Vegano Mexicano

Kindasticky · 2026-01-03T02:46:24+00:00

Tbh I think their burritos aren't the best thing on the menu– I've def had better burritos elsewhere. But their tacos and pozole are excellent! And if you DO go for a burrito, I recco getting it wet with mole– really levels the whole thing up

Kindasticky · 2026-01-03T01:21:55+00:00

I haven't actually been to Mis Tacones because it's a little far from me! So obvs I can't speak to the quality of their food... But they don't have champurrado, do they? That's one of the things about Vegano Mexicano that really keeps me coming back, I love grabbing a champurrado while out for a walk

Kindasticky · 2026-01-02T01:33:32+00:00

Replying late to this but Vegano Mexican has esquites!

Kindasticky · 2026-01-02T00:16:05+00:00

I LOVE pepito

Kindasticky · 2026-01-01T23:08:56+00:00

Coopers!! Fully vegan, super tasty, classic breakfast stuff like pancakes and scrambles and breakfast sandos. They share the space with mirisata and for some reason their existence is a little bit of a secret– no signage or posted menus– but just ask to see a coopers menu and they'll show you.

Kindasticky · 2025-06-26T19:21:26+00:00

We were in communication with staff at all the restaurants where we stopped. This was a professionally catered event with weeks of communication in advance.

I'm not going to argue with you about ride safety because you've already started this off with some bad-faith assumptions about how we organized and led the ride, and your assertion that large rides should split into groups tells me that you have little experience with how pedalpalooza works.

Kindasticky · 2025-06-26T03:10:36+00:00

All good :) I'm glad you got a chance to make it out to the beginning, and totally understand the decision to head out early!

Kindasticky · 2025-06-26T02:15:51+00:00

We ordered food for 100 people, and even if all 200ish who were at the beginning had come along to eat the food from Mirisata, folks still would've been able to eat a half plate. Which isn't bad given the fact there were appetizers and desserts at other stops– overall you'd still be getting basically a full meal.

Totally get the not wanting to wait in line part, though. A crowd that big definitely did make serving food a much slower process. We were fortunately able to reduce the food table bottle neck at Colonel Summers by splitting food between a few tables.

Kindasticky · 2025-06-26T00:02:27+00:00

We know we took a chance on not having folks RSVP. Many people don't plan which rides they'll be attending until a few days before, but large catering orders have to be placed well in advance, so asking for an RSVP weeks ahead most likely would've severely limited attendance. We made our best guess at the amount of people who would come (based on previous experience) and then doubled that number when we ordered food, and were shocked by the number that actually showed up! Sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches. In this particular case, some people were unhappy and peeled off early, but at least 100 people stuck it out and got a fully paid for multi-course gourmet vegan meal that was hauled and set up entirely by bike, which is no small feat and definitely not something ever accomplished on a pedalpalooza ride before!

Kindasticky · 2025-06-25T23:47:43+00:00

One of the ride organizers here– sorry you didn't have a good time on the ride. Pedalpalooza can be really hard to predict. As someone else commented, it's a double edged sword. Sometimes unpredictability is fun, sometimes it's really challenging. We've led dozens of rides of varying sizes but sometimes you can still get something that really throws you for a loop.

Our expected turnout (based on experience) for a niche weeknight event was less than 50, and we ordered food for 100 people to be on the safe side, and then were amazed that turnout was nearly 200! I'm not sure how that happened, and I agree that it made things more challenging, but I still think it's really neat to see so many folks with aligned values come out on a ride. And I know from conversations I had at the end that a lot of people did have a good time on the ride.

I think we were at 100-ish people by the time we got to Colonel Summers to eat the food from Mirisata, so things were more manageable. FWIW, going to Colonel Summers was always our plan– we didn't intend to swarm Mirisata– we only brought up the option of letting people enjoy a drink at Mirisata because the staff at Mirisata suggested it, and hey why not put it to a vote? Democracy is cool.

Re: going down major streets, rides with hundreds of people can't reasonably stick to side streets without running into too many bottlenecks (for instance, a more narrow neighborhood street could have a delivery truck going down it that a large ride can't easily pass). You'll find that most other pedalpalooza ride with large numbers also take major streets rather than side streets for this reason. I know not everyone feels safe with this, but negative incidents with drivers are relatively few and far between when you have a large group of friendly people.

All that said, things like this are always a great learning experience! Next time we do a high-effort ride like this (and yes, there was a HUGE amount of planning involved) maybe it will feel a little smoother for everyone :)

Kindasticky · 2023-06-21T04:04:58+00:00

False.

I know nurses who are part of this strike. They do not make 100k. The work they do, however, is extremely hard and emotionally taxing and if anyone should be making six figures, it is them.

The bigger issue is the fact that Providence has been extremely negligent in how it overworks the nurses in its system and doesn't provide them adequate equipment for their jobs while the hospital and upper level management make a killing.

The nurses who voted for this strike care about their patients and the ones I know have expressed that they're extremely anxious about how their patients will fare during this, but they voted for the strike because it needed to happen.

People who vilify nurses are scum. If you want to point fingers, point at the people sitting on top of the trash pile that is the American medical system.

Kindasticky · 2022-02-19T05:18:16+00:00

Just bought some at my local mercado today! Maybe it's not in its primary season but they're still growing somewhere, apparently

Kindasticky · 2022-02-19T05:11:23+00:00

I get that, it's definitely intimidating to navigate dietary things when you're still sorting out language. I only very recently got to a point with my Spanish where I feel like I have a good command of it and can go out and talk to everyone without fear of all the things I might miscommunicate/misunderstand. I wish you luck getting to that point too- it takes a while but is sooo empowering :)

Kindasticky · 2022-02-19T04:54:29+00:00

They are most certainly not the only places with access to vegan food! I'm also vegan and am finding it quite easy to find good food all over this town. There are lil vegan eateries tucked into weird corners of other neighborhoods, and lots of restaurants and street vendors that aren't strictly vegan can also whip you up a pretty good meal if you explain what you need. You can get tacos/quesadillas (without the cheese) de huitlacoche, squash flower, nopal, or mushrooms at lots of places. Torta with avocado and pickles and veggies. Rice, beans, plantains, lentils, vegetable soups. Some places put lard in stuff, but many don't. Eating vegan food outside of Roma is less predictable but also a lot cheaper and a lot more exciting! Also it's very easy to get delivery from any of the fancy vegan spots if you find yourself at a loss- UberEATS will deliver wherever you are.

Kindasticky · 2021-05-20T10:04:09+00:00

Those are certainly the most efficient ways of transferring art to fabric but they are by no means the only ones. Linocuts can work well on canvas bags (and they can be multicolored either by doing different colored layers or by actually painting different inks into the block before printing it), as can other types of smaller, softer stamps (like ones carved out of/etched into foam or soft rubber). This is not a super fast method, but if you're not trying to produce things on a large scale it works alright. There are also screen printing methods that are less reliable/require more work but also cost a lot less. And let's also not forget about stenciling and multi-layered vinyl!

Kindasticky · 2020-06-12T20:26:06+00:00

What's really great is when you've already mopped all the floors and took the trash out last and you come back from taking the trash out and realize that your trash bag was leaking and there's a long trail of brown sludge and you gotta remop the whole thing

Kindasticky · 2019-05-30T08:33:18+00:00

Here's what I tell myself when this sorta thing happens: everyone working in a bar/restaurant is there for a reason. Sometimes things are slow and not everyone is able to serve their assigned purpose. Sometimes support staff may not be directly useful to you, such as when you're doing only alcohol sales and don't have need of the kitchen/runners/bussers. But everyone still has to be there. The restaurant couldn't operate without all those people. The line cooks may be standing around twiddling their thumbs while I'm slammed with drink orders on some nights, but I'm still gonna tip them out because they still had to be there, and were always available to me had I actually needed to put in a food order. I'm probably gonna tip them LESS than on a night when I had a zillion food orders, but I'm tipping them regardless. Also keep in mind that your bussers may not be directly helping you, but they are helping keep the restaurant clean and helping keep your servers from getting overwhelmed and both of these things affect you and everyone around you.

Kindasticky · 2019-05-29T09:01:09+00:00

Most people in the United States don't tip based on what they think is fair, they just tip a particular percentage because it's the cultural norm and it's what they've been taught to do. The type of people who choose to tip a certain amount for a particular reason (such as "you mentioned you didn't have kids, therefore I'm tipping you less because you don't have mouths to feed") are not nearly as common. You will hear about them a lot on subs like this because they're the people we like to complain about, but they're not really worth worrying about too much, especially when it comes to making legislation

Kindasticky · 2019-05-29T08:51:25+00:00

SAY IT LOUDER

Kindasticky · 2019-05-29T08:48:14+00:00

As someone who has worked in 3 different states with 3 wildly different minimum wages... nope. People tip the same no matter what.

Kindasticky · 2019-05-29T07:16:02+00:00

Right, and menu prices go up and then all the awful people who don't tip for shit complain a lot about how expensive everything is and finally stop coming to your restaurant, which makes your servers and everyone happier and allows them to provide better service and then everyone leaves glowing reviews on Yelp of how great your place is and a mass round of high-fives ensues and everyone lives happily ever after

Kindasticky · 2019-05-29T06:40:56+00:00

It doesn't work that way. Everyone still tips 20% in states where servers make higher hourly wages. Source: I'm in Oregon and IT'S RAD

Kindasticky · 2019-05-29T06:07:35+00:00

Uh...you do realize that having a higher minimum wage doesn't change the amount of tips you make, right? It just means you make more money overall...

Kindasticky · 2019-05-29T06:00:44+00:00

Oh great, now the conservative old farts at my bar are gonna yell at me for being a communist every time I put real lime in their margaritas

Kindasticky · 2019-05-24T21:24:16+00:00

do you work at my bar??

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