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As Catholics participate in the liturgical season of Lent, eating out becomes significantly trickier.

During Lent, Catholics are asked to abstain from eating meat (excluding fish) on Fridays. Meat is a major staple on most restaurants’ menus, so the practicing faithful see large portions of these menus become “forbidden fruit,” so to speak.

Vegan and vegetarian restaurants, however, become oases of food on Lenten Fridays. With the guidance of vegetarian food blogger Sarah Murray, here are five options for dinner on the town while giving up meat on Friday.

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• written by Evan Peterson on March 21st, 2013
• posted in Writing for the Web