Information about the Tampa Bay Vegetarians

Purpose

A social group of people who patronize vegetarian restaurants or encourage vegetarian options at regular restaurants; network with other vegetarians; provide information about sources of food, food preparation, and related health issues; and provide cultural entertainment with ethnic foods.

Although most of the members are strict vegetarians, non-vegetarians attend dinners for information and support in moving toward a meatless lifestyle.

Membership and Dues

Dues are $12.00 per year for single person, $15.00 per household. All memberships expire at the end of a calendar year (see how much to pay here). The minimum age to attend dinners is 14. Younger children are welcome at picnics only. Non-members can attend dinners for $2.00 per person in addition to the price of the dinner. Click here to join.

Dinner Meetings

Dinner meetings are usually held monthly on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at select restaurants in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. Please visit the Contact page to make dinner reservations.

If you do not have email, or if you want to cancel your reservation, please call one of our reservations volunteers - Debby at (727) 432-3327 or Michael at (813) 269-4665 – 24 hours prior to the dinner. If you sign up after the reservations deadline has passed, you will be added to the waiting list.

Staying Informed

An occasional newsletter will be distributed to members at dinner meetings. They are also published here.

Do you want to receive email notifications of our events? Click here to sign up for our FREE email list <<- You must do this if you want to receive email notifications of our events.

Restaurant of the Year

At the last dinner meeting of the year, a vote is taken by all members for the Restaurant of the Year based on rating sheets collected during the year. The January dinner is held at the winning restaurant and we present the restaurant with an award certificate.

Please visit our Contact page if you have any questions.

We hope to see you soon!

(information as of 08/10/08)