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Vegetarian/Vegan food finder for London

76 points by Kliment 13y ago

autarch 13y ago
http://VegGuide.org http://VegGuide.org provides a REST API that you could combine with this data. See http://www.vegguide.org/site/api-docs http://www.vegguide.org/site/api-docs for details.
creature 13y ago
I built this! It uses responsive design to give both desktop & mobile users a good experience, and it degrades gracefully for users without JavaScript. I built it in Rails with the Google Maps & Food Standards Agency APIs, along with a lot of CoffeeScript. I need to add more reviews of places, and more links, but I've been working on it for too long without it being live so I put it live earlier this week.
- Osmium 13y ago
  Great tool! Thank you :) I'm not personally vegetarian, but I found myself looking for one recently when I was in London and found it far too difficult. Minor suggestion: I'd make the "Vegan" label say "Vegan Only" (or "Only Vegan" I guess). Also, what qualifies as a "chain"? I notice you have The Gate on there, but they have two locations, and you only have the one at Islington (and not the one at Hammersmith).
  - creature 13y ago
    Thanks for your kind words! Chains are totally a judgement call; it's basically me deciding what 'feels indie'. I've not been to the one in Hammersmith yet; I'll add it when I visit.
    - Osmium 13y ago
      Ah, I hadn't realised this was a personally-curated list (I see it now on the 'About' section). Since these are all places you've had personal experience with, why not add a sentence or two describing what you think? It's often really useful to read what one person thinks about several places (e.g. if we both like place A, and you like place B, that gives me more confidence that I'll like place B too). Edit: I just noticed you have this too! I didn't realise there was additional information if you click on a pin rather than just mouse-over.
- CookWithMe 13y ago
  Congrats on launching! Will take another look when I'll be in London again. If it's "only" you who submits these reviews, you could make it more personal by adding a paragraph of text with a non-objective description. Would also help to separate your USP compared to Happy Cow. I know a vegan blogger who wrote posts about the places she visited in towns, and people like those. It's easier to compare/trust the reviews of a single person vs. the reviews on happy cow that are written by many different people.
  - creature 13y ago
    I'm working on adding more reviews. They are rather sparse at the moment, you're right. I like the single-person perspective as well; I've never found the multiple reviews on sites like Happy Cow or Yelp that useful either.
    - illumen 13y ago
      Once you know how a reviewer views thinks relative to your own perspective, their reviews become much more relevant to you. I read some critics even though I never agree with them, but because I know how they think and what they like there reviews are much more useful. "Oh, they didn't like it. Perfect! I will like this one." I guess you're only going for pure vegan/vegetarian places? Because these days, pretty much all restaurants do at least some vegetarian food. Vegan is harder of course. Vegan drinking holes would be nice too :) http://www.veggiewines.co.uk/popularbeers.htm http://www.veggiewines.co.uk/popularbeers.htm
      - genetik 13y ago
        http://www.barnivore.com http://www.barnivore.com is another great resource for checking on the vegan status of beer and liquor.
- pwm 13y ago
  Thanks, I've been looking for a tool like this.
- aforty 13y ago
  Love it! I'll use this when I come to London next time!
- coldarchon 13y ago
  Now make one for entomophagic food ..
- yalogin 13y ago
  Nice! Congrats on the launch. Are you adding these on a place by place basis manually?
flippingbits 13y ago
http://www.happycow.net http://www.happycow.net exists already.
- kroger 13y ago
  Happycow is very nice and helped me to find incredibly good places to eat even in meat heavy places like Argentina and Paris. I’m always surprised when I talk to owners of vegetarian restaurants and learn that they never heard about it.
tfinch 13y ago
Nice project. Sadly no new places to me (yet!) but glad to see the Loving Hut, this is a must. Are you going to add functionality for submissions? Or did I just miss it?
- notjosh 13y ago
  Loving Hut is pretty creepy. I sincerely appreciate being able to find veg/vegan food in a lot of cities and countries, but the idea of supporting the Supreme Master situation (I hesitate to call it a cult, but I struggle to find a better word) is pretty distasteful. From online stories and friends' personal anecdotes, I'd rather steer clear and go hungry. Some links I plucked from Google: - http://www.humanewatch.org/the_murky_sea_of_cult_money/ http://www.humanewatch.org/the_murky_sea_of_cult_money/ - http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2011-06-02/news/critics-claim-supreme-master-ching-hai-s-followers-restaurants-front-for-an-exploitive-movement/ http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2011-06-02/news/critics-claim... - http://thechinghaicult.blogspot.com/ http://thechinghaicult.blogspot.com/
  - tfinch 13y ago
    Fair enough - someone was telling me about the Supreme Master thing recently, must admit I had largely ignored it up until that point as just part of the bizarre Loving Hut experience. Thanks for the links, definitely some food for thought!
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  - kroger 13y ago
    I’m not religious at all, but I’ve eaten in some religious-based restaurants such as Harikrishna, adventist, and buddhist. And to be honest, I don't find it creepier than any other religion/cult. I used to go all the time to a Loving Hut in Chinatown (San Francisco) and got friendly with the staff. They never mentioned religion or tried to convince me to join their religion/cult. I would be annoyed if they tried to push their religion on me, but instead, they seemed interested in promote vegetarianism and veganism. On a side note, this Chinatown branch has the best vegan Pho I ever had.
eyko 13y ago
I noticed the "Omnivorous" check box, but clicking it doesn't show that many more places - I assumed omnivorous would mean something along the lines of: every pub, restaurant, and shop in London. Apparently not, so, can somebody explain what being an "omnivore" as a lifestyle choice (or whatever) means in this day and age?
- creature 13y ago
  I'm planning to add more omnivorous places that do an OK job of catering to veggies. Particularly places like East Street, near Oxford Street. It's not a vegetarian restaurant, but it's got vegan options clearly marked on the menu and all the staff seem pretty switched on. My goal is to help people find places where their veggie friends can have a good meal easily, without lots of explanation to the staff about what they do and don't eat.
  - eyko 13y ago
    Thanks for taking the time to explain it :)
  - bodyfour 13y ago
    I think almost every restaurant in London would be considered "vegetarian friendly", at least by US standards. No matter where I went, there were multiple options clearly marked on the menu. It's the easiest place I've ever visited food-wise. Perhaps "vegan friendly" places is harder though, I don't know.
otl 13y ago
Are the colours of the map pins universally understood by your target audience? As a non-vegan/vegetarian, the thought behind it made complete sense as soon as I deselected options from the filter panel, but before that I was curious to what they meant. Including use of the same colours in the filter panel would have made me intuitively understand it. I appreciate that it still has a view presented when loading without JavaScript.
- Osmium 13y ago
  Agreed; a key/legend would be good!
chrisvineup 13y ago
Awesome stuff mate, Ill post this on www.fb.com/yumveganrecipes if thats cool?
- creature 13y ago
  Totally cool! Please spread the word far and wide. :)
derrzzaa 13y ago
Insta spotted bug. Toggling 'Show brands' the number increases every time.
EastLondonCoder 13y ago
Nice to see Rasa there. If you live in London and haven't been, go! Indian veg in angel is one of the best value meals london have to offer, 5.50 all you can eat of a selection of south indian curries. Possibly you could add the woodland restaurant on Panton street.
- jwarren 13y ago
  Good lord, its up to £5.50 now? Still a good deal, but it was £2 back in the day.
  - EastLondonCoder 13y ago
    I moved to London in 2006 and it was £3 then which was at that point the price of a pint. Still 5.50 is quite good.
n9com 13y ago
Nice! Very useful, thank you :)
Theodores 13y ago
Well done for putting this together. What is disappointing is how few vegetarian restaurants there are! For such a large city you would expect a few more places on the map yet they are so few and far between. My default option when there is nothing veggie specific is to eat some place Indian. Plenty of Indian restaurants do understand that vegetarianism is the way even if they do have dead animal dishes on the menu for those encultured from an early age to eat 'meat'. It would be helpful if the best Indian restaurants were on the list too. One thing that does surprise me about the few vegetarian restaurants that are in London is the clientele. Places like Mildreds are packed night after night, and the punters seem that bit more vibrant, healthy, better looking, articulate and youthful than you would normally expect to find when eating out. More generally, I think that something has to change regarding vegetarianism in London, much like how things have changed regarding cycling in London. As a society we cannot go on eating variants of endangered species on toast for every meal, it is just not on or necessary. Meat eaters need to lighten up a bit and put some variety into their diet. Why can't the variety of vegetarian cuisine in London be a tourist attraction? Why can't house prices be that bit higher just because they are in an area where there is an excellent choice of vegetarian restaurants? (In the same way that being on a bicycle route adds to the value of a property.) Why can't we have some version of the 'Bake Off' on TV that is about vegetarian food, to celebrate it rather than be all preachy about how evil the meat industry is? Aside from Hitler, why is it that nobody knows of anyone famous for being vegetarian? This is particularly weird when so many celebrities, athletes, respected thinkers and others that people aspire to and respect are actually vegetarian. Where is the 'Boris' or 'Jamie Oliver' of the vegetarian cause? Going back to the cycling situation we have had a culture shift in cycling and attitudes towards it that has not pissed off motorists. Even if they don't cycle they don't get uppity about those that do. We need something along the same lines for vegetarianism in London. Anyway, I hope you too have ideas on how attitudes towards vegetarianism could change in London, it would be great if you could say so on your site.
- creature 13y ago
  Thanks for your comments; I'm glad you liked it. I'm adding places that I know & have eaten at, so the data is a little more sparse than it will be. I'm also going to add more "high street" places; I'd like it to be a resource that answers several questions: * Where can I go for a nice vegetarian/vegan meal? * Where can I go for a nice meal that doesn't exclude my veggie friend? * I'm at place X and I'm starving. Where can I get something vegan to eat nearby? Personally, I think that London is awesome for veggies & vegans. There's at least 10 specifically vegetarian restaurants that are really nice, and many other hole-in-the-wall places that aren't good for dates but are still serving good food. More and more high street chains are vegan-friendly. More and more places are specifically marking vegan-friendly dishes on their menu. (I also think that the reason that Mildred's has a young, vibrant clientele is because of its location in the heart of Soho, rather than because it's vegetarian.) My aim isn't to change attitudes towards veganism or vegetarianism; my aim is to make it more accessible. I want to help the newly-vegan person who doesn't know that they can get a quick snack from Wasabi. I want to help the manager who's got a vegetarian staff member and is trying to find somewhere nice for the Christmas meal. And I'm trying to help veggies throughout London find new places to eat, in areas of London that they're not going to be so familiar with.
JeffJenkins 13y ago
For those not familiar, the pudding in the domain name referring to a few kinds of sausage in England/Ireland (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding )
- Kliment 13y ago
  It might also be a Pink Floyd reference ("you can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat")
  - deleted 13y ago
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- creature 13y ago
  Actually, it's a reference to a Pink Floyd song. :)
babysteps 13y ago
I've seen these mini directories fall by the wayside in the past, but I wish the author the best. As someone that likes to eat vegan food and having worked in a vegan cafe, I think it's important to clearly state if an outlet has a vegetarian/vegan kitchen. That's very appealing to me. To be honest I've gotten lazy at asking in a lot of places about how they prepare their food. We have something called a chip shop in the UK, where you can buy deep fried chips, sausages, chicken and fish. Some places keep the vat of fat for chips separate to the meat and fish friers, others mix it all up, and some chip shops (especially up norf'), use animal fats to fry in. I've bought countless bags of chips only to discover small bits of fish, or find the chips taste of chicken. Even in some places where I've asked and they've assured me otherwise. To be frank some people are too thick to even answer the question if posed or just don't care. I know for a fact the veggie burgers in Grubbs in Brighton were fried in the meat friers (though that might be past practice). It's also a bit of a turn off for me to watch someone make me a sandwich after they've just prepared someone elses and handled meat. I'd like a veggie chip shop friendly list (if you can ever call a chip shop that)! I should cobble something together myself. Where others have ascertained that the kitchen is veggie friendly, that's good information to share.
anarchitect 13y ago
It's a great start. I'd love to contribute some places (around EC1) that I frequent if you take suggestions?
- creature 13y ago
  Happy to take suggestions! Let me know what I've missed.
babysteps 13y ago
@creature What do the coloured markers represent? You are missing some info from your key. Could you also add some help text to the key? As in how you define vegan/veggie/vegan-friendly. How about providing a method whereby people can suggest other places? Perhaps for you to go and sample their wares at a later date. I think you could squeeze in more info into your pop-ups. It's annoying going back and forth. You are missing some direct links to websites (tibits). If you hover over markers near the top of the map the popups are lost. Slow on my 1.4 mb line. Personally I think it would be better to use a frame like approach, especially for those with the real estate. Click on a marker, get the text in a side column. My 2p.
shire 13y ago
A friend of mine was looking for this or was thinking of building a site based on this. Very cool idea! awesome I can see a lot of people using it.
jmotion 13y ago
Awesome set up. Are there any open source solutions that allow me to do this for my city? Simple execution, mobile ready - add locations and reviews along with 'find places nearby' ?

76 points by Kliment 13y ago

http://VegGuide.org http://VegGuide.org provides a REST API that you could combine with this data. See http://www.vegguide.org/site/api-docs http://www.vegguide.org/site/api-docs for details.

creature 13y ago

I built this! It uses responsive design to give both desktop & mobile users a good experience, and it degrades gracefully for users without JavaScript. I built it in Rails with the Google Maps & Food Standards Agency APIs, along with a lot of CoffeeScript. I need to add more reviews of places, and more links, but I've been working on it for too long without it being live so I put it live earlier this week.

Osmium 13y ago
Great tool! Thank you :) I'm not personally vegetarian, but I found myself looking for one recently when I was in London and found it far too difficult. Minor suggestion: I'd make the "Vegan" label say "Vegan Only" (or "Only Vegan" I guess). Also, what qualifies as a "chain"? I notice you have The Gate on there, but they have two locations, and you only have the one at Islington (and not the one at Hammersmith).
- creature 13y ago
  Thanks for your kind words! Chains are totally a judgement call; it's basically me deciding what 'feels indie'. I've not been to the one in Hammersmith yet; I'll add it when I visit.
  - Osmium 13y ago
    Ah, I hadn't realised this was a personally-curated list (I see it now on the 'About' section). Since these are all places you've had personal experience with, why not add a sentence or two describing what you think? It's often really useful to read what one person thinks about several places (e.g. if we both like place A, and you like place B, that gives me more confidence that I'll like place B too). Edit: I just noticed you have this too! I didn't realise there was additional information if you click on a pin rather than just mouse-over.
CookWithMe 13y ago
Congrats on launching! Will take another look when I'll be in London again. If it's "only" you who submits these reviews, you could make it more personal by adding a paragraph of text with a non-objective description. Would also help to separate your USP compared to Happy Cow. I know a vegan blogger who wrote posts about the places she visited in towns, and people like those. It's easier to compare/trust the reviews of a single person vs. the reviews on happy cow that are written by many different people.
- creature 13y ago
  I'm working on adding more reviews. They are rather sparse at the moment, you're right. I like the single-person perspective as well; I've never found the multiple reviews on sites like Happy Cow or Yelp that useful either.
  - illumen 13y ago
    Once you know how a reviewer views thinks relative to your own perspective, their reviews become much more relevant to you. I read some critics even though I never agree with them, but because I know how they think and what they like there reviews are much more useful. "Oh, they didn't like it. Perfect! I will like this one." I guess you're only going for pure vegan/vegetarian places? Because these days, pretty much all restaurants do at least some vegetarian food. Vegan is harder of course. Vegan drinking holes would be nice too :) http://www.veggiewines.co.uk/popularbeers.htm http://www.veggiewines.co.uk/popularbeers.htm
    - genetik 13y ago
      http://www.barnivore.com http://www.barnivore.com is another great resource for checking on the vegan status of beer and liquor.
pwm 13y ago
Thanks, I've been looking for a tool like this.
aforty 13y ago
Love it! I'll use this when I come to London next time!
coldarchon 13y ago
Now make one for entomophagic food ..
yalogin 13y ago
Nice! Congrats on the launch. Are you adding these on a place by place basis manually?

flippingbits 13y ago

http://www.happycow.net http://www.happycow.net exists already.

kroger 13y ago
Happycow is very nice and helped me to find incredibly good places to eat even in meat heavy places like Argentina and Paris. I’m always surprised when I talk to owners of vegetarian restaurants and learn that they never heard about it.

tfinch 13y ago

Nice project. Sadly no new places to me (yet!) but glad to see the Loving Hut, this is a must. Are you going to add functionality for submissions? Or did I just miss it?

notjosh 13y ago
Loving Hut is pretty creepy. I sincerely appreciate being able to find veg/vegan food in a lot of cities and countries, but the idea of supporting the Supreme Master situation (I hesitate to call it a cult, but I struggle to find a better word) is pretty distasteful. From online stories and friends' personal anecdotes, I'd rather steer clear and go hungry. Some links I plucked from Google: - http://www.humanewatch.org/the_murky_sea_of_cult_money/ http://www.humanewatch.org/the_murky_sea_of_cult_money/ - http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2011-06-02/news/critics-claim-supreme-master-ching-hai-s-followers-restaurants-front-for-an-exploitive-movement/ http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2011-06-02/news/critics-claim... - http://thechinghaicult.blogspot.com/ http://thechinghaicult.blogspot.com/
- tfinch 13y ago
  Fair enough - someone was telling me about the Supreme Master thing recently, must admit I had largely ignored it up until that point as just part of the bizarre Loving Hut experience. Thanks for the links, definitely some food for thought!
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  [deleted]
- kroger 13y ago
  I’m not religious at all, but I’ve eaten in some religious-based restaurants such as Harikrishna, adventist, and buddhist. And to be honest, I don't find it creepier than any other religion/cult. I used to go all the time to a Loving Hut in Chinatown (San Francisco) and got friendly with the staff. They never mentioned religion or tried to convince me to join their religion/cult. I would be annoyed if they tried to push their religion on me, but instead, they seemed interested in promote vegetarianism and veganism. On a side note, this Chinatown branch has the best vegan Pho I ever had.

eyko 13y ago

I noticed the "Omnivorous" check box, but clicking it doesn't show that many more places - I assumed omnivorous would mean something along the lines of: every pub, restaurant, and shop in London. Apparently not, so, can somebody explain what being an "omnivore" as a lifestyle choice (or whatever) means in this day and age?

creature 13y ago
I'm planning to add more omnivorous places that do an OK job of catering to veggies. Particularly places like East Street, near Oxford Street. It's not a vegetarian restaurant, but it's got vegan options clearly marked on the menu and all the staff seem pretty switched on. My goal is to help people find places where their veggie friends can have a good meal easily, without lots of explanation to the staff about what they do and don't eat.
- eyko 13y ago
  Thanks for taking the time to explain it :)
- bodyfour 13y ago
  I think almost every restaurant in London would be considered "vegetarian friendly", at least by US standards. No matter where I went, there were multiple options clearly marked on the menu. It's the easiest place I've ever visited food-wise. Perhaps "vegan friendly" places is harder though, I don't know.

otl 13y ago

Are the colours of the map pins universally understood by your target audience? As a non-vegan/vegetarian, the thought behind it made complete sense as soon as I deselected options from the filter panel, but before that I was curious to what they meant. Including use of the same colours in the filter panel would have made me intuitively understand it. I appreciate that it still has a view presented when loading without JavaScript.

Osmium 13y ago
Agreed; a key/legend would be good!

chrisvineup 13y ago

Awesome stuff mate, Ill post this on www.fb.com/yumveganrecipes if thats cool?

creature 13y ago
Totally cool! Please spread the word far and wide. :)

derrzzaa 13y ago

Insta spotted bug. Toggling 'Show brands' the number increases every time.

EastLondonCoder 13y ago

Nice to see Rasa there. If you live in London and haven't been, go! Indian veg in angel is one of the best value meals london have to offer, 5.50 all you can eat of a selection of south indian curries. Possibly you could add the woodland restaurant on Panton street.

jwarren 13y ago
Good lord, its up to £5.50 now? Still a good deal, but it was £2 back in the day.
- EastLondonCoder 13y ago
  I moved to London in 2006 and it was £3 then which was at that point the price of a pint. Still 5.50 is quite good.

n9com 13y ago

Nice! Very useful, thank you :)

Theodores 13y ago

Well done for putting this together. What is disappointing is how few vegetarian restaurants there are! For such a large city you would expect a few more places on the map yet they are so few and far between. My default option when there is nothing veggie specific is to eat some place Indian. Plenty of Indian restaurants do understand that vegetarianism is the way even if they do have dead animal dishes on the menu for those encultured from an early age to eat 'meat'. It would be helpful if the best Indian restaurants were on the list too. One thing that does surprise me about the few vegetarian restaurants that are in London is the clientele. Places like Mildreds are packed night after night, and the punters seem that bit more vibrant, healthy, better looking, articulate and youthful than you would normally expect to find when eating out. More generally, I think that something has to change regarding vegetarianism in London, much like how things have changed regarding cycling in London. As a society we cannot go on eating variants of endangered species on toast for every meal, it is just not on or necessary. Meat eaters need to lighten up a bit and put some variety into their diet. Why can't the variety of vegetarian cuisine in London be a tourist attraction? Why can't house prices be that bit higher just because they are in an area where there is an excellent choice of vegetarian restaurants? (In the same way that being on a bicycle route adds to the value of a property.) Why can't we have some version of the 'Bake Off' on TV that is about vegetarian food, to celebrate it rather than be all preachy about how evil the meat industry is? Aside from Hitler, why is it that nobody knows of anyone famous for being vegetarian? This is particularly weird when so many celebrities, athletes, respected thinkers and others that people aspire to and respect are actually vegetarian. Where is the 'Boris' or 'Jamie Oliver' of the vegetarian cause? Going back to the cycling situation we have had a culture shift in cycling and attitudes towards it that has not pissed off motorists. Even if they don't cycle they don't get uppity about those that do. We need something along the same lines for vegetarianism in London. Anyway, I hope you too have ideas on how attitudes towards vegetarianism could change in London, it would be great if you could say so on your site.

creature 13y ago
Thanks for your comments; I'm glad you liked it. I'm adding places that I know & have eaten at, so the data is a little more sparse than it will be. I'm also going to add more "high street" places; I'd like it to be a resource that answers several questions: * Where can I go for a nice vegetarian/vegan meal? * Where can I go for a nice meal that doesn't exclude my veggie friend? * I'm at place X and I'm starving. Where can I get something vegan to eat nearby? Personally, I think that London is awesome for veggies & vegans. There's at least 10 specifically vegetarian restaurants that are really nice, and many other hole-in-the-wall places that aren't good for dates but are still serving good food. More and more high street chains are vegan-friendly. More and more places are specifically marking vegan-friendly dishes on their menu. (I also think that the reason that Mildred's has a young, vibrant clientele is because of its location in the heart of Soho, rather than because it's vegetarian.) My aim isn't to change attitudes towards veganism or vegetarianism; my aim is to make it more accessible. I want to help the newly-vegan person who doesn't know that they can get a quick snack from Wasabi. I want to help the manager who's got a vegetarian staff member and is trying to find somewhere nice for the Christmas meal. And I'm trying to help veggies throughout London find new places to eat, in areas of London that they're not going to be so familiar with.

JeffJenkins 13y ago

For those not familiar, the pudding in the domain name referring to a few kinds of sausage in England/Ireland (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding )

Kliment 13y ago
It might also be a Pink Floyd reference ("you can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat")
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
creature 13y ago
Actually, it's a reference to a Pink Floyd song. :)

babysteps 13y ago

I've seen these mini directories fall by the wayside in the past, but I wish the author the best. As someone that likes to eat vegan food and having worked in a vegan cafe, I think it's important to clearly state if an outlet has a vegetarian/vegan kitchen. That's very appealing to me. To be honest I've gotten lazy at asking in a lot of places about how they prepare their food. We have something called a chip shop in the UK, where you can buy deep fried chips, sausages, chicken and fish. Some places keep the vat of fat for chips separate to the meat and fish friers, others mix it all up, and some chip shops (especially up norf'), use animal fats to fry in. I've bought countless bags of chips only to discover small bits of fish, or find the chips taste of chicken. Even in some places where I've asked and they've assured me otherwise. To be frank some people are too thick to even answer the question if posed or just don't care. I know for a fact the veggie burgers in Grubbs in Brighton were fried in the meat friers (though that might be past practice). It's also a bit of a turn off for me to watch someone make me a sandwich after they've just prepared someone elses and handled meat. I'd like a veggie chip shop friendly list (if you can ever call a chip shop that)! I should cobble something together myself. Where others have ascertained that the kitchen is veggie friendly, that's good information to share.

anarchitect 13y ago

It's a great start. I'd love to contribute some places (around EC1) that I frequent if you take suggestions?

creature 13y ago
Happy to take suggestions! Let me know what I've missed.

babysteps 13y ago

@creature What do the coloured markers represent? You are missing some info from your key. Could you also add some help text to the key? As in how you define vegan/veggie/vegan-friendly. How about providing a method whereby people can suggest other places? Perhaps for you to go and sample their wares at a later date. I think you could squeeze in more info into your pop-ups. It's annoying going back and forth. You are missing some direct links to websites (tibits). If you hover over markers near the top of the map the popups are lost. Slow on my 1.4 mb line. Personally I think it would be better to use a frame like approach, especially for those with the real estate. Click on a marker, get the text in a side column. My 2p.

shire 13y ago

A friend of mine was looking for this or was thinking of building a site based on this. Very cool idea! awesome I can see a lot of people using it.

jmotion 13y ago

Awesome set up. Are there any open source solutions that allow me to do this for my city? Simple execution, mobile ready - add locations and reviews along with 'find places nearby' ?