I have been a reader of this forum, podcast listener and compassionate cookbook reader ever since day one of veganism.  A number of posts on this forum got me to thinking that there should be some polite, effective way to let restaurant owners/managers know that their vegan options stink....or that we really appreciate the efforts they've taken to be vegan friendly.

I came up with the idea of having cards preprinted with little check boxes like "No/too few menu options without meat, dairy or eggs." and "Staff needs to be educated on vegetarianism" -- stuff like that.  And even "Thanks for being vegan friendly!" And I'd leave the cards when I paid my bill.  Then I figured I'd give the manager a chance to make some changes and let me know about it so I could return if they actually made some positive changes -- I gave them a way to do that.

Then, I figured as long as I was doing this, I might as well turn it into a project that would help the vegan community (as well as people with food allergies and disabilities since their needs are often overlooked in restaurants as well.  So I created a little website where people can download the cards and a little forum where the restaurant owners can post what they've changed.

Thanks.  I think I will try to put up a couple of versions of each card so there is an 8-on-a-page, 6-on-a-page, 4-on-a-page version.  And how did I miss gluten-free on the allergies card?!?!   I could be written in on the blank but I should probably make room for it.