I decided that because it's MoFo I should try somewhere new so I headed to The Cowley Club. I helped cook a Sunday roast there last week to raise money for Sea Shepherd but aside from that I'd never eaten there before.
The Cowley Club is a vegan worker owned co-operative social centre. During the day it houses a cafe & bookshop and in the evenings it's run as a members bar. When I popped in there yesterday there were four lunch options; two mains, a wrap & the soup of the day.
I went for the Sausage Mash Kale & Gravy which only cost £3. The wraps were £2.30 and soup with bread is only £1.80!
This was a huge plate of food especially considering the price. As you can see there were a tonne of smashed skin on potatoes, two sausages, a decent sized side of kale and plenty of lovely onion gravy. I'd planned to get a slice of cake for £1 but I was far too stuffed, if I'd had my own container I'd have gotten some to take away. This was delicious hearty fare & I can't wait to go back for more.
The Cowley Club which is open on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 12-6 and serves food from 12 - 3:30 is the perfect place to sit & read a book whilst eating cheap but delicious vegan food. I love their ethos and the fact that they do things like their Migrant English Project where they teach refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers English for free and give them a free lunch. What a great project!
kale! the sausages look really good too.
ReplyDeleteand yes, what a cool project it is. thank goodness for people who come up with such ideas!
Social centres are great. I really miss The Basement in Manchester which closed after a fire a few years ago, especially since I now work on the same street!
ReplyDelete£3 is insane for that much food! Awesome! Also, I love that you call them "smashed skin on" potatoes. It sounds so violent and not vegan, but is indeed wonderfully vegan.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to return to Brighton again.
My GOD!! That is AWESOME!!! Such good food for such little money.
ReplyDeleteHappy days
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This place sounds awesome! What a generous portion size. I live in Hertfordshire and visit Brighton now and again so I'd love to try this place out. Thank you for such an interesting and inspiring blog.xo http://hannahalehandra.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeletefor serious, Jojo?!?! that's some cheap 'n awesome grub. hell yeah for the Cowley Club. huzzah! the sausage mash kale & gravy looks absolutely delicious and skin on potatoes are the best! mmmmmmmmm!
ReplyDeleteYou've got so many places I deffo want to try! (plus you have the beach and the sun....)
ReplyDeleteI really should move to Brighton and then I could visit all these places too, it seems you're surrounded by amazing vegan options!
ReplyDeleteI really should eat gravy on more than just special occasions! That sounds so tasty, and it sounds like the restaurant is doing some really great things.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you've never been before! When I worked on London Road I'd go there for my lunch all the time. Shame there's nothing like it in Manchester. Also, you forgot to mention that it's totally volunteer-run!
ReplyDeleteBig kudos to you for writing it up though, it needs more positive publicity and regular visitors to keep going - it's been struggling a bit in recent times.
omg I want to eat that right now!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like such a cool place! Hooray for delicious, cheap vegan food.
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