Nottingham Vegetarian/Vegan Meetup Group

Continuing a series of veggie and vegan Sunday dinners to warm ourselves up and socialise during the shorter daylight hours over the autumn and winter. Quite a few places around the city do vegan ones, and just about every one that does does a veggie one as well. This month it will be an old favourite in this group, the Golden Fleece, which for a year or so has been entirely vegan. So no veggie option here I'm afraid, but on the other hand there will be no meat in the building to see or smell. :)

Besides the main roast options (seitan or tofu), there are several alternatives including a pie, 'fish' and chips, sausage and chips, burgers, a flatbread kebab and many different sides. And of course all the beer's vegan as well. :) I'll put the pub's Sunday menu image in Photos below. The image above is an official Sunday dinner photo from the pub in early October, probably a pie.

I've booked for 6 for midday; I'll add more if there's a waitlist and the pub can find us space. I'm not sure where exactly in the pub we'll be but in the past it's been up the stairs in the open area opposite the kitchen. Please only sign up if you definitely intend to come, and change your RSVP if you can no longer make it. There may be people on the waiting list who could benefit from coming if they knew there was a place available. Repeated no-shows in this group will result in removal.

Golden Fleece instagram page

We've done an East Asian and African restaurant, now it's time for a European. Luigi's is a very reasonably priced Italian restaurant in Arnold, with a whole page of vegetarian and vegan choices. You can see that on Facebook but I'll also upload it to Photos below.

I've only booked for 4 as I'm not sure how many can make it. If we get a waitlist I can try and enlarge the booking; that's more likely to happen sooner than later so do sign up as soon as you know you can come.

And as ever please only sign up if you *do* definitely intend to come, and take your name off if your circumstances change. If members repeatedly fail to turn up to booked/limited space events they will be removed from the group.

Having done a few Nottingham restaurants that aren't veg*n but just have reasonable veg*n options I thought we might try a few genuinely veg*n restaurants that are a bit further from Nottingham. Beginning with Le Petit Vert, which is an all-veggie vegan-friendly place in Farnsfield, a village between Blidworth and Southwell.

"Bringing a little bit of continental culture to our neck of the woods with a focus on sustainability and ethical living. Le Petit Vert is an all day bistro and café with a French twist, situated in the lovely village of Farnsfield, twinned with Andouille! Serving brunch in the mornings and small plates from midday, we ensure everyone is able to enjoy a meal with us as our entire menu is vegetarian and everything can be made plant based too. Join us for a café au lait, a couple of cocktails, or a meal of wonderful small plates to share! Au revoir et à bientôt"

Since Saturday evening at shortish notice didn't work, let's try Saturday lunchtime as I'd first intended! Hopefully a month and a half's notice will be enough time for more people to have empty diaries. :)

The "Petits Plats" is the relevant part of the menu. We can expand the booking beyond 6 if there's enough interest, but the sooner the better so do sign up as soon as possible if you're interested. There is one bus to and from Nottingham, the Sherwood Arrow, but public transport in general will be difficult so if anyone in a car can offer lifts that would be appreciated.