Meat-Free Weekend
Thursday night, over 100 Meat-Free Week‘ers raw’ked 
out with DC Vegan Drinks at Elizabeth’s Gone Raw. Our raffle items raised nearly $200 to benefit The Kindness Collective‘s work with domestic violence victims and their pets. Thanks again to Elizabeth’s and Eco-Artware.com.
Unfortunately, our vegan pop-up dinner and Saturday Muse brunch are both sold out. If you missed your chance to sign up for these events, you can still enjoy a Meat-Free Weekend with a cooking class with Mimi Clark or the first annual Love Your Body! Vegan Cooking Class & Dinner. During Love Your Body!, Dr. Ruby Lathon will demonstrate how to prepare a delectable Valentine’s-themed dinner of savory vegan meatballs in BBQ sauce, a chocolate cherry smoothie, raw chocolate fudge brownies, and more! You’ll enjoy a delicious dinner at the end of the class and leave with recipes to recreate your experience.
Dr. Ruby is offering $5 off her class for all Meat-Free Week’ers. To take advantage of this deal, enter promotional code “MFW” on the ticket page.
And don’t forget about our amazing week-long specials! Why not swing by SouperGirl for 10% a big bowl of hot soup, or enjoy $2 off all vegetarian and vegan entrees at Meridian Pint? Yum!
One more delicious tip: Goûter, the awesome folks behind the food at our weekend pop-up, are teaching a hands-on cooking class at Living Social on Saturday mornings throughout February and March. Learn how to prepare three brunch dishes and one brunch cocktail: a goldenberry and basil bellini, banana yogurt with seasonal fruit, raw cinnamon roll with maple and apple, and seasonal vegetable quiche with a sprouted buckwheat crust and sundried tomato bacon. You can sign up here.
DC’s Fourth Annual Meat-Free Week
“Just as Lex Luthor has Superman, Wolverine has Sabretooth and Dudley Do-Right has Snidely Whiplash, ‘Meat Week’ now has an arch-nemesis, enter ‘DC Meat-Free Week.’” –This Dish Is Veg
Monday, February 4th to Monday, February 11th, DCVegan, The Kindness Collective and Compassion Over Killing present the fourth annual Meat-Free Week! We’re extremely excited to feature the return of some past Meat-Free Week favorites, like the incredibly popular BBQ Kick-Off Party at Sticky Fingers and more “raw”king options from Elizabeth’s Gone Raw. This year promises to be a feast for the stomach as well as the eyes with a vegan pop-up dinner at gallery 410 GooDBuddY and a brunch at Todd Gray’s Muse at The Corcoran.
Check out a comedy show or a cooking class, make new friends at DC Vegan Drinks – we’ve got something for everyone! Meat, meet your match.
Drum roll please…
DAILY SCHEDULE
Monday, February 4
Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats
1370 Park Road, NW
6:30 pm – 9 pm
Our 2nd annual BBQ Kick-Off Party! Enjoy a full meal of BBQ, purple slaw, collard greens, cheezy jalapeno corn bread, and a special cupcake for only $17.99! Dine-in with your Meat-Free Week organizers. Carry out also available.
R.S.V.P. here. Guarantee your seat by calling Sticky Fingers at (202) 299-9700 on Feb. 4, after 7 a.m.
[The Whole Foods cooking class originally listed as Feb. 4 will occur on Feb. 11. Thanks for your understanding!]
Tuesday, February 5
Casa Oaxaca
2106 18th Street, NW
It’s Tequila Tuesday! Head over to Casa Oaxaca for a delicious 3-course meal of traditional Mexican favorites, veganized.
To dine with your Meat-Free Week organizers at 6:30 p.m., R.S.V.P. on facebook.
Wednesday, February 6
Whole Foods Market Foggy Bottom
2201 I Street, NW
5 pm – 7 pm
Whole Foods’ weekly Wine-Down Wednesday goes vegan! For only $5 enjoy five different samples of wine and gourmet dishes. The glass is yours to keep!
Thursday, February 7
Elizabeth’s Gone Raw
1341 L Street, NW
5:30 pm – 8 pm
Join DC Vegan Drinks as Elizabeth’s launches its new small-plates menu at this happy hour celebration! Don’t miss your chance to enter a raffle for a full dinner for two at Elizabeth’s Gone Raw! All raffle proceeds benefit The Kindness Collective.
R.S.V.P. here.
Friday, February 8
410 GooDBuddY
410 Florida Avenue, NW
8 pm – 10 pm
Enjoy a 4-course vegan meal by the folks of Goûter (plus welcome cocktail + $15 Uber credit toward your ride home), all while surrounded by the art of Dana Ellyn, in this unique, 3-night-only pop-up restaurant. All proceeds benefit The Kindness Collective and Compassion Over Killing.
Seats are very limited; advance donation ticket, available here, required. Sorry, this event is sold out!
Saturday, February 9
Todd Gray’s Muse at The Corcoran
500 17th Street, NW
11 am – 1 pm
Savor an all-you-can-eat vegan brunch and the chance to chat with vegan comedian and fellow bruncher Myq Kaplan. Myq, who will be performing Friday and Saturday at Arlington Draft House, will join Meat-Free Week brunchers for a bite at Todd Gray’s Muse. Be sure to say hi to Myq! Todd Gray’s Muse will donate 20% of ticket sales to Compassion Over Killing.
Limited seating available; R.S.V.P. here. Sorry, this event is full. To join the waitlist, please call 202-639-1786.
410 GooDBuddY
410 Florida Avenue, NW
8 pm – 10 pm
Enjoy a 4-course vegan meal by the folks of Goûter (plus welcome cocktail + $15 Uber credit toward your ride home), all while surrounded by the art of Dana Ellyn, in this unique, 3-night-only pop-up restaurant. All proceeds benefit The Kindness Collective and Compassion Over Killing.
Seats are very limited; advance donation ticket, available here, required. Sorry, this event is sold out!
Sunday, February 10
Cooking Class with Mimi Clark
Fairfax Station, VA
$5 off for Meat-Free Week’ers
More details here.
Email veggourmet@aol.com,
or call 703.643.2713 for space availability.
410 GooDBuddY
410 Florida Avenue, NW
6 pm – 8 pm
Enjoy a 4-course vegan meal by the folks of Goûter (plus welcome cocktail + $15 Uber credit toward your ride home), all while surrounded by the art of local vegetarian and painter Dana Ellyn as she riffs on what it means to eat animals, in this unique, 3-night-only pop-up restaurant. All proceeds benefit The Kindness Collective and Compassion Over Killing.
Seats are very limited; advance donation ticket, available here, required. Sorry, this event is sold out!
Monday, February 11
Learn how to cook a vegan favorite…then head over to The Wonderland Ballroom for our closing celebration!
Whole Foods Market Foggy Bottom
2201 I Street, NW
6 pm – 7 pm
Join Rachel’s free monthly vegetarian cooking class to learn how to make new vegan favorites.
Class size is limited; R.S.V.P. to rachel.morris@wholefoods.com Sorry! This class is full!
The Wonderland Ballroom
1101 Kenyon Street, NW
6:30 pm – ??
It’s our Meat-Free Week closing celebration! Enjoy specials like vegan sloppy joes, meatless-meatball sandwiches, spicy sweet potato bean burritos, and peanut butter cookies.
Join your Meat-Free Week organizers at 6:30 pm. $2 off vegan entrees during happy hour. Want to get a head start? Happy hour starts at 5!
STAY TUNED TO DCVEGAN.ORG FOR WEEK-LONG SPECIALS!
Thank you to 410 GooDBuddY, Elizabeth’s Gone Raw, Gouter, Myq Kaplan, Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats, Todd Gray’s Muse, Uber, the Vegan Sommelier, and Wiebenson & Dorman Architects PC. Without their generous donations of time, space, and more, we couldn’t have pulled this week together!
DC Vegan Drinks at Casa Oaxaca, April 25
DC Vegan Drinks is a monthly social networking event for people interested in sharing veganism and advocating for animal rights. Our mission is to bring together people from all walks of life (lawyers, students, small business owners, etc…) to build a stronger community and promote the sharing of resources. There is no requirement except for an interest in veganism, animal rights, and to have a little after-work fun.
This month the event will be on a Wednesday during VegWeek and also starting an hour earlier at 6pm.
Next Drink: Wednesday April 25 from 6pm to 9pm
Where: Casa Oaxaca, 2106 18th ST NW Washington, D.C. 20009
Metro: Green, U Street
Are you coming? Facebook or E-Mail Me
DC Vegan Drinks at the Science Club
Next Drink
Thursday March 15th from 7pm to 10pm
Where
Science Club, 1136 19th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Metro
Red, Dupont
Are you coming?
More Info
So if you don’t remember this is where we started DC Vegan Drinks a little over 3 years ago! So for 2012 we decided to start visiting new and old spots per your request, the Science Club is one of my favorite places and I hope you can make it out this coming Thursday! Here is the menu’s for the night, we will also have a raffle for some tix to the 9:30 (still TBD).
Meat-Free Mid-Week
It’s Day 4 of our 8-day Meat-Free Week! Check out the fun we’ve had in our event photos section, and don’t forget to submit your pics to amber@dcvegan.org for a chance to win an awesome prize pack!
Tonight, we head to Meridian Pint for Vegan Drinks with John Schlimm, author of The Tipsy Vegan. Books can be purchased for $15 ($2 off the cover price!), and sales will benefit The Kindness Collective.
To help us celebrate, Meridian Pint will feature food and drink specials from the book, in addition to their regular menu. Sip on Midori Sour Patch and Rum Tum Tum cocktails, and nosh on The Sluper’s Kale and Potato Soup, Corn & Poblano Shindig Salad, and Buxom Broccoli Sesame.
R.S.V.P. here.
One last tip: Today is the last day to take advantage of SouperGirl‘s online discount — use code “meatfree” for 10% off your order — so get your orders in! You can still get 10% off in-store through Monday.
For your ease, our week’s calendar again:
If you want to print out the calendar here is the PDF version.
Meat-Free Week: 2nd Report from the Front Lines
This morning, we’re humming “Oh What A Night” and trying to change the lyrics to fit H Street. (It’s harder than it sounds.) But, really, what a night! We’re so excited to hear how many of you hit up multiple H Street spots to indulge in as much veggie goodness as possible. We indulged in the spicy, doughy Fat Tire Beer Brat Pie at Dangerously Delicious. And this tweet from @djbays made our day: “Tasty vegan sausage & pepper sandwich at @GranvilleMoores last night. Pls keep it on the menu past meat-free week!” 
Thank you, Meat-Free Week-ers; thank you, H Street; and thank you, Margaret Holwill, without whom we couldn’t have pulled it off!
Yesterday you went to H Street, but today the food comes to you. It’s Food Truck Day! Check out the full list of participating food trucks here. Find the location of your fav on twitter, or use the Washingtonian’s handy dandy guide. We’re excited to share that the Foljol Bros. new vegan item will be mushroom drunken noodles. You can get it on their Volathai truck, which will be at 12th & G for lunch, 11:48-1:52 (their hours, not ours).
Eat up, DC! And we’ll see you tomorrow at Vegan Drinks with The Tipsy Vegan!
P.S. Soyummi is celebrating Meat-Free Week with deals on its pudding 4-packs at DC area Harris Teeter and Giant locations. Get all the details on their website.
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