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12/13/07
Category: General
Posted by: vegtampabay.com
by Virgil Butler, ex-Tyson slaughterhouse worker
An issue not even thought about by most people, even many of those in the fight for animal rights, is the effects on the minds of those people who do the actual slaughter of the chickens.
04/05/07
Category: General
Posted by: vegtampabay.com
by Environmental Health Perspectives
High Levels Of Arsenic In Chicken May Require Adjustment in Consumption. Study in Environmental Health Perspectives Reveals Chickens Have Highest Level of Arsenic. Chicken consumption may contribute significant amounts of arsenic to total arsenic exposure of the U.S. population, according to a study published today in the January issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).
04/03/07
Category: General
Posted by: vegtampabay.com
by Jeremy Rifkin, The Guardian, UK
Hundreds of millions of people are going hungry all over the world because much of the arable land is being used to grow feed grain for animals rather than for people. Cattle are among the most inefficient converters of feed.
02/13/07
Category: General
Posted by: vegtampabay.com
by ScienceCentral.com
Mad cow disease has some consumers worried about what might be in their beef—but what about a harmful substance we already know is inside chicken? As this ScienCentral news video reports, there's new information out on the amount of arsenic in chicken.
02/13/07
Category: General
Posted by: vegtampabay.com
By George Monbiot, The Guardian UK
The Christians stole the winter solstice from the pagans, and capitalism stole it from the Christians. But one feature of the celebrations has remained unchanged: the consumption of vast quantities of meat.
Food For Thought

Tampa Restaurants

Tampa Restaurants
  • Grass Root Organic Restaurant
    Grass Root Organic Restaurant • 2702 North Florida Avenue, Tampa 33602 • Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 11am - 9pm • Closed Sunday and Monday. • This restaurant is dedicated to providing the Bay Area with the first and only Vegan, Vegetarian and Raw/Living Food alternative in one place. Our earthly consciousness guides the decisions we make when we create your dining experience. We are committed to a higher standard and always make the organic choice for you. We select the freshest produce and highest quality non genetically modified foods. Our menu identifies the foods' orientation and is marked vegan, vegetarian or raw/living accordingly. Check the website for the hours and menu. Grass Roots Vegan Restaurant.
  • Pure Veg Mirch Masala
    Totally Vegetarian Tasty Indian Cuisine! • 2311 E Fowler Avenue • Tampa 33612 / (813) 631-8439 • Sun: 12:00 pm-3:00 pm • 5:00pm-10:00pm • Mon: closed • Tue-Fri: 11:30 am-2:30 pm • 5:00 pm-10:00 pm • Sat: 12:00pm-3:00pm • 5:00 pm-10:00 pm • This place is completely free of any flesh food, but some items contain dairy. Loads of vegetarian and vegan options! Yummy!
  • Udipi Cafe Tampa
    Udipi Cafe Vegetarian Only - Indian (Southern) • 14422 North Dale Mabry Hwy. • Tampa, Florida 33618 • (813) 962-7300 • Sun: 11:30am-9:30pm • Mon: closed • Tue-Thu: 11:00am-3:00pm and 5:00pm 9:30pm • Fri: 11:00am-3:00pm and 5:00pm-10:00pm • Sat: 11:30am-10:00pm. • Over 70% of the items on their menu are vegan. This is a vegetarian only restaurant (no eggs, but with dairy in some items).
  • Nandar's Cafe
    Located on USF Campus at the Moffitt Research Center - 1st Floor • 12902 Magnoila Drive. • Phone: 813-745-6846 • Fax: 813-745-6060 • Hours: M-F 7:30 am - 3:00 pm. • Closed Saturday & Sunday. • Family owned cafe serving vegetarian sandwiches, veggie burgers & veggie hot dogs. Offers a daily vegetarian soup made from scratch! Vegan & vegetarian friendly.
  • Trang Viet Cuisine Tampa
    Trang Viet Cuisine / Vietnamese • 1524 E Fowler Avenue • Tampa, Florida 33612 • (813) 979-1464 • Sun: closed • Mon-Thu: 11:00 am-9:30 pm • Fri-Sat: 11:00 am-10:30 pm • 4 pages of vegetarian/vegan options vegan desserts too. This place is excellent! It's vegetarian and vegan friendly. Check out the vegan curry stew! Large, delicious selection of vegan food and a few vegan desserts too. The strawberry vegan cheese cake is fantastic as is their vegan carrot cake. There's many, many delicious grain (mock) meats.
  • Bombay Masala Indian Tampa
    4023 W. Waters Ave. • Tampa, Florida 33614 • North West Plaza • About a mile west of Dale Mabry • 813-880-7511 • Hours: Tuesday - Friday and Sunday 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:00pm-10:00pm • Saturday 5:00pm-10:00pm • Closed Mondays • They feature a vegetarian only buffet every Tuesday evening.
  • Evos Tampa
    Vegetarian/Vegan Friendly • 3 Locations in Tampa • 609 S. Howard Ave. / (813)258-EVOS / Daily: 11:00am-10:00pm • 157 Westshore Plaza (Food Court) / (813)226-EVOS / 10AM to 9PM Monday-Saturday / 12PM to 6PM Sundays and on near USF. • Please visit their site for menu and exact locations.
  • Galley Pizza Tampa
    3342 S. Westshore Blvd. (1 1/2 miles S. of Kennedy Blvd.) • Tampa 33629 • (813)832-5675 • Several vegetarian options and a few vegan options as well. Visit the link and it will take you to the menu page of their web-site.
  • Gourmet Pizza Company Tampa
    813-258-1999 • Hours:11am - 10pm 7 days a week • 610 S. Armenia Ave. Tampa 33609 (corner of Swan and Armenia) • Has five vegetarian pizzas, two are actually contain the word vegan!!! They are considering adding soy cheese and soy pepperoni to the menu, so call and request it if you are interested. They deliver as well.
  • HO-HO Choy Restaurant North Tampa
    5229 Erlich Road • Tampa 33624 • 813-968-4749 or 968-4849 • Hours: M-Thurs: 11:30-10:00 • Fri-Sat 11:30-11:00 / Sun:12:00-10:00pm • This place has approximately 12 vegetarian items and most of them can be vegan — just ask!
  • Junction Ice Creamery & Coffee House
    South Tampa: 4004 South MacDill Avenue Tampa , FL 33611 (813) 254-0977

    Lutz: 17693 N Dale Mabry HW Lutz, FL 33548 (813)-732-7965

    The Junction is a Ice cream parlor & Coffee House that carries up to 5 different flavors of Soy Kreme, a vegan ice cream. They also have a couple of sorbets that are vegan. The south Tampa location has a soft-serve soy-kreme machine, that can do chocolate, vanilla or a swirl of both YUM!!. You may want to call ahead and ask what other flavors are available.

  • Kaleisia Tea Lounge Tampa
    Coffee/Tea/Juice/Vegan snacks vegetarian-vegan friendly • 1441 E. Fletcher Ave. #133 Tampa, Florida 33612 • 813-977-8266 • Sun: 12:00pm-6:00pm • Mon: 10:00am-10:00pm • Tue: closed • Wed-Sat: 10:00am-10:00pm • Tampa's first and only specialty tea lounge offering a new twist to tea. In addition to serving the premium teas we also bring you real fruit smoothies, boba teas, and a selection of Asian fusions. Our atmosphere is that of comfort and relaxation.
  • Mellow Mushroom Tampa
    11955 Sheldon Road Tampa 33626 / (813) 926-3600
    Vegetarian Friendly! 5 vegetarian pizzas, 5 Hoagies, and 3 vegetarian calzones, and several salads.
  • Moe's Southwest Grill Tampa
    3 Locations in Tampa. • Has 5 total vegetarian options which can be made veagn upon request. • 17509 Preserve Walk Lane Tampa • 813-849-6357 • 3810 West Neptune Street Tampa • 813-258-4560 • 4614 W. Boy Scout Blvd • 813-289-6637 • Moe's fanatical about fresh food. You eat lunch, the ingredients were prepared that morning; you eat dinner, the ingredients were prepared that afternoon.
  • Nature's Harvest Market Tampa
    Grocery/Bakery/Deli • 1021 North MacDill Ave. • Tampa 33607 813-873-7428 • Sun: 11:00am-7:00pm • Mon-Fri: 9:00am-9:00pm • Sat: 9:00am-8:00pm • Nature's Harvest Market is a family owned Natural Foods Grocery Store/vegan friendly deli serving the Tampa Bay area for 20 years.
  • Nature's Table - Tampa
    Hyde Park • 1622 Snow Ave. • Tampa 33606 • 813-254-9288 • Mediterranean, Thai, and Southwest flavors.
  • Nutrition Smart
    Grocery/Bakery/Deli 14847 N. Dale Mabry Highway Tampa, Florida 33618 813-908-9500 Sun: 11:00am-7:00pm Mon-Fri: 9:00am-9:00pm Sat: 9:00am-7:00pm Vegan Friendly Nutrition S'Mart is a chain of large Organic/Natural Supermarkets and Discount Vitmain Centers with 3 convenient Florida locations. Nutrition S'Mart prides itself on being a community resource for information related to well being and healing. Each month we offer free demonstrations, special events, and educational opportunities.
  • P.F.Chang's China Westshore Plaza
    12 vegetarian dishes • Sunday-Thursday 11am-11pm • Friday-Sunday 11am-12 midnight • Westshore Plaza/Next to Westshore Mall 219 Westshore Plaza • Tampa 33609 • (813) 289-8400
  • Pita's Naturally - Tampa
    2 Tampa Locations vegan-friendly American, Mediterranean 5105 E Fowler Ave Tampa, Florida 33617 8412 W Hillsborough Ave Tampa, FL 33615-3808 (813) 885-4976
  • Queen Of Sheba (Ethiopian)
    3636 Henderson Blvd Tampa, FL 33609 (813) 872-6000

    Queen of Sheba is an amazing dining experience that no one should miss, The food is just awesome. Be sure to get yourself a vegetarian platter (it's actually vegan & partially Organic) with lots of injera bread!! The menu has green "V's" next to all the vegan items, and theres quite a lot of them.

  • Restaurant BT
    Restaurnant BT is open for lunch and dinner. Located in the heart of Tampa's Old Hyde Park Village. Dinner reservations are reccomended. 813.258.1916 1633 W. Snow Ave. Tampa, Fl. 33601 *when visiting their website, use little dots on left side of screen to navigate thru the site. Every category has an option of tofu! Crispy spring rolls, veggie pumpkin soup, vermicelli with tofu, curry veggies with tofu... Check out the menu online. Yum! Location is in Hyde Park on Snow Ave.
  • Sacred Grounds Tea Lounge
    Coffee/Tea/Juice/Light Fare • vegetarian / vegan-friendly • 4819 E. Busch Blvd. • Tampa 33617 • (813) 983-0837 • Sun-Thu: 6:00pm-1:00am • Fri-Sat: 6:00pm-2:00am
  • Saigon Palace - Tampa
    Open 7 days a week • 2202 W. Waters Ave. (Just East of Armenia) • Mon-Sat:9:00am-10:00pm • Sun:9:00pm-9:00pm • (813) 931-8299 • Vegetarian and vegan friendly. Good prices. 7 veg options. • We are working with the owners to add several more vegetarian options.
  • Sukhothai Tampa
    2 Locations - check their web site for addresses and directions. • Nine delicious vegetarian entrees and five other vegetarian appetizers and soups. They are very customer friendly and will alter dishes to your liking. They have an area where you can sit on the floor, and there are even slots in the floor so you can dangle your legs. It is really neat.
  • Sweet Tomatoes - Tampa
    Several Locations in and around Tampa Bay (Largo and Palm Harbor too). Check web-site for all locations • 1902 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. • Tampa • (813) 874-6566 • 14703 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. • Tampa • (813) 960-5220
  • Taj Indian Cuisine Tampa
    2734 E. Fowler Ave. • Tampa 33612 • Phone: (813)971-8483 • Lunch Hours Tues-Fri:11:30 - 2:30 • Sat-Sun: 11:00 - 3:00 pm • Dinner Hours: Tues - Sun:5:00pm - 10:00 pm • 15 Vegetarian options on menu. Several items may be modified vegan upon request.
  • Thai Thani Channelside
    Has a few tofu dishes. Anything can be made with tofu instead of animal flesh. This place needs a separate veg menu. Make sure to request one if you go! • 615 Channelside Drive • The Shops of Channelside • Tampa 33602 • 813-228-9200 • Email: rungchaval@yahoo.com
  • Village Health Market - Tampa
    3225 S MacDill Ave #123 • Tampa 33629 • (813) 831-6065 • This is not a full restaurant, it is a great deli in the back of the store. A great place to grab a delicious vegetarian or vegan meal and snacks. The Deli case has quite a few vegetarian/vegan items. Most of them are marked as such. There's vegan spinach turnovers, butternut squash turnovers, flax loaves/burgers, vegan crab cakes, and more. Also they have 6 veggie sandwiches/wraps. Family owned. Health Food store, vitamins. frozen foods, dry goods, organic produce and much more.
  • Whole Foods/Wild Oats Marketplace
    1548 North Dale Mabry • Walters Crossing Shopping Center below Target • Tampa 33607 • Hours: 7:00 am - 10:00 pm Daily • 813-874-9435 • This place has a large selection of vegan groceries. Their cafe is a hit-or-miss in the way of vegan choices, depends on the day you go. But they of course can make you a vegan sandwich.