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The Fort Worth vegetarian dining guide that’s always with you.
We’re vegetarian. We realize the irony of being vegetarian or vegan in a city best known to the world as “Cowtown,” and we saw the lack of info out there for our fellow veg-eaters living, working, and playing in Fort Worth. That’s why we set out to change things. To make it easier, more satisfying, and more fun to go veg in Fort Worth.
So we thought about how we might go about it, and we thought that it would be cool if you could always have a vegetarian dining guide for urban Fort Worth in your pocket. Then we realized that we’ve all got our iPhones or iPod touches with us all the time anyway, so we set to work on taking advantage of that.
VegFortWorth is the result.
Always there. Always accessible.
We made the choice early on to design VegFortWorth to never require an Internet connection (after you’ve downloaded and installed it from the App Store, of course). All of VegFortWorth’s data is built-in. You never need to be connected to the Internet. That means it works equally as well on the iPod touch as on the iPhone. You’ll never be out in the cold just because you don’t have access to an Internet connection.
(Note: you will need an active Internet connection to use VegFortWorth’s integration with Safari and Maps, for obvious reasons. Think of it as a bonus – when you’re connected, you get all of VegFortWorth’s speediness, plus the ability to tap a button and visit your selected restaurant’s web site, or view its map location, get directions, and even tap the phone number to call as long as it’s listed with Google.)
And because VegFortWorth doesn’t have to rely on an Internet connection, it’s also super-fast. No downloading, no rendering, no waiting. Just a few quick taps, and you’re reading the info you want. We think that’s pretty darn nifty.
Speaking of being fast, VegFortWorth also remembers where you were each time you leave the app. So if you tap over to a restaurant’s web site or map location, or just leave the app to change playlists in the iPod app, for example, when you come back to VegFortWorth you’ll pick up right where you left off.
Covering the cool places.
We know a thing or two about the old-school urban neighborhoods of Fort Worth. That’s why we’re starting VegFortWorth out by concentrating on the central city. Downtown, the Cultural District, the Near Southside – these are places you’ll find some really interesting options. And because they’re located centrally, they’re almost all easy to get to by foot, bike, bus, or train, as well as by car.
That’s important to us, because one of the benefits of being vegetarian or vegan is eating a diet that’s much healthier not only for your body, but for the planet as well. So it makes sense to encourage the consumption of that healthier lifestyle in the parts of town that are themselves more sustainable.
A word on vegans.
We love vegans – we’re nearly there ourselves. For our “Vegan Options” category in each neighborhood, we made a few conscious decisions on what to include, and what not to include. Our rules are generally 1) the vegan options have to include substantial, fulfilling dishes – not just a side salad, and 2) the vegan options have to be either off-the-menu or require minimal modification – no “remove 3/4s of the ingredients and it’ll be vegan.”
That being said, it’s inevitable due to the sheer volume of restaurants in urban Fort Worth that we either missed some, or included some that shouldn’t be. That’s why we’re asking Fort Worth vegans to drop us a friendly e-mail at veg@vegfortworth.com and let us know either what needs to be included or what needs to be left out. Together, we’ll make it better for everybody.
Things to come.
We’re making plans to really grow VegFortWorth. Already, we’re working on a version for the iPad. Besides that, we’ll be making improvements to the app and adding new features, as well as new parts of town.
In short, we’ll be making VegFortWorth even better. Updates to the app will be free.
Get VegFortWorth.
You can head to the App Store and get yourself a copy of VegFortWorth. It’s available for just 99¢.