World Vegan Month 2026 Has Started in Portland

World Vegan Month 2026: Butter Chicken from Maruti.
Photo credit: Maruti.

We are now at the start of World Vegan Month 2026, and here in the Portland metro that means a month focused on vegan and plant-based dining specials. Veganizer, once again, is presenting this dining month, which started Sunday, November 1 (yesterday) and goes until Monday, November 30. Here’s what you need to know to enjoy.

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Small Bites: Dolly Parton Day, Apple Pie Week, and More

Not Dolly Day, but apple pie for Apple Pie Week. I think she loved apple pie.
Bellepine’s Seasonal Apple Pie with basil and whipped cream, for the inaugural Apple Pie Week. Dolly liked apple pie, too. Photo credit: Bellpine.

Today is Dolly Day. On Wednesday, September 23, City Council President Jamie Dunphy read the proclamation for Dolly Parton Day in Portland, which takes place today, September 25 (9/25, nine-to-five). You can watch that here. And businesses are celebrating the day with specials, which you can find here. Happy Dolly Day, everyone! Multiple locations

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Second Annual Veganizer Asian Market Returns This Year in Portland

Last year's Veganizer Asian Market at the Redd on Salmon.
Photo credit: Veganizer / Josh Chang.

Over the years, I’ve been really impressed by the various Veganizer events produced by Waz Wu and her team here in Portland. Whether it’s Circle V, World Vegan Month, or one of their dinners, you can be sure it will be a solid and enjoyable event. So I am happy to tell you about the Second Annual Veganizer Asian Market, happening Sunday, June 7 at the Redd on Salmon. It looks like a fantastic occasion filled with delicious plant-based food and drink (and you can go straight to the ticketing info, here, if you like).

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Small Bites: Hearth & Vine Opened, Nyamazo, Spotlight Brewing, and More

Hearth & Vine opened yesterday and you can get this burger and fries there.
Burger and fries at Hearth & Vine. Photo credit: Aubrie LeGault

Hearth & Vine opened yesterday. We covered this restaurant last year when it was shrouded in mystery. I can’t deny that doing the research at the time was a lot of fun, uncovering details incrementally. There are a couple of publications that got the first bite of info right before Hearth & Vine opened, but here’s a condensed version of the press release we received yesterday, with tidbits we think you’d like to know.

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