9/27, Palo Alto, BAVRT to Stoa's ! (RSVP by 9/17)

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NOT a drop-in dinner event.

 

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from BAVRT (Bay Area Vegetarian Restaurant Trek), which (despite the similar

names) is a separate organization from Bay Area Vegetarians.

 

 

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Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:54 PM

BAVRT - September 27, 2003 - Bay Area Vegetarian Restaurant Trek

 

 

Contents

#1) This month's trek

#2) Bay Area Vegetarians

#3) Lat month's dinner

#4) Car-less lifestyles by choice

#5) NON-BAVRT news

 

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September 27, 2003 (Last Saturday of every month)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

 

Host: Tammy & Chris, Lyman

 

Site: Sto-A

3750 Fabian Way

(between East Charleston and West Bayshore roads, near Highway 101)

Palo Alto, CA

(650) 424-3900

 

Type: Vegetarian cuisine

Cost: A la carte or prix fixe dinner available

 

RSVP by Wed, Sep 17 to or call (408) 839-5921. Please note

the earlier than usual RSVP deadline. BAVRT is NOT a drop-in dinner event.

 

As always, you come under your own liability for all events. Pass the word

to your friends. This is not an exclusive net-folks only event. This is not

an activist group or singles event. Note that if you plan to attend this

dinner, you can order only vegetarian dishes, even if the restaurant serves

other stuff.

 

If you have suggestions for future sites, please e-mail them to

. If you want to volunteer host a BAVRT dinner, please let me

know!!

 

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#1) This month's trek

 

Tammy & Chris, founders of " Bay Area Vegetarians " and Lyman are teaming up

to host this month's BAVRT dinner. Their choice is Sto-A, the upscale all

vegetarian gourmet restaurant that opened in Palo Alto this year.

 

The simplest way to describe the restaurant is to provide a link to a review

that came in San Francisco Chronicle. Please see

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/06/20/PN304514.DTL

 

(if the above link is broken, try this one done via tinyurl:

http://tinyurl.com/gybr )

 

For BAVRT, the restaurant is offering two choices.

 

A prix fixe vegan menu ($38 + 18% gratuity + tax) composed of

- Soup: Seasonal vegetable soup ($7)

- Starters: Green salad with toasted hazelnuts & Fuji apple

ribbons ($6.5)

- Appetizers: Rice rolls with fresh herbs & peanut sauce ($9)

-or-

Green Mango salad with cherry tomatoes, scallions & Forbidden black rice

($12)

- Main Course: Blackeyed pea fritters with olive oil mashed potatoes &

garlic-wilted greens ($19)

-or-

Quinoa croquettes with sautéed wild mushrooms & sesame-rubbed greens

($18)

- Desserts: Chocolate sorbet with chocolate-dipped strawberries ($7)

-or-

Apricot gallettes with port wine reduction ($7)

 

Price given in brackets above is the a la carte price (set menu price is a

discount compared with the price of individual items).

 

Please RSVP by Sep 17th and also indicate whether you want to go for the

prix fix menu or the a la carte option.

 

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#2) Bay Area Vegetarians (BAV)

http://www.bayareaveg.org

 

Tammy & Chris started Bay Area Vegetarians (BAV), a San Francisco Bay Area

wide group for vegans, vegetarians, veg*n-inclined and interested people to

find community & support with like-minded folks. BAV supports, encourages &

connects local veg*n community through planned monthly events, online

discussion forum, mailing

lists and educational outreach. In the community spirit, all of BAV events

are organized by volunteers, and membership is free. Visit BAV's website for

upcoming events and more information on joining. Help BAV make the Bay Area

more veg-friendly!

 

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#3) Last month's trek

 

Ana organized an extremely successful dinner last month at Red Sea

Restaurant in Oakland. BAVRT received truly red carpet treatment from this

restaurant. Though this was a veg/non-veg Ethiopian restaurant, they

collected all their vegan dishes in a separate menu, to make our ordering

easier. They also cheerfully gave separate checks to everybody who attended.

 

39 people attended last month's dinner. Most people gave very high marks for

their excellent food and superb service. Some folks raised the following

items also - the acoustics of the room was less than stellar, particularly

with such a big crowd. Many people had to ask to get drinking water at the

table. Wonder whether this

is a cultural issue, as this has happened in other restaurants also.

 

After dinner, we went to Mondo Gelato for vegan desserts.

 

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#4) Car-less lifestyles by choice

 

Last month, I wrote a small blurb about my current car-less lifestyle. Many

folks wrote to me about their own experiments about going car-less by

choice! This is not too much of a surprise, as BAVRT is composed of many

highly unconventional, independent folks.

 

People had tried these experiments in multiple states and multiple cities.

Many did this successfully for many years (some for more than 10 years). One

person mentioned about her family going car-less by choice, across multiple

generations! Awesome...

 

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#5) NON-BAVRT news

 

a) Scientists sound new climate change warning

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_815816.html

 

b) Plan to bury CO 2 under North sea

http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1036113,00.html

 

c) Hidden ingredients

 

http://www.bouldernews.com/bdc/food/article/0,1713,BDC_2517_2214493,00.html

" Part of vegetarian journey is learning about animal products in

unexpected places "

 

d) RFID Gussied Up With Biosensors

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60156,00.html

 

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Das Devaraj

email - -- Cell phone (408) 839-5921

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