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The Chicago Diner
Meat Free Since ‘83
Newsletter Issue 57
March 6, 2009
www.veggiediner.com
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Chili Cookoff |
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Chicago Diner Cowboy Chili is in the running among 20 of Chicago’s meatiest chilis. How can the vegan underdog come out on top? Make your vegetarian presence known! Rock the vote.
Proceeds to benefit The Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. |
10th Annual Jack Daniels Chili CookoffSaturday March 7, 2009 at 2:00-6pm
We have taken 2nd place time after time in many past cookoffs. It’s time we show those meat eatin’ chili eaters who’s full of the bull!
Read about last year’s Chicago Diner Chili contests here. |
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| Vegan Night at Whole Foods Halsted | |||
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Vegan Night at Whole Foods NorthalstedMarch 12th, 2009 - 7pm-9pm FREE SAMPLES GALORE
Stop by the Northalsted Whole Body Department on Thursday, to enjoy a sampling of the many Vegan and Cruelty-Free products Whole Foods Northalsted has to offer! Get a belly full and then get beautiful with a sampling of tasty treats from several vendors, including Chicago Diner and vegan makeovers with local makeup artist Kristen Engelman (”Top 50 Hairstylists and Beauty Experts” Chicago Magazine). Make your very own all-natural, cruelty free body scrub. |
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March On! |
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Winter is winding down, March is upon us. Warmer weather is just around the corner & the Chicago Diner Spring/Summer Menu is about to drop like a vegan bomb on the landscape of your vast hunger. Here is a preview of exciting items we’re working on. Look for these in March. (Details subject to change) |
CALIFORNIA REUBEN
A new vegan reuben sandwich, with roasted ‘turkey’ style seitan melted cheeze & coleslaw, on toasted marbled rye, an awesome spring alternative to our Award Winning ‘corned beef’ seitan Radical Reuben. GREEK SALAD WITH MOROCCAN VINAIGRETTE Romaine, artichokes, tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers, parsley & pita chips. BBQ CHICKIN SALAD Field greens & romaine mix with BBQ chickin’ seitan strips, carrrots, beets, sprouts, tomatoes & our vegan ranch dressing. More: AVOCADO TACOS, AZTEC QUINOA SALAD
Sides: KALE SALAD, BAKED BEANS, POTATO SALAD |
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CARAMEL COOKIE CRUNCH SHAKE
Featuring creamy French vanilla Temptation frozen dessert blended with rich caramel sauce, pecans, chocolate chips & cookie crumbles. Vegan decadence. This shake is available now! |
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CHICKIN FRIED STEAK
Tender seitan filet, breaded and covered with creamy white gravy, with garlic mashed potatoes & cilantro buttered sweet corn. This entree featured on our specials menu now until March 12!
Coming to Spring/Summer Menu 2009
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BBQ PULLED “PORK”
Shredded vegan pork, made from tender portabello stems & soy protein, in a smoky Southern style sauce, on a toasted onion kaiser roll. Complimented with carrot cilantro slaw & pickle spear. Coming to Spring/Summer Menu 2009 |
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BURRITO SUIZO
A giant chickin seitan, black bean-brown rice burrito, packed with lettuce, onions, tomatoes & cilantro, topped with homemade norteño enchilada sauce & cheeze. Coming to Spring/Summer Menu 2009 |
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JAMAICAN JERK WRAP
Tender grilled jerk rubbed chickin seitan with lettuce, tomato, onions & red cabbage with spicy cajun aoli sauce in a spinach tortilla. Coming to Spring/Summer Menu 2009 |
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| Raw Chef Linda Szarkowski | |||
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Chicago Diner is pleased to showcase the talents of Raw Chef & foodie Linda Szarkowski.
Chef Linda also hosts raw food classes, with upcoming dates in March. Seats available. More info here. See her website: |
Featured special Raw ‘Bacon Cheeseburger’
Portabello-walnut patty on onion-flax bread, with lettuce, tomato, dried onion rings, pine nut “cheese”, eggplant “bacon” strips & creamy cashew mustard. Served with spicy jicama fries & chipotle cashew “mayo”, sauerkraut & green salad. |
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| Chicago’s Sexiest Vegetarian | |||
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View all the candidate profiles and place your vote at either
href=”http://www.goveg.com”>www.goveg.com or href=”http://www.peta.org”>www.peta.org by March 11, 2009.
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Hyde Park resident Sheena Spikes is Chicago’s Sexiest Vegetarian. She’s one of 16 female finalists in PETA’s “ href=”http://www.peta.org/content/standalone/sexiestvegetariannextdoor2009/default.aspx”>Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door” competition, chosen out of more than a thousand entries in the United States and Canada. (There are male finalists too).
It just so happens that Chicago Diner is one of Sheena’s favorite Chicago vegetarian restaurants; the vegan Gyros being one of her favorite dishes. “If each American reduced his or her meat consumption by just 5 percent, roughly equivalent to eating one less dish of meat each week, enough grain would be saved to feed 25 million people - the number estimated to go hungry in the United States each day.” Also, animal waste is the principle source of water pollution and according to the EPA, the largest source of methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. Read more on our website here. Also check out media coverage href=”http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1446125,CST-NWS-sexy24.article”>here and href=”http://www.nbcchicago.com/around_town/the_scene/Meet-Chicagos-Sexiest-Vegetarian.html”>here. |
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| Featured Blog | |||
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We want to feature your blog or other writing in our website & newsletter. Contact us!
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Yoga and Veganism Recently, I completed a yoga teacher training program. A requirement of the training was to complete a creative project. Of course, my project was about veganism & how it relates to yoga. Many yogies are vegetarian (and many are not). My intention for the project was to educate others on why a vegan diet most closely follows the principles of yoga. The first of the eight limbs of yoga are the yamas (ethical disciplines). The first yama is ahimsa. Ahimsa = Non-violence or non-harming. It is more than a negative command not to kill, for it has a wider positive meaning, love. Typically, yoga is associated with a vegetarian diet, but dairy and eggs are not produced in the same way as they were when Patanjali wrote the Yoga Sutra’s and defined the Eight Limbs of Yoga including the suggestion that yogi’s eat vegetarian. Factory farming didn’t exist thousands of years ago. Cows and chickens were raised where they could roam and by families on small farms. Unfortunately that is not the way farm animals are raised today — most of the time. Yoga is beautiful and meaningful yet the truth about the food we eat is often overlooked or ignored because it is a difficult subject and change is challenging for people. On the other hand, the truth will set us free to live our lives: Awake. Aware. Conscious. Turning our heads the other way certainly won’t stop the violence and suffering nor change the truth. Read more on our website veggiediner.com and |
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| Local Spotlight | |||
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Chicago Diner partners with many local sources to bring you eco-friendly, fresh & tasty bounty
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How about a milkshake made with all natural Chicago SoyDairy Temptation frozen dessert? Formerly exclusive to The Chicago Diner, locally produced Chicago SoyDairy Temptation brand is now available east of Colorado and soon nationwide. Look for it at Whole Food Markets, Green Grocer & True Nature Foods. Temptation is made with certified organic non-GMO Illinois grown soybeans, organic evaporated cane sugar & all natural flavors. We are also featuring Chicago SoyDairy’s new Teese Vegan Cheese Alternative. Check out www.welovesoy.com for info & availability.
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| Brews News | |||
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We have expanded our selection of vegan microbrews.
We are now featuring these great choices: GREAT LAKES, Edmond Fitzgerald Porter FLYING DOG, In Heat Wheat BELL’S, Winter White FULL MOON, Belgian Abbey Ale NEW BELGIUM, 1554 Black Ale NEW BELGIUM, Mighty Arrow HALF ACRE, Lager METROPOLIAN, Dynamo Copper Lager SAM SMITH, Organic Pale Ale GREAT LAKES, Conway’s Irish Ale THREE FLOYDS, Pride & Joy DARK HORSE, Raspberry Ale
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| Gift Ideas | |||
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The Chicago Diner Cookbook features over 100 of our classic favorites like Lentil Loaf, Shepherd’s Pie, Sloppy Jo, Black Bean Burger, also, desserts, brunch items, soups & sauces. More than 10,000 sold.
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Friends & family need ideas for the gift giving holidays? Drop a hint about these The Chicago Diner Cookbook, T-Shirt or Gift Card
Available now in our webstore. We offer low cost shipping to 50 states. |
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| Hours | |||
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Regular Hours:M-Th 11-10
Fr 11-10:30 Sa 10-10:30 Su 10-10 Free parking after 6 pm weekdays & 10am-10pm Sat & Sun. The parking meter rates went up…
We have plenty of quarters available, ask one of our friendly staff. Don’tforget our Award Winning Sunday Brunch (Saturday too)! Chicago Diner is a member of the Green Business Network |
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