-mortar restaurant.
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Impossible’s Meatless Chicken Nuggets Make UK Debut at 300 Chicken Shops
This week, Impossible Foods’ meatless chicken nuggets and plant-based sausage will be available for the first time in the UK by way of 300 restaurants.
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How Impossible and Beyond Burgers Are Part of This Summer’s Blockbuster Movies
This summer’s biggest movie releases, ‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie’ and ‘Jurassic World Dominion,’ come with specially crafted plant-based burgers.
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How to Eat Vegan at Olive Garden: the Ultimate Guide
We’re taking a deep dive into the Olive Garden menu plus answering the most important question we’ve all been wondering: are the breadsticks vegan?
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Shake Shack’s First Dairy-Free Milkshakes and Frozen Custards Are Here. And They’re High-Tech.
Fast-food chain Shake Shack partners with Chilean company NotCo to develop its first dairy-free milkshakes and frozen custards using a technology platform powered by artificial intelligence.
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Microbes from Yellowstone Helped Make This Vegan Meat. Now, 7 Park Lodges Serve It for Breakfast.
This summer, visitors to Yellowstone National Park can try vegan meat and dairy-free cream cheese from Nature’s Fynd—which makes these fungi-based products with the help of a microbe found at the 150-year-old park.
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All 800 Graduates of HBCU Clark Atlanta Can Be Business Owners Thanks to Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole
Pinky Cole—owner of popular chain Slutty Vegan—gave a historic commencement speech at her alma mater Clark Atlanta University, where she gifted more than 800 graduates an LLC to help them start their own businesses.
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How These 4 NYC Chefs Are Honoring AAPI Month with Vegan OmniPork Dishes
Asian American chefs in NYC are using plant-based pork made by Hong Kong import OmniFoods to make meatless dishes that celebrate the many cultures of the AAPI community.
Restaurants
The 36 Best Vegan Sandwiches to Order and Make
We’ve searched far and wide to compile our favorite vegan sandwiches and handholds across the country, plus a few recipes of seriously stacked sammies to make at home right now.
City Guide
Why Rochester, New York Is The Best Small City in America for Vegans
No, it’s not Portland. But Rochester is a vegan destination for so many reasons.
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Buckets of Vegan Chicken Are on the Way at KFC in Europe
UK brand Quorn is working with KFC to develop new options, including vegan chicken buckets, after the runaway success of its Original Recipe Vegan Burger.
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Good Catch’s Vegan Seafood Chowder Arrives in San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco chain Ladle & Leaf is the first to put vegan seafood chowder on the menu using fish-free tuna and crab made by Good Catch Foods.
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JUST Egg at Caribou, New Eats at Costco, and More Vegan Food News of the Week
From new JUST Egg stuffed flatbreads at Caribou Coffee to new plant-based finds at Costco, we’re serving up the best in vegan food news of the week.
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Chef Matthew Kenney Expands His Vegan Restaurant Empire to 57 With 5 New Spots
Vegan celebrity chef Matthew Kenney is expanding his vegan empire with new restaurants in Miami, Boston, Los Angeles, and Peru.
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A Vegan KitKat McFlurry Just Hit the McDonald’s Menu. Here’s Where to Find It.
McDonald’s is now serving a dairy-free McFlurry dotted with pieces of vegan KitKat bars in Germany.
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“Pure Grit” Texas Vegan BBQ Is Coming to New York Thanks to 2 Women
Pure Grit BBQ is bringing classic smoked vegan barbecue to New York City.
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A US Coast Guard Training Center Just Won a Vegan Food Award
A US Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown just won a “Proggy” Award for its inventive vegan meals that range from jackfruit bulgogi bowls to Beyond Bolognese.
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The 10 Best Vegan Fish Sandwiches In the US You Have to Try
From Los Angeles to Brooklyn, these vegan fish sandwich finds are stealing the spotlight.
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25 Ways to Get Your Vegan Mexican Food Fix Across the US
From local pop-ups working to decolonize the food system to inventive, decadent dishes (hello, pumpkin flower tacos!) at taquerias, plant-based Mexican food is taking over the nation.
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How Shaquille O’Neal Is Ditching Beef with Help from Slutty Vegan
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal reveals he is changing his diet with help from Atlanta’s Slutty Vegan, where the meatless cheeseburgers are just as indulgent as beef.
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Washington, DC Gets First Veg Restaurant Week. Why Mayor Muriel Bowser Supports It.
Washington, DC will celebrate its first vegan restaurant week thanks to a proclamation signed by Mayor Muriel Bowser that recognizes the health and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet.
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Violife’s Cheese Rounds, Soylent Green, and More Vegan Food News of the Week
From new vegan cheese products from Violife to Soylent’s new Soylent Green Squared bars—which are (luckily) vegan—we’re serving up the best in vegan food news of the week.
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17 Juicy Vegan Burgers That Are Way Better Than the Big Mac
From Pennsylvania to California, these epic vegan burgers outshine their animal-based counterpart.
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You Can Now Make Chef Daniel Humm’s $335 Vegan Eleven Madison Park Menu at Home
Eleven Madison Park’s chef Daniel Humm is challenging New Yorkers to eat plant-based at least once per week with Eleven Madison Home, a vegan meal kit that features thoughtfully curated dishes and ingredients.
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Vegan SPAM Is Back on the Menu at McDonald’s After It Sells 3.7 Million Orders
OmniPork Luncheon—which has been dubbed “vegan SPAM”—is back on the menu at McDonald’s in Hong Kong after the chain sold 3.7 million orders since it first launched in 2020.
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Hormel’s Meatless Chili, IKEA’s Gyoza, and other Vegan Food News of the Week
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6 Vegan Brands Up their Sustainability Efforts for Earth Day
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Lewis Hamilton’s Neat Burger Expands to US with Help from Leonardo DiCaprio
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How Vegan Eggs Took Over All the Breakfast Menus at Yale
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Burger King’s Vegan Pop-Up Serves as a Roadmap for the Fast-Food Industry
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DJ Khaled’s New Meatless Chicken Wings Were Made To Satisfy the Munchies
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NYC’s New Vegan Sushi Experience Puts Watermelon Tuna on the Menu
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LA’s Top Vegan Restaurant Crossroads Expands to Calabasas to Keep Up With the Kardashians
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New Baskin-Robbins, Airport Snack Boxes, and More Vegan Food News of the Week
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A Vegan Burger Pop-Up Comes to Paris Thanks to Michelin Chef Alain Ducasse
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Coachella Hosts Its First Multi-Course Vegan Dinner With Outstanding in the Field
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The Vegan Guide to Eating Plant-Based at Burger King
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Chefs
Why Hollywood’s Hottest Celebrity Restaurant Is Vegan
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You Voted, We Tallied: The 2022 VegNews Veggie Award Winners Are In!
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Earth Month Fast-Food Specials, April Fools’ Funnies, and More Vegan News of the Week
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Paul McCartney Tells Starbucks to Stop the Vegan Milk Surcharge
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Starbucks Drops Vegan Milk Charge, But Only For Its New Cauliflower Milk
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First Vegan Food Options Arrive at Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida
by Nicole Axworthy
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Tim Hortons Brings Back Plant-Based Meat Options With Impossible Sausage
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TGI Fridays UK Gives Its Most Popular Dish a Vegan Chicken Makeover
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TJ’s Buffalo Dip, New Dairy-Free Nutella, and More Vegan Food News of the Week
by Anna Starostinetskaya
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Netflix Just Opened a ‘Bad Vegan’ Pure Food & Wine Pop-Up Restaurant
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This New Vegan Chicken Is Made to Rival Popeyes. And It’s Rolling Out Everywhere.
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The 10 Best Cities in Texas With Must-Visit Vegan Restaurants
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