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Subject: Vegetarians Eating Out - Suggestions Requested
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Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 14:32:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 18 14:32:05 1984
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Vegetarians Eating Out - Suggestions Requested_________________________________

> I want to know all vegetarian dishes (remember no meat or fish) which I can
> order in a typical American restaurant like McDonalds and other well-known
> chains.  Some items which I am familiar with are: Fries, grilled cheese,
> vegetable sandwich, vegetable salad, yogurt, milk and cheese pizza.

	One suggestion I'd give is to avoid those well-known chains!  The prob-
lem with such chains is that they have the same things in every outlet.  You've
listed just about everything they've got for vegetarians.
	There is a bit more, though, and I'll list the few I know about:

	    o Kentucky Fried Chicken has potato salad and cole slaw.

	    o Burger King's had a salad bar for a while, and I hear that
	      McDonald's is getting into the act.  Last I checked, Wendy's
	      had the best salad bar of all of the franchises.

	    o Wendy's has stuffed baked potatoes; you can get them stuffed
	      with cheese and broccoli.

	    o Denny's has a variety of good vegetarian breakfasts, with
	      attractions like pancakes (with strawberries!), grits, hash
	      browned potatoes, bagels, etc.  Most of their breakfasts
	      have eggs or things made with eggs (French toast), though.
	      They serve breakfast 24 hours a day, by the way!

	      I don't know how wide-spread Denny's is; a similar restaurant
	      is called No Place Like Sam's (formerly Sambo's).  I believe
	      it's run by the same people who run Denny's.

	    o Howard Johnson's offers things like macaroni and cheese,
	      baked potatoes, etc.  Unfortunately, I've never enjoyed
	      eating at Howard Johnson's; the food has always been bland
	      and cost too much.  I always end up writing many, many
	      complaints on the little complaint forms they have.

	It's good to know these things so that you'll be prepared to feed your-
self if there's nothing around except (for example) Burger King; but again, I
recommend avoiding the chains.
	Something you can always depend on is finding a pizza place.  In add-
ition to cheese pizzas, there's also mushrooms, onions, peppers, spinach,
olives, etc.  Most of these places also make subs.  (Subs are also called tor-
pedoes, grinders, hoagies, heros, bombs, and about a million other things,
depending on what part of the country you're in!)  A vegetarian sub always
costs less than the other ones, and they come in a wide variety.
	If you're in a city, your chances of finding Oriental and Mexican
restaurants are good, and they may have good vegetarian fare.  Indian rest-
aurants are my favorite, but they're not as easy to find.
	If you're ever in Worcester, MA, be sure to look for the Annapurna!
		<_Jym_>

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