Ep 179 VegNews Veggie Award Winners! Unity Diner Reopens!

Hey Pickles!We hope you're doing fantastically!This week is a pretty feel good episode, and boy, do we need it.In our Noteworthy segment, we share the awesome news that Ed Winter's passion project, Unity Diner has reopened for business! After some negotiations with their land lords and some new found funding, they're back!And, in our Main Topic, we're announcing the 2025 VegNews Veggie Award Winners! Find out if your favorites made the cut!We also have a new Vegan Restaurant SOS with The Wild Chive in Long Beach CA. Like many other small vegan businesses, they are struggling to stay afloat.Here's a link to their Go Fund Me, if you can't get to their location to support them.https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-the-wild-chive-aliveWe also have a new winner in our monthly Dinner Winner contest, a new Listener Shout Out, and much more!Thank you so much for spending some of your day with us.Love, Sam & ChristineSend us a voicemail or a text! We love to hear from you!Support the showJoin Our Patreon    https://www.patreon.com/CompassionandcucumbersSign Up For Our Newsletterhttps://www.compassionandcucumbers.comOur YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@compassioncucumbersveganpod/videos72 Reasons To Be Vegan *paid link https://amzn.to/3W8ZwsUVisit Our Website   https://www.compassionandcucumbers.comSam's Etsy   https://www.etsy.com/shop/CucumberCraftworks