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Brooklyn Half Marathon Pre-Party We will be participating in The Brooklyn Half Marathon Pre-Party May 16th & 17th. How about live music, Brooklyn house DJs, an outdoor beer garden, great eats from Chickpea & Olive, an espresso bar, official Brooklyn Half Marathon merchandise, New Balance shoes, and Team for Kids Taper Runs? Throw in running-form analysis, the New Balance insta-grapher, and maybe a genuine Italian ice, and you get the idea: This isn’t just another pre-race expo—this is a Pre-Party. Old Tobacco Warehouse 26 Dock St. Brooklyn, NY Thursday Noon - 9pm Friday 10am - 9pm  Smorgasburg Saturdays & Brooklyn Flea Sundays Two markets. One great location. East River State Park N. 7th & Kent Ave Brooklyn, NY 11am-6pm  A Delicious Life New Food Entrepreneurs We are honored to be among so many pioneers in the great new food frontier. Check out our 2 page spread in A Delicious Life: New Food Entrepreneurs from Gestalten, and thank you for including us in this awesome new art book. 
Vegan Drinks Thursday 4.25! Smorgasburg Saturdays & Brooklyn Flea Sundays East River State Park04/24/2013  From Super Vegan- Join us THIS Thursday, April 25, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm for Vegan Drinks NYC! Find us at Fontana’s Bar, located at 105 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side. Chickpea & Olivewill be feeding your faces! This month, we’ll be benefiting Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART). The mission of HEART is to foster compassion and respect for all living beings and the environment by educating youth and teachers in Humane Education. Stuff your dollars in the donation jar, and buy raffle tickets from HEART to win one of these great prizes: gift certificates from Lula’s Sweet Apothecary, Candle 79, Vegan Essentials, and Terri; chocolates from Rescue Chocolate; candy bars from Go Max; an item from Vaute Couture; and a Lia Sophia necklace! Music by DJ Grand Format, DJ Megan Rascal, and DJ Jason Das! Wanna let all your Internet friends know you’re going? RSVP on Facebook if you’re of the mindset to do so. Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event. (Really, please read it. All of it.) We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature. If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list. Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Do you represent an animal rights group you think should be the beneficiary of an upcoming Vegan Drinks NYC? Visit vegandrinks.org/beneficiaries to learn more about how to make that happen.  Catch us every Smorgasburg Saturdays & Brooklyn Flea Sundays at East River State Park in Williamsburg. North 7th & Kent Ave 11-5pm  It's been a long hard winter and FINALLY Spring has sprung and we will be back in Brooklyn every Saturday & Sunday at the world famous Smorgasburg. The Phatty Beet Slider will be returning (of course, we don't want riots) along with some other delicious and nutritious menu items will be debuting. So come visit us! We have certainly missed feeding all you beautiful people. Starting April 6th & 7th Smorgasburg Saturdays 11am - 6pm East River State Park Sundays we will either be at Brooklyn Flea Williamsburg or Smorgasburg DUMBO. Please take a moment to Like us on Facebook & Follow on Twitter for the most up to date info on us. Thanks for supporting a more compassionate, loving planet. #appreciateyou  We are taking a much need hiatus before the busy Smorgasburg season gets up and running. Expect us to be refreshed and relaxed and ready to feed you delicious vegan cuisine! See you in April.  Want a special Valentine's Day that you will always remember? Hire Chickpea & Olive to come and cook you a romantic dinner in your home. We would be happy to handle every aspect of the meal. From flowers, candles, music, to wine pairings. To a chocolate fondue with fresh fruit, marshmallows, and nuts! Contact us for more info. First come first served. Book quickly.  We will participating in this years Wingspan Arts 5th annual ARTOPIA. A free family arts festival where we will be selling our delicious savory and sweet bites. When: Saturday February 2nd, 2013 Time: 11AM-2PM Where: PS 334/The Anderson School – 77th St and Columbus All workshops are for kids 5-12 and their parents. We welcome full family participation! Chromatography Flowers Crazy Cartooning! Recycled Jewelry Engineering Wonderful Watercolor Balloon Creations Step Dance – 12:15pm ARTOPIA! 2013 Performances Performances by students from 5-18! 11:30-12PM Musical Mania – students from Anderson Tinker Taps – students from PS 303 Actor’s Workshop – students from Anderson Shakespeare Theatre – students from PS 183 Wingspan’s Mini Film Festival Red Carpet at 1pm Screenings at 1:15pm Featuring films by students from Anderson, PS 40 and PS 183: The Adventures of Sam – PS 40 (Spring 2011) Dolly’s End – Anderson (Spring 2012) The Paintbrush (in Korean) – PS 183 (Spring 2012) Work in Progress… – Anderson (Fall 2012) Minecraft – PS 40 (Fall 2012) ALL DAY LONG: Come make art projects in the cafeteria! Eat some food from the Bake sale! Watch our talented students perform! ALL FOR FREE!  VALENTINES VEGAN SHOP - UP Feb. 9th 12pm - 5pm 12 Grattan Come out and play. We will be at the PINE BOX ROCK SHOP selling our famous fair trade chocolate truffles. Which make the best Valentine present. Sweets for your sweet. We will also be selling paninis and other savory bites.  Check out the Ecorazzi article on the Plant Based Solutions Launch Party.  photo: Joshua Katcher This article we just came across from the The Discerning Brute is making us miss our Smorgasburg & Smorgasburg - Dumbo family so much! get ready for next season. its gonna be the bomb! and thank you Joshua Katcher for your beautiful photos and super kind words! "I had to go back for seconds, as this hearty, succulent and tender beet patty between two pieces of artisinal brioche with tapioca cheese, tomato, habeñaro ketchup, vegan mayo and baby bib lettuce was irresistible, and the best burger I’ve had. Period." WOW!!!!  Chickpea and Olive was honored to be the caterers for the new and amazing vegan consulting company Plant Based Solutions. The party featured products Vegg, Treeline Cheese, Teese, Gardien, and DF Mavens. It was so much fun to work with new products and make so many different canapés. Look out for pictures from the launch party and please keep us in mind for you next event! Read the article on SuperVegan with founder David Benzaquen that mentions yours truly!  We hope you had a lovely holiday season. It was a busiest season yet and we are so grateful. Thank you so much for all of your love and support constantly. 2013 is promising to be absolutely amazing. We are doing more catered events and working on our packaged products. Dan and I are hoping very much for a hiatus to Costa Rica sometime in the winter before our crazy market season begins. Keep us in mind for any catered events no matter how big or small. Looking forward to feeding you soon. We are also up on yelp. If you'd like to leave us a review here is the link. Please submit your testimonials on Yelp! Peace & Love. C&O |
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