• Vegan drinks (bottled and draft craft beers + gluten-free ciders) at one of the hottest bars in town, Axelrad Beer Garden



• Vegan Comfort Food from Chef Sabali—bring your non-vegan friends for a taste of her plant-based deliciousness!



• Tunes! The Regal People will be playing starting at 8pm



• Event starts at 5pm and ‘over’ at 10:30pm, but folks are likely to linger since bar is open till 2am.



• Feel free to bring leaflets, flyers, cards to pass around to promote your vegan product or vegan self. We’ll have some space on one of the picnic tables.



• Remember to reach out to anyone who looks new in case they don’t know anyone! (And if you are new and don't know anyone, reach out!) There will be other patrons at the bar, but we can spot each other by the vegan sticker on our cheek...



Just RSVP and feel free to share with vegan and pre-vegan friends (When you arrive, make sure to get a vegan drinks STICKER.)



Come hang out in the beer garden in what will hopefully be a cool(ish) and non-humid Autumn evening…(Fat chance! Come hang out anyway ☺ We’ll have great vegan beer and gluten-free ciders from Axelrad and yummy vegan food (vegan tacos and peach cobbler!) provided in a pop-up by the fabulous Chef Sabali of Vegan Comfort Food. Meet new vegans and catch up with those you already know. Bring pre-vegan friends, too!



The event starts early at 5pm so you can come right after work if you want. We will have some picnic tables reserved for our group. The event lasts till 10:30pm, although the bar is open till 2am so you can stay as late as you like. If it rains, we’re still on as they also have indoor space. Make sure to get a vegan sticker when you arrive.



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Here are more details:



ABOUT AXELRAD: Per Houstonia Magazine: “In a nutshell, Axelrad is all about relaxing and celebrating Houston, al fresco. And what’s not to celebrate in Houston’s first-ever ‘hammock grove’? On the dog-friendly patio, guests are invited to enjoy the laid-back vibe of a neighborhood bar. And if it really is your neighborhood, there are rewards: Those who bike over or use public transportation are treated to a 5 percent discount.”



FOOD:



Houston has a huge talent in our vegan foodie community. Chef Sabali is a private chef and caterer who runs Vegan Comfort (www.myvegancomfort.com). She was trained by the famous vegan chef, Matthew Kenney (www.MathewKenneyCuisine.com) and recently spent a few months in Venice Beach in California cooking with Matthew at his new restaurant called Plant Food + Wine (https://matthewkenneycuisine.com/hospitality/plant-food-and-wine/ ) Chef Sabali will have a pop-up table with a few select food items from her menu.



ABOUT CHEF SABALI OF VEGAN COMFORT: From the Houston Press: “Sabali Mpozi is one of Houston's growing number of vegan gatekeepers. She makes it easy for anyone to adopt a plant-based diet” and “Mpozi, a Harlem-raised, aviation psychology-educated Texas State Veggie Fair award winner, is equal parts vegan acolyte, chef, caterer, teacher and businesswoman. She owns Vegan Comfort, a casual vegan catering service, and Original Healing Earth, L.L.C., a company that educates about the vegan diet through cooking classes to plant newbies, in both group and individual numbers. Her philosophy is simple. 'Food is medicine,' she says. 'You make a choice three to five times a day whether you want to live or die.'” http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/vegan-cooking-101-chef-sabali-mpozi-shows-how-its-done-6405231



Here is Chef Sabali sharing the recipe for a delish sunflower spread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sHJ-VxViKc



PROMOTE YOURSELF AND YOUR CAUSES: The mission of VDH is to meet, network, promote and support each other and our animal and plant-based events and endeavours. We will have some table space for flyers or cards. Bring info on your group or product. And let's also support the like-minded and direct dollars to businesses that indirectly will end up helping animals. So, if you are a vegan accountant, vegan lawyer, vegan real estate agent or whatever, feel free to put business cards down. * IMPORTANT, we will be outside, so PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PAPER-WEIGHT (a rock?) to place on your flyers in case it is windy.



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HOW TO FIND OUR VEGAN GROUP: When you get carded at the front door, ask where our picnic tables are stationed. (If it’s raining, we will be inside to the right as you walk in or upstairs on the balcony.)



NOTE: Dogs are welcome outside! (If you want to bring your pooch baby, double-check on the day of the event before you leave to see if we will be on the building balcony or out in the garden.)



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(PLEASE NOTE: The first announcement stated that this month's event was to be on Thurs 29 Sept. That is no longer the case as the manager of that venue changed his mind about hosting us. This event is on Friday, 30 Sept.)



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EVEN IF you RSVPed for THIS event, please make sure to join the actual VDH group on either FB or Meetup so that you are notified of future events. *****If you are on FACEBOOK, please join our FB group: "Vegan Drinks Houston" https://www.facebook.com/groups/1713876845492686/ (or click on the name Vegan Drinks Houston above under address of the bar and next to 'created') . *****IF you are on MEETUP, join VDH: http://www.meetup.com/Vegan-Drinks-Houston/



Here is the link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1036180696500651/



Feel free to share this Meetup or the FB link on other pages—the more the merrier!