Nooch Vegan Market

Last week I was in Denver, Colorado to see one of my favorite bands, the mighty Iron Maiden. Coincidentally, while I was in Denver, Nooch Vegan Market decided to open to the public! I had heard a bit about Nooch from Whoa Wren and was excited to be able to get my shop on during their opening day. The owners, Joshua LaBure and Vanessa Gochnour, were super nice and are more than ready to serve the growing Denver Vegan population.

Nooch has a nice variety of food, cookbooks, beauty products, clothing and cute Vegan paraphernalia. 

Tons of Vegan staples! I can't get Cleo's or Snap Bars in Omaha, so you know I stocked up.

I love that there are so many refrigerated products. I snagged one of the new packages of Tofurky Pepperoni Slices, I haven't seen them in the stores yet.

You gotta get a kick out of a shopping basket that says "vegan as fuck." 

So if you are ever in the Denver area, make sure you stop in and say hi. I'm not sure how many All-Vegan grocery stores exist, but they are few and far between. Make sure you support them when you can!

Oh yeah, here's a shot from the Maiden show. Good seats, huh?
Up The Irons \m/

Vegan Mountain High

I was introduced to Denver Vegan culture via the 2008 Denver Veg Fest. It really opened my eyes to how many of us there actually are. It was exhilarating! Denver and Boulder are very Vegan friendly with tons of restaurants, health food stores and even Vegan shoe stores. Here are some of my local finds, some you may be able to able to procure at a store near you!

Sweet Action is an Ice Cream Parlor in Denver that always has a couple Vegan flavors on hand. When I was there they had a Vegan Almond Cardamom Ice Cream Cookie and I couldn't turn it down!

A trip to Whole Foods revealed this local, pre-packaged burrito from Burrito Del Mar. Pretty yummy!

Falafel King is a local Mediterranean restaurant chain who sells their falafels prepackaged. If you are to lazy to make you own or even too lazy to go the restaurant...here you go!

Cute little peanut butters made by Justin's. Great for trips!

You've seen Larabars all over but they originated in Colorado. Simple snack bars that are good for you, nice concept. Oh, and they actually taste like pie!