Wed Sep. 19 2012 Ghost Mouse, Inky Skulls, Mitch The Champion, Gary W., and Moon Bandits, LIVE!! at Viva La Vegan!

Plan-it-X West-Coast "End of the Summer" Acoustic Tour 

Live! at Viva La Vegan Grocery

September 19, 2012

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Ghost Mice

Inky Skulls

Mitch The Champion

Gary W.

Moon Bandits

Vegan Weenie Roast by 

Southern Fried Vegan!!

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https://www.facebook.com/SouthernFriedVegan

Viva La Vegan! Grocery 

"World's Largest Vegan Store!"

On The Web

http://www.vivalavegangrocery.com 

On Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viva-la-Vegan-Grocery/123387881048867

Rancho Cucamonga- Viva La Vegan! Grocery Store's First Pot-Luck and Food Sampling Event 3-9-12

Viva La Vegan in Rancho Cucamonga will be hosting it's first monthly vegan pot-luck and food sampling this weekend. There will also be some awesome free samples of stuff in the store. This will be there first of monthly potlucks and samplings that will happen on the second Saturday of every month. The goal is to reach out to the community by providing a place where vegans and people interested in the vegan lifestyle can get together and share food and ideas. Everyone is encouraged to bring a dish to the pot-luck but remember it must be vegan that means no meat, dairy, honey or refined sugar. You can find some great vegan recipes on  VegWeb.com .

Read more about the event on Facebook.com

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157675880953312

Viva La Vegan! Grand Opening, Rancho Cucamonga's First Vegan Only Grocery Store

Isaak and Jennifer
(Owners)

Viva La Vegan! had a great turn out for their grand opening. There were still a lot of people when I got there around 3:30. Unfortunately I missed the bands but they were still putting out free vegan food samples and I got pictures of some of their new products. Viva La Vegan! has gone above and beyond any local grocery store to provide the demand for vegan only products. There are so many new products I haven't tried that I have to stop myself from going on a shopping spree every time I go there. I also like the fact that my money is being spent on a local business that is providing a healthy, cruelty-free alternative to corporate chain-stores and fast food giants.  

Chezzy Pizza was giving out samples of their vegan cheese, bbq and supreme pizzas. I don't know if they use daiya cheese (probably) or not but the samples were so good that I thought to myself for a second "wait is this really vegan?" They had a lot of other samples of food sold in the store like these sandwiches made witch Tofurky slices and macaroni salad made with Veganaise, the best vegan mayo substitute. They also had samples of taquitos , corn-dogs, sausages, and many other things.


















One of the most impressive things to me at Viva La Vegan! is their refrigerated section. At first they didn't have any produce but at the grand opening there was some organic vegetables in the cooler like I was hoping to see. Romanesco Cauliflower was one of the odd veggies they had, I'd never seen it before. It looks like a fractal in plant form. 




















A couple things I didn't really expect to see when I heard a vegan grocery store was opening were that they would have such a vast variety of food items and also an excellent inventory of vegan clothing, household and beauty products. Being vegan means that you try not to use any products that involve the pain and suffering of animals, not just food. They could've just sold food in the store and I would've been happy with that but the fact that they sell all things vegan makes the store way better than I could've hoped or asked for.   

Vegan Shoes and Boots

I'm glad Viva La Vegan's grand opening was a success, I knew it would be. As a native of Rancho Cucamonga, I feel that this is one of the greatest additions ever to our business community. There's been a handful of vegetarian/vegan restaurants and stores opening here in the last few years (that I still need to write about) so Viva La Vegan! fits in perfectly as the city's first vegan only store.  

Vegan Cup Cakes

Pacific Electric Bike Trail, Part1

Monday, I took a bike ride from Milliken to Amethyst on the Pacific Electric Bike Trail. This is just a small part of the trail, not finished yet, that will eventually run from Rialto to Claremont. This stretch starts just north of the large open field  that the city of Rancho Cucamonga wants to turn into Central Park. They've already built a community/senior center there on a small part of it. The field is home to several species of sage and other indigenous brush and flowers. I like the idea of a Central Park I just hope they preserve some of the original desert chaparral as a reminder of what the land used to look like before all these people moved here.

Viva La Vegan Grocery Store Grand Opening This Weekend!!

Rancho Cucamonga has an all Vegan. Cruelty-Free grocery store? Heck yeah it does!

Viva La Vegan, the inland empire's first all Vegan grocery and clothing store will be having their grand opening this Saturday Jan 29. Viva La Vegan is a cruelty-free grocery store. They offer organic, raw, gluten-free, soy-free and paraben-free products. With a line of cruelty-free purses, wallets, belts, and shoes. The store has quietly been open now for about a month, as they've been building their inventory.