Veg Out: Vegetarian Guidebook To Chicago (Veg Out Guides) [Paperback]

Margaret Littman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 16, 2005

This groundbreaking series of guidebooks for vegetarian and vegan diners gets two editions-this season, we're proud to offer VegOut Guides for Chicago and Denver/Salt Lake City.
VegOut Vegetarian Guide books are city-specific, and provide everything that is vegetarian or vegan diner needs to know to enjoy a meal out:
Listings of hundreds of restaurants, cafes, and green markets
Ratings for each restaurant, including price, atmosphere, and type of cuisine
Must-know details about each venue's culinary offerings
Contact and location information, with a site-specific foldout map of the area
VegOut Vegetarian Guide books aren't just for vegetarian and vegan diners-anyone seeking healthy, nutritious fare will find these guides indispensable!
Margaret Littman's work has appeared in Chicago magazine, Wine Enthusiast, Ladies' Home Journal, Crain's Chicago Business, Art & Antiques magazine, and many other national and local publications. Margaret has a BA in fine arts from Vanderbilt University and an MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She is also the author of The Dog Lover's Companion to Chicago.
Chicago neighborhoods included:
North Side
Downtown
South Side
Suburban Cook County
Outlying Counties: DuPage, Kage, Lake, McHenry, Will

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From the Inside Flap

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About This Book Restaurants North Side Downtown South Side Suburban Cook County Collar Counties: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will Community Supported Agriculture Delivery Services and Buying Clubs Juice Bars Farmers Markets Green Grocers and Health Food Stores Resources Glossary Indexes Alphabetical Cuisine Top Ten

From the Back Cover

$12.95 U.S.
Regional / Travel
"I am a big believer in the value of nutrition and a good, healthy diet. This guide is a great service."
-Bill Walton, named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
VegOut: Vegetarian Guide to Chicago includes:
Restaurant reviews and ratings
Suggested menu items
Addresses and hours
Delivery services
Green grocers
Farmers markets
Websites
Pull-out location map
Chicago neighborhoods include:
North Side
Downtown
South Side
Suburban Cook County
Outlying Counties: DuPage, Kage, Lake, McHenry, Will
From the see-and-be-seen cafes to those wonderful back alley finds, VegOut guides you to all the best spots for excellent fare. So, relax, kick back, and veg out!
www.vegoutguide.com With a lifelong aversion to pork and shellfish, author Margaret Littman happily applied her decades of journalism skills to uncovering Chicago's best vegetarian eats. Margaret's work has appeared in Chicago magazine, Wine Enthusiast, Ladies' Home Journal, Crain's Chicago Business, Art & Antiques magazine, and many other national and local publications. Margaret has a BA in fine arts from Vanderbilt University and an MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. A resident of Lincoln Square in Chicago, she sits on the board of trustees of the Fountain Valley School of Colorado. She is also the author of The Dog Lover's Companion to Chicago.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith; 1 edition (March 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586853848
• ISBN-13: 978-1586853846
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,875,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Reviews Aren't Quite Right, December 28, 2007

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Shamontiel L. Vaughn "Message from Montie" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veg Out: Vegetarian Guidebook To Chicago (Veg Out Guides) (Paperback)

I got this book as a gift from a previous job I worked at and when I first moved from the southside to the northside, I really wanted to find places that I could eat, but this book wasn't really helpful to me for anything more than phone numbers and addresses. My two favorite restaurants, Soul Vegetarian East and Alice & Friends, got two star ratings. Alice & Friends food is absolutely excellent, and I go there every chance I get, and the vegan chocolate mousse pie is fantastic, and I'm not a dessert person at all. This book says the dessert is not desirable, and that blew my mind. And as for Soul Vegetarian East being so unique that it's hard to find seating, I've been there at least six times, and the only time I had trouble finding seating was on a late evening. During the day and early afternoons, I usually come in to maybe three or four tables of one or two people. I'm using this book more like a directory than for recommendations.

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, January 9, 2010

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Michael A. Kolber "bluesman2050" (Kongoussi, Burkina Faso) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veg Out Vegetarian Guide to Washington, D.C. (Vegout Vegetarian Guide) (Kindle Edition)

I really appreciated the NY version, but this is pretty bad. The same exact review for Burrito Brothers is repeated on nine pages, just with different addresses. This is not close to the only repetition. I have been to some of these restaurants multiple times. Reading these reviews, I think they only went once to most of them. There are a lot more vegi friendly restaurants in DC. While the book is useful, I just think the authors were not trying very hard.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great veg guide to DC and area, January 7, 2008

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B. DeJong (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veg Out Vegetarian Guide to Washington, D.C. (Paperback)

This guide contains detailed descriptions of each restaurant, broken down by region to help you find something when you are out and about. It also has helpful information like contact information, map, ratings, price range, and more. It is also a nice size, that will fit easily in a purse or larger jacket pocket.

For anyone one veg or health conscious visiting or living in DC (or the general Virginia/Maryland area) this is a great book.