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Zagat Likes Vegan Junk and the FDA Says Meat is Grody

​ Kite Hill vegan cheese is here! Laura Beck has the lowdown over at Vegansaurus (a site for which I write). I want to try! Photo from Kite Hill's Facebook page. See also: Talking Sausages, Killer Salami, and Vegan Perogies in Oakland Chocolate Salami, Dairy Pushes Aspartame, and Justin Timbe ... More >>

Joaquin Phoenix, Avocado Pesto, and God Made a Factory Farmer

​ Good day! Maggie Q goes topless to get people to eat less meat. If only it were that easy. See also: Biscuits, Bakesales and Babycakes S.F.! Kristen Bell Loves Pigs, Sweet Potatoes Love Chocolate, and This Squirrel is Like "OMG" Quinoa Controversy, Sriracha Soy Curls, and You Can Now Officiall ... More >>

The Only Thing Unsightlier Than Public Nudists Is Naked PETA Activists (Update)

Update 3:13 p.m.:PETA folks contacted us this afternoon, asking that we run an updated photo of the real PETA nudists so that you can see for yourself that they are in no way "unsightly." So here you go, the updated (NSFW) photo is to your right. Original Story 8 a.m.: It's clear PETA activists are ... More >>

Peanut Brittle, Trader Joe's Vegan Cheese, and Happy Holidays!

​Happy holidays, my friends! What's a better way to say "hey pal, you're alright" than gifting some homemade vegan peanut brittle? With the Sweet Life's recipe, you can do just that. See Also: - Vegan Sofganiyot, Eggnog Cupcakes, and a Veggie Quarter Pounder! - Cocoa Cinna-Buns, a Baddass Noah, ... More >>

Vegan Sofhanyot, Eggnog Cupcakes, and a Veggie Quarter Pounder!

​Happy Meatless Monday! Or for us vegans, "Monday." Because you are such good little elves, I think you deserve some yummy eggnog cupcakes! These cuties are from the Misfit Baker: See Also: - Cocoa Cinna-Buns, a Baddass Noah, and Ellen is Off the Vegan Wagon - Veggieducken, Vegan Graffiti, and is ... More >>

PETA Demands UCSF Give Back Federal Money Used for Experiment on Really Sad Monkey

PETA is asking the National Institutes of Health to demand that the University of California at San Francisco give back the $2.1 million in federal funds it spent experimenting on monkeys, which the group says violated animal welfare laws.UCSF was cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for ... More >>

PETA Tries to Turn San Francisco Grubbers Off Fish by Wearing Topless Mermaid Outfits

Call us horny, but aren't people supposed to be turned on by topless women? Leave it to PETA to make even that experience unpleasurable.People for Ethical Treatment of Animals is at it again, dreaming up the foolish and unfathomable in hopes that it can get people to stop being people. However, ... More >>

Stop Eating Seafood, Say Topless Mermaid-Costume-Wearing PETA Members

If you happen to find yourself at Fisherman's Wharf during lunch tomorrow with a hankering for some delicious steamed crab or clam chowder, you might get more than you've bargained for - our news editor Erin Sherbert reports on The Snitch that PETA will be on hand wearing mermaid fins and little els ... More >>

3-D Meat, Cookies and Cream Pops, and Lady Gaga Only Wears the Expensive Animals!

​ OK, guys, let's just dive in. Lady Gaga has been running around in fur coats lately even though she once said she'd never touch the stuff. I only half care, because like she says herself, it's not much different than the crocodile and lamb she wears otherwise. BUT THEN! She said this: I have t ... More >>

Panhandlers Line Up to Get Puppies, Cash

Of course a panhandler is willing to leave their corner and go adopt a puppy if they know there's free cash involved. So it comes as no surprise to us that the city's latest experiment to get panhandlers off the street has been "very popular."Monday was the first day for WOOF (Wonderful Opportunitie ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

PETA Bribes San Francisco to End Puppy Panhandling Program

The last time we remember San Francisco being scolded by PETA was when the animal-rights group asked Mayor Ed Lee to take the "loin" out of the Tenderloin and change the seedy district name to something a little more animal-friendly. But even as the city attempts to do something that benefits animal ... More >>

Oakland's Ballpark Is More Veggie-Friendly Than San Francisco's

Some vegetarian baseball fans out there might have been surprised to read the news in the Chronicle today that noted San Francisco's AT&T Park is no longer the most veggie-friendly baseball stadium in the country. In fact, we're not even on the top 10. And to add insult to injury, Oakland outdid ... More >>

Double Dutch Dog, Vegan M&Ms and Whale Trainer Barbie!

​ Hey you aspiring vegan TV stars and sandwich lovers! Head over to Ike's SFSU this afternoon to get super famous! Well, vegan famous. It's similar to being regular famous, but only vegans care. You get to keep your dignity, though (overrated). Now I'd like to talk about a topic very near a ... More >>

Meat Eaters in Denial, Guilty-Ass Cats, Stuffed French Toast, and McDonald's is Insane

​ • PETA is up to its usual shenanigans, and this time, they foray into domestic abuse! Sigh. There's so much wrong with this ad that there isn't time to go into it all, and I know PETA will consider it a success based on page views alone, but how many of those are people who click it are goin ... More >>

Thanksgiving Galore, PETA's Holiday Antics, and Pit Bulls & Sexy Men Calendars For All!

​• Chako, a pit bull rescue and education group, has put together an amazing calendar of sexy, sexy naked men and adorable, adorable pit bulls. Gift them to everyone this holiday season, especially your ignorant friends and relatives who say stupid things about pit bulls because they know nothin ... More >>

Sexy PETA Activists to Tease Rapture Believers

There must be some kind of cosmic navel beneath the city of Oakland, because zealots of all stripes seem to be congregating there these days. If you thought the existence of a religious organization predicting the end of the world -- for the third time in 17 years -- was bad, well, we've got news fo ... More >>

Mission's Vegan Taco Trike, Gizmodo Takes on PETA, and World Vegetarian Day, Let's Party!

​Buzzfeed'^'​• Turtles acting out emoticons! And they're not even trying. They're just naturally awesome. Ahh, to be a turtle. Except turtle no. 7, because that guy is channeling Pacino in Scarface and he's straight freaking me out. • There's a new vegan taco trike in the Mission! That mak ... More >>

Faux-Gras Donuts, Bunny Adoptions, Vegan Cooking Zines, and Protest the Terrible Circus!

​ ​• There are over 1,000 food-borne illness outbreaks in the United States EVERY year. At least, from 2008 forward, when the Centers for Disease Control began compiling the data. Fucking disgraceful. This is what happens when you have an "oversight" agency that's in bed with the people it's ... More >>

Vegan Fight! Activist Doesn't Want PETA Getting Credit for Vegan Meals in Jail

takver / flickr​Last month, SFoodie discovered that if you're vegan and you go to jail in S.F., you can get vegan meals. Eileen Hirst, Chief of Staff at the Sheriff's Department, told us that vegan food in S.F. County jails came about because of vegan PETA protestors who were arrested in anti- ... More >>

Arrested Vegans Get Vegan Meals in S.F. County Jails

my_southborough​If you're vegan and you go to jail, do you get vegan meals? In a city with a substantial vegan population, this is no trivial question. It turns out that, while the law does not require jails to provide vegan options, S.F. County jails do serve vegan meals on request, and we've ... More >>

Russell Brand and Kristen Wiig Are Sexy, Spam Is Evil, and S.F.'s Best Vegan Junk Food

​This news is from last week but I was in Greece and Russia (WHAT'S UP I HAVE A PASSPORT) so I'm gonna talk about it anyway, okay? Okay! Also, I've got mad jet lag, a nasty cold, and a really bad attitude. Things could get extra real today and I apologize in advance/YOU'RE WELCOME. • So! SFood ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Uh, Can You Find Tempeh in the Tempeh District?

VeganBaking.com/FlickrTempeh. Not from the Tempeh District.​ In one of its regularly scheduled publicity stunts, PETA wrote to Ed Lee this week asking him to change the name of the Tenderloin to "Tempeh District." I'd consider the change ― Jones and O'Farrell will forever be known as "the Tandoo ... More >>

PETA Asks S.F. to Take the 'Loin' Out of the Tenderloin

Does this really represent the TL?​What is it they say? Only in San Francisco ... The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, fired off a letter to Mayor Ed Lee today asking that the city change the name of the Tenderloin to something a little more animal-friendly. Tracy Rei ... More >>

Bill Gives Up Burgers, Weird Fish Gets Weird, Neanderthals Opt for Roughage

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • The Big Dog was named PETA's Person of the Year because he's eating vegan for health and loving it and also, he is the Big Dog. Rowr! Slice me off a piece of that low cholesterol bubble butt! another.point.in ... More >>

Vandals tag Incanto restaurant with swastika

Nude Woman With Hideous Scars Headed for Bay Area (PICS)

Now, this is all for the best of causes...​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has worked out an unspoken deal with society. They parade around comely young women wearing next to nothing. And we pay attention to the spectacle and take in PETA's accompanying message. Yes, that was PETA lend ... More >>

AT&T Named Second-Best Vegetarian-Friendly Ballpark in the Majors

Thomas Hawk/Flickr​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released its ranking of top-10 veggie-friendly Major League ballparks yesterday. San Francisco's AT&T Park came in second, after the Phillies' Citizens Bank Park in Philly, home of the cheesesteak. PETA cited AT&T's "new mixed-vege ... More >>

PETA Wants You to Help Pick the Sexiest Vegetarian

PETASean from San Lorenzo.​Is there something about packing your body with un-meat that makes you hot? That's the subtext of PETA's annual Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door contest. The animal-rights group is in the 11th hour of balloting for a roster of guys and gals who are as kind, presumably, a ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Shmeat ― It Might Soon Be What's for Dinner

​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Aren't we the victims?: Test-tube meat. Before your thoughts turn all seriously dark-side fetish-y, let's just say it's exactly what it sounds like: scientific synthesizing of animal protein, suitable for the table. According to Grist, Dutch researchers sa ... More >>

Saving for the Carnage to Come: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

​Thursday, October 29, 2009 Don't squander your meat karma on deli turkey -- save it for flesh that's seriously evil, like pork belly or beef cheeks. Meantime, bank your PETA credits as SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody suggests, with a roasted eggplant sandwich on focaccia with Asiago, su ... More >>

The Doggie Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. They had to get it off their chests: It sucks being a Hooters girl, and not just because you're expected to pose with a dweeb in a Ruck Fules! tee. MenuPages reveals the lawsuit eight former tank-top-wearin' servers have brought against four loca ... More >>

Photos: Week on the Street (Part 5)

Photos: PETA Takes A Shower At Union Square

PETA's Kooky New Campaign: Give Peas A Chance

'Full House Of Horrors': PETA Is Even Batshittier Than Imagined

Bebe Vows to Drop Fur, But Not Fast Enough for PETA

World Vegetarian Day: What Would Morrissey Do?

World Vegetarian Day: What Would Morrissey Do?

Kim Jong-Il, Jesus, Watson and Crick, SF Rabbi Langer: the Snitch presents the "Top Ten Most Jaw-Dropping Bobbleheads"

Dog Bites

Phil Matier and Willie Brown raise eyebrows by doing TV together; no cow eyes at the Exploratorium; and more!

Shop Till You Baaah

On the year's busiest shopping day, sheep flock to Union Square, and aliens inhabit the oxygen bar

This Is Your Brain on PSAs

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Savage Love

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