Meatless Mondays At Mario Batali's Restaurants

Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich are joining the Meatless Monday campaign!

On average, Americans consume 8 ounces of meat per day -- 45% more than the USDA recommends. Going meatless once a week can reduce your risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. It can also help limit your carbon footprint and save precious resources like fresh water and fossil fuel. Mario and Joe are just two of the big names in food that have decided to join the campaign; celebrities and leaders such as Michael Pollan, Al Gore, Sir Paul McCartney and Gwyneth Paltrow are backing the movement and the entire city of San Francisco just signed on to participate.

Every Monday, our restaurants will offer a choice of vegetarian entrée (pasta, pizza, etc.), especially in honor of Meatless Monday.

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[snat4aday]

01:11 PM on 06/22/2010

Don't go! We went to B&B Ristorante in Las Vegas on Monday, June 14th...there was nothing on the menu about Meatless Monday and when we asked the waiter about the special "vegetarian entree" he said, "Uh yeah. We haven't really been doing that." Appalling! Please don't join the Meatless Monday Movement if you are not going to follow through Mario!

[Lionsden]

08:23 AM on 06/03/2010

I thought that was a photo of puke until I read the subtitle. Find a better photo.

[Patrick Britton]

07:44 AM on 05/14/2010

Meatless everyday.

[Midnightrain]

01:23 PM on 05/13/2010

OK

What about meat and dairy-less Mondays? Let's see them pull that off!

[MBMatthews]

12:13 AM on 05/12/2010

There is so much more to "meatless" cuisine than pasta or pizza. You can go to Domino's for that food group.

I was hoping to see some more creativity. Check out www.101cookbooks.com for just a starter.

[danaellyn]

07:00 AM on 05/11/2010

Herbert Hoover (and the FDA) introduced the Meatless Monday campaign in April 1917 to promote food conservation to help support the troops during WWI. Here is a painting I did in honor of that:
http://www.danaellyn.com/12_08/hoover.jpg

The painting is part of my "Year of Presidents" series ...
http://www.danaellyn.com/presidents/presidents.html
I created one painting for each of the United States presidents throughout history. I also painted many of the canditates from the President race of '08. I began the series in January 2008 and set my deadline to have them all completed by Inauguration Day in January 2009.

Thanks for looking!

[sparkandy]

06:02 AM on 05/11/2010

How hard is it to go meatless anyway? I do it all the time. Peanut butter sandwich for breakfast. No lunch, because there's no time, and a salad for supper. ARGHHH!!!!! I want a steak!

[Nathan Perkins]

05:21 AM on 05/11/2010

There's still meat on offer! If they were really doing MeatLESS Mondays... there would a menu on Monday that was meatless.

This is capitalizing on the movement without actually subscribing to its values. And this article is probably, in reality, an embedded advertisement.

[KristinNoelle]

07:59 AM on 05/11/2010

Thats a good point.

[Halsey]

03:40 PM on 05/11/2010

Nathan..it's a HUGE point (as Kristen..also notes)..it was written by a woman..who works in the Batali food empire...doesn't mean it's not a small start..but yes...subliminal advertising..like danaellyn who..in his/her post...just offered up a website to buy his/her art... actually....good for YOU Dana!...

(and yes..menu's on MOnday's should be meatless...period..but..baby steps...and this is a baby step..)..and I LOVE Pizzaria Mozza (Los Angeles)...Marguerita!...

[ynp7]

03:57 AM on 05/11/2010

I'm going to eat twice as much meat on Mondays.

[KristinNoelle]

08:02 AM on 05/11/2010

Why would other people choosing to not eat meat bother you unless you felt guilty about eating it on some level? Would you eat twice as many candy bars to spite someone who doesn't eat them?

[SusanElizabeth1949]

06:55 PM on 05/11/2010

What bothers me is the fact that several posters would remove the choice of what to eat from the restaurants.

[Lionsden]

08:25 AM on 06/03/2010

Kristin: The problem is we know what leftist ideas lead to: laws to force everyone to live according them leftists.

When I was a lefty (during the 70s) we didn't force people to live like us.

Today's leftists are totalitarians, they want to shove their views down everyone's throats, literally.

[Halsey]

03:41 PM on 05/11/2010

ahhh....ergo proving Darwin right....chow down baby!

[lmlynley]

03:25 AM on 05/11/2010

Excellent, now we just have to work on Tuesday thru Sunday!

[TXfemmom]

01:34 AM on 05/11/2010

It is late and I cannot recall the name of the large mushrooms used in recipres, but a friend of mine makes the finest sandwiches with them and no meat. They are yummy. She uses the mushrooms, rubs olive oil, salt and pepper on them, grills them for a few minutes, then uses them in sandwiches with peppers, sliced red onions, lettuce, thin tomato slices, some fresh basil, and then just a splash of a balsamic/extra virgin vinegarette in place of mayo. Delish.

[Ohsherri]

02:30 AM on 05/11/2010

Portabello mushrooms.
Sounds yummy!

[laurenot]

12:34 AM on 05/11/2010

such the wrong photo for the headline...

[buckeyedave]

09:56 PM on 05/10/2010

I always get double meat on my Subway on Mondays, just to offset some vegans efforts.

[Ohsherri]

02:33 AM on 05/11/2010

Let me guess....you're "big-boned" right?....LOL! (no...I'm not a vegetarian)

[entreMundo]

05:07 AM on 05/11/2010

What a sad commentary that you change your lifestyle like that because of others. Best of luck.

[MajorKong]

08:53 PM on 05/10/2010

We ate at Babbo while on a trip to New York. I've eaten at some really good restaurants, but this one really impressed me.

The level of service alone was like nothing I'd ever seen and the food was top notch as well.

It takes a lot to impress me but Mario didn't disappoint.

[rikster]

08:18 PM on 05/10/2010

go Mario..seitan with peppers, onions, and mushrooms..lots of garlic...! go for it..

[entopticon]

11:34 AM on 05/11/2010

Seitan is what I call a gastronomatopoeia.

[SusanElizabeth1949]

12:13 AM on 05/12/2010

Out of my usual curiosity, I ordered "mock duck' (seitan) in an excellent Thai Restaurant here. That stuff was dreadful. Never again! The next time I ordered that dish it was with REAL duck.