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City of Angels

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I always thought of LA as a big, dirty strip-mall that extended for miles in every direction. Now, however - after visiting for a few days with an amazing tour guide, I think of LA as a big, dirty strip mall with tons of vegan joints for miles in every direction. I arrived in LA with a suitcase and a big bag of Dr. Cow's Tree Nut Cheese to share with the west coast. Here's some highlights:

Vegan Spot

Vegan Spot, Silver Lake 3206 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026

Vegan Spot had some yummy sandwiches. I had the "Cheesy Roast Beef" and Zoe had the "Philly Cheese Steak". They thin-slice seitan, and smother it in onions and melted-vegan cheeses. It was pretty scrumptious.

Wine and Cheese

We headed over to a wine and cheese party where we ate copious amounts of Dr. Cow's Tree Nut Cheese with the likes of Skinny Bitch: Rory Freedman, Emily Deschanel, Ari Solomon of Scent of Scandal, Karen Dawn and Paula the pitbul of Thanking the Monkey, among other amazing veggies!

Vegan Beer, Dr Cow Cheese, and Olvera St Market

Good Micro Brew & Grill 3725 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026

Casa de Sousa 213 703 5236 634 N. Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (Located on historical Olvera Street)

We shared some Pinkus organic vegan beer over Hemp-Nut and Blue Manna Dr. Cow's Tree Nut Cheese at Good Micro Brew & Grill. This appeared to be their only known vegan beer - and lucky for us - it's a really delicious, light German beer. The Germans don't use Fish Bladder (AKA isinglass) in their beer. Thanks Germany! This places serves meat but they have some decent veg options like the orange tofu. Ana loved the cheese! She works with Guayaki Yerba Mate, and gave me mate and a gourd!

Then we visited the historic Mexican district of Olvera Street and had vegan Mexican-chocolate lattes at Casa de Sousa, a vegetarian Mexican cafe!