Forget Canada Day, celebrate Vegan Pizza Day in Vancouver

by Stephen Hui on June 26th, 2012 at 12:55 PM

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A very important holiday falls on the coming weekend. That’s right, I’m talking about Vegan Pizza Day on Saturday (June 30).

Last year, the first-ever Vegan Pizza Day was observed on January 29. Described as a “worldwide celebration of the awesomeness of the vegan pizza”, the holiday is super easy to celebrate. All you have to do is make, buy, eat, or share vegan pizza.

In Vancouver, several restaurants offer vegan pizza. If you like your pizza dripping with Daiya dairy-free cheese, head to the Vegan Pizza House (2119 Kingsway). Vancouver’s first all-vegan pizzeria opened in May 2011, cooking up varieties such as Hawaiian, Vegan Meat Lover, Seafood, and All Dress.

Perhaps you prefer your pizza uncooked. OrganicLives (1829 Quebec Street and 451 Granville Street) serves pizza on a vegetable-flatbread crust which even raw-food haters will enjoy.

Port Moody’s Chomp Vegan Eatery (7-201 Morrissey Road) features a pizza of the day. You can also find raw pizza at White Rock’s Organic Connections Café (15622 Marine Drive).

What are you waiting for? Start making your plans for the Vegan Pizza Day long weekend.

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Comments

14 Comments

Taxpayers R Us

Jun 26, 2012 at 1:36pm

Respect your country much?

Lothar of the Hill People

Jun 26, 2012 at 1:39pm

Nothing is more annoying than a militant vegan -- well maybe a hipster vegan but not by much...

DavidH

Jun 26, 2012 at 2:31pm

The hilarious thing about vegans is that they spend their lives searching for food that tastes "just like" meat and dairy.

Dairy-free cheese, meat-free pepperoni ... yum. Hey, it tastes just like REAL food!!

The craving for real meat and real dairy is a sign. It's a bit like the craving for real human sexual interaction, instead of porn and toys.

mishkamoo

Jun 26, 2012 at 2:37pm

The previous commenters are taking this way too seriously. Stephen, I enjoy your vegan posts - please keep them coming.

JackieP

Jun 26, 2012 at 3:24pm

the gluten free epicurean and whole foods (cambie) also now have vegan pizza (as well as perch)! like i need an excuse to scarf down vegan pizza though...

Tyler

Jun 26, 2012 at 4:56pm

I celebrate vegan pizza day twice a week, but I'll participate June 30 with 2 extra larges from Vegan Pizza House!!

Rog

Jun 26, 2012 at 5:44pm

The hilarious thing about omnivores is they spend their lives eating food that is killing them, destroying our planet and is cruel to other living beings when they could eat food that tastes as good if not better while avoiding all of the negatives.

wait

Jun 26, 2012 at 7:37pm

I'll take one, with an extra topping of HAM and Cheese please.

MIMI

Jun 27, 2012 at 3:22am

DAMN RIGHTS I will be celebrating vegan pizza day! To all the idiots above, the reason we love vegan pizza so much is because it does not cause cancer, heart disease and kidney stones, it tastes fantastic, animals don't have to be tortured and killed, AND we aren't polluting the water and land while reducing our carbon footprint to a fraction of a meat based diet. I'll be getting my pizza from the Vegan Pizza house! VEGAN PIZZA DELIVERY!!!!