The rebel activists at PETA are known for using shock tactics to grab people's attention (i.e., "Let's promote animal rights with women masturbating with asparagus!"), so their antics shouldn't surprise anyone. And yet, I feel dirty after watching the latest ad.

For 46 seconds, animals--horses, rhinos, water buffalos--do it like they do on the Discovery Channel. Seeing all this thumpin' and bumpin' in the wild is supposed to make you want to go vegan because, as the tagline says, "Vegans have a bigger sexual appetite."

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Dave Lieberman

Central County vegetarians, rejoice. You have a new place to eat. Mead's Green Door Cafe
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Photo courtesy VegiLicious

Surf City U.S.A is bringing it with their progressive food scene. One week, we reported up-and-comer Avocado Cafe was prepping to launch location #3. Then Shuji follows up with another Bruxie announcement at The Strand. Well, before these ambitious ventures open their doors, Huntington Harbour Mall gave birth to a bouncing vegan eatery on the 21st known as VegiLicious.

Technically they're calling it "pre-opening", but if you're accepting walk-ins, you're open! Serving lunch only until Friday (That's when they add dinner service), their only day off appears to be Wednesdays. Not Sunday, Monday or even Tuesday-- hump day. Can you remember that?

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Jenny Ross' raw vegan empire began in Costa Mesa. Then it expanded over the summer to Anaheim. Now, the 118 Degrees brand heads south to Laguna Niguel. Opening day is always special, so to celebrate, they have treats!

Stop by their newest locale starting at 11 a.m. for your choice between two menu tastes. We're not sure if it's more late brekkie or early lunch, but that's really up to you and your belly.

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Stephanie Morgan photo by Kimberly Valenzuela / OC Weekly

Chef Geeta Bansal of Clay Oven and Chef Stephanie Morgan of Seabirds

Clay Oven has played host to a few pop-up restaurants recently, usually with cutesy names ("Play Oven" for the Jason Quinn pop-up), but tonight's "Clay Birds" seems like an obvious match: the ladies from Seabirds will be teaming up with Chef Geeta Bansal to cook two seatings' worth of Indian-inspired vegan fare.

See also:
- Seabirds Will Team Up With Clay Oven In September Pop-Up
- The Playground & Clay Oven Team Up To Do "Play Oven" Pop-Up
- The Seabirds Truck e-Cookbook + A Recipe For OC Weekly Readers
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Sarah Bennett

At the beginning of last summer when Steamed took over a former weed dispensary in a house tucked around the shaded curve of 3rd Street near Alamitos Avenue, it was to the delight of Long Beach's close-knit community of vegetarians.

That's because owner Stephanie Carlough--who kind of looks like a sun-bleached Portia Di Rossi--serves Mexican-inspired meatless food out of the two-bedroom-turned-storefront as if you were dining at her own house.

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Sarah Bennett

 
Long Beach Vegan Eatery is all about taking vegan food mainstream with flavors that you didn't know could exist without animal byproducts --how many times have you heard that one before? But here's the real, tasteful deal.

Want macaroni and cheese minus the dairy? Done. Want a meatball sub without the greasy meat? Double done. How about some BBQ "ribs" smothered in a sweet and tangy sauce with a side of Southern-style baked beans? Yup.

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Anne Marie Panoringan

118 Degrees

Center Street is evolving its downtown digs in similar fashion as The LAB and CAMP in Costa Mesa, SanTana's Artist Village and downtown Fullerton. With three new eateries opening in the last month, we cannot ignore their climb to hipster neighborhood status.

First stop: Jenny Ross' 118 Degrees Community Cafe, which launched their second spot at the end of July. This branch is less table service, more take-out meals. Her raw vegan cuisine as vibrant and wholesome as ever, with lunch favorites like fried avocado rolled tacos and savory baja burritos for diners looking to cleanse from the inside out.

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Dave Lieberman

In a country where Mexican menus are dominated by tacos, enchiladas, and tamales, it's surprising that tacos sudados haven't become more popular, since they're essentially a cross between all three. Tacos sudados go by many names in Mexico: tacos de canasta and tacos al vapor are two of the more common aliases.

They're tacos, in that they're tortillas folded (not rolled) around a filling, in this case shredded and sautéed vegetables; they're enchiladas, in that the tortillas are dipped in chile sauce; and they're tamales in that they're steamed in a big pot, though without the dried corn husks used for tamales.

They're also very easy to make.

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For the next time the cute Beatle plays Angels Stadium...

I haven't been to an Anaheim Angels game in about two years, busy as I've been. But I gotta head down there this year to check out that kid Trout. And when I'm at Angels Stadium, I gotta check out their vegetarian options.

The motivation comes in part from PETA's recent release of the 10 most vegetarian-friendly major league ballparks, with Angels Stadium coming in at a healthy seventh for...
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