[VegChat] Ottawa Veg Guide HELP

[vaalea]

Doesn't seem to have gone through, although it posted on the list 
archives... weird.
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Hey guys, SimplyRaw(Ottawa) is getting a pamphlet/booklet printed with veg
places in Ottawa, check out the email below and see if anything is
missing.... as he has said he is going to stick to food-related businesses
(oh, I just thought of another one... Bridgehead for fair trade, organic...
some vegan stuff/soy/dark choc/vegan flav syrups etc.... ) I tried to dig
through my website info (already on the net, and in my "to update" folder)
to find out ones he might be missing....

hmm... maybe if you send them to me, then I'll compile them and forward them
out to you and Mark after. You have til Monday to reply I guess. I always
see SimplyRaw stuff (ads/pamphlets) around everywhere, so it will be good
publicity/Guide for people who don't normally access the internet and look
up such info on like..
http://www.happycow.net/north_america/canada/ontario/ottawa/ tho it looks
like he has more listings than they do too......

Anyway....

Don't forget there is a meetup tomorrow (Wednesday) night!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark (SimplyRaw)" <mark at simplyraw.ca>
To: "vaalea" <v at vaalea.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: Ottawa Veg LIST


> thanks for your feedback, and sorry for not replying sooner!
>
> I'm not completely sure where to draw the line either.  I'm sure this 
> guide will evolve over the years - I would like to do this annually if the 
> interest is there (although it's A LOT of work!!).
>
> My motivation behind the guide is to provide information to vegetarians, 
> vegans, raw vegans that would help everyone follow the lifestyle; and 
> hopefully help those who would like to follow the lifestyle.  While this 
> of course does primarly mean food - restaurants, health food stores, 
> bakeries - for *some* people this might also extend to environmentally 
> friendly products (Arbour, Healthy Home Building, etc); animal-friendly 
> products/businesses (there are a few places that carry non-leather shoes 
> for ex); biodisel fuel; yoga; etc...
>
> I'm not sure what the right balance would be though - the Toronto Veg 
> directory has predominantly food-related businesses (including some 
> kitchen supply stores, for things like Vitamix, Cuisineart, etc).
>
> Maybe for this year I'm going to stick with the food-related businesses, 
> and see what kind of feedback I get from people during the year.  Then 
> next year the guide can expand to meet those needs.
>
> Anyways, all to say that please do share this with your group, and I would 
> very much welcome any feedback from other veg*n's out there about what 
> they'd like to see in the guide.
>
> I'm planning to send to print within the next 1-2 weeks - still plenty of 
> time to include others.
>
> Cheers!  Mark
>
> vaalea wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark (SimplyRaw)" <mark at simplyraw.ca>
>> To: "vaalea" <v at vaalea.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 8:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: Ottawa Veg LIST
>>
>>
>>> About 50% of these businesses have confirmed so far (doing this as a 
>>> cost-sharing initiative to cover printing expenses for 10,000+ copies of 
>>> a 4-fold color brochure)
>>>
>>> African Palace
>>> Ahora Mexican Cuisine
>>> Booster Juice
>>> Cafe Bohemian
>>> Cafe Shafali
>>> Café Soup d'Herbe
>>> Caribbean Flavours
>>> Ceylonta
>>> Chez Nam
>>> Domus Cafe
>>> Fontaine Sante
>>> Gojo
>>> Golden River
>>> Govindas Vegetarian Buffet
>>> Green Door Vegetarian Restaurant
>>> Hacienda Dos Gringos
>>> Horn of Africa
>>> Jericho
>>> Kookaburra Cafe
>>> Light of India
>>> Little India Cafe
>>> Mamma Teresa
>>> Middle East Bakery
>>> New Delhi Indian Cuisine
>>> Pantry Vegetarian Tea Room
>>> Passage to India
>>> Peace Garden
>>> Perfection Satisfaction Promise
>>> Pure Power Juice Bar
>>> Sacred Garden
>>> Salvatore Restaurant
>>> Sam's Falafel/Tabouleh Garden
>>> Shanghai Restaurant
>>> Singapore Restaurant
>>> So Good
>>> SuperNatural Cafe
>>> Taj Mahal
>>> The Amber Garden Restaurant
>>> The Falafel House
>>> The Roses Cafe
>>> The Roses Cafe
>>> The Table
>>> The Vietnamese Kitchen
>>> Viva's
>>> Yan's
>>
>>
>> Some people like the Manx selection of veg food.
>> Vegetarian Gaïa if it still exists: 
>> http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/food/food.aspx?iIDArticle=6663
>> Licks has a great vegan (nature) burger.... and lots of vegetarian 
>> offerings too....
>> Pizza place on Somerset (OOPS.... SUNNYSIDE!!) also has a VEGAN pizza on 
>> the menu.....
>>
>>
>>
>>> Bakeries
>>> Bread & Roses Bakery
>>> Little Stream Bakery
>>> Trillian
>>> The Wild Oat (to me it's more of a restaurant... *shrug*)
>>>
>>> Health Food Stores
>>> Bonnie's Natural Foods
>>> Dépanneur Sylvestre
>>> Fringale Nature
>>> Gagne Au Kilo
>>> Herb and Spice
>>> Kardish Food
>>> Karla's
>>> La Boite A Grains
>>> La Mere Nature
>>> Metro Gatineau
>>> Mother Hubbard's Natural Foods
>>> Natural Food Pantry
>>> Nature's Buzz
>>> Peter's Health Foods
>>> Rainbow Foods
>>> Road to Wellness
>>> Sante Natural Foods
>>> Sheila's Natural Foods
>>> Sol Alimentaire Naturel
>>> Vogel
>>> Wheat Berry
>>>
>>> Accommodations
>>>
>>> New Life Retreat
>>
>>
>> http://www.vegybnb.com/
>>
>>
>>> Organic Co-ops and Markets
>>>
>>> Byward Market Organics Club
>>> Ottawa Organic Farmers' Market
>>
>>
>> There is one where the farmer guy delivers to your door... I have the 
>> info somewhere.......
>>
>>> Other Businesses
>>>
>>> Arbour Environmental Shoppe
>>> Biosphere
>>> Healthiest Home & Building Supplies
>>> SimplyRaw Living Foods
>>> Vegetarian Dining Club
>>
>>
>> PS. Vegetarian Dining Club is a completely separate group from me. I 
>> created a page with info for them because they had next to NOTHING on the 
>> web about their group, http://www.ottawaveg.com/vdc.htm
>> I just call our group "Ottawa Vegans and Vegetarians" or something. =0) 
>> or Ottawa Veg*ns or OttawaVeg.... .
>> KarmaWear - http://www.karmawearinc.com/
>> What about the biofuel gas pump... or vrtucar and those type of things?
>>
>> So I added a few... should I ask on my mailing list for any more ideas? 
>> if you were doing like... yoga.... there would be lots more.... and there 
>> are veg*n people in our group with their own businesses or whatever... 
>> and I'm not sure where you draw the line on your businesses (ie you 
>> listed a building supply company)... so let me know if you want me to 
>> pass this on to the group..
>
>