What about food and drinks in Ieper? Like it or not, but there are no meatfree restaurants and alcoholfree pubs in Ieper. But otherwise the situation is improved the last years. Most restaurants offer vegetarian (and sometimes even veganist) alternatives for their customers. Mad cow disease made vegetarianism acceptable for lots of people. If you really want vegan food, you have to go to expensive bioshops. And in all pubs you can get alcohol-free drinks.