List of vegetarian and vegan restaurants

This is an incomplete list of vegetarian and vegan restaurants. Vegetarian cuisine refers to food that meets vegetarian standards by not including meat and animal tissue products. For lacto-ovo vegetarianism (the most common type of vegetarianism in the Western world), eggs and dairy products such as milk and cheese are permitted. For lacto vegetarianism, the earliest known type of vegetarianism (recorded in India), dairy products are permitted, but eggs are not.[1] The strictest forms of vegetarianism are veganism, raw veganism, and fruitarianism, which exclude all animal products, including dairy products, as well as eggs and even some refined sugars if filtered and whitened with bone char.

Notable vegetarian restaurants

  • Adyar Ananda Bhavan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Kenya, and United States
  • Alice, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Annalakshmi, Malaysia, Australia,[2] Singapore and India[3]
  • Bloodroot, Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
  • Café Gratitude, five locations, California, US[4]
  • Café Paradiso, Cork, Ireland
  • Çiğköftem, Turkish fast-food chain, 130 restaurants as of 2020[5]
  • Claire's Corner Copia, New Haven, Connecticut, US
  • Clover Food Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
  • Cranks, London, England
  • Dirt Candy, New York City, New York, US
  • Fruitful Food, Taipei, New Taipei, and Taoyuan, Taiwan
  • Govinda's Restaurant, various locations all over the world
  • Goli Vada Pav, India
  • Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro, Portland, Maine, US, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
  • Greens Restaurant, San Francisco, California, US
  • Hard Times Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US[6]
  • Harlow, Portland, Oregon
  • Hiltl Restaurant, Zurich, Switzerland
  • InSpiral Lounge, Camden Lock, England
  • Kesar Da Dhaba, Amritsar
  • Lentil as Anything, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia[7]
  • Little Tree Food, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Miacucina, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Mixt Greens, San Francisco, California
  • Murugan Idli Shop, India and Singapore, a chain of vegetarian restaurants headquartered in Madurai
  • The New Riverside Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US[8]
  • Namma Veedu Vasanta Bhavan, Chennai, Trichy and Villupuram, India
  • New Woodlands Hotel, Chennai
  • Next Level Burger
  • Nix, New York City
  • Off the Griddle, Portland, Oregon
  • Penny Cafeteria, New York City, New York, US
  • The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel, Birmingham, England
  • Quay Co-op, Cork City, Ireland
  • Saravana Bhavan, a Chennai-based restaurant with 110 branches
  • The Sound Lounge, Sutton, south London.
  • Sree Annapoorna Sree Gowrishankar, Coimbatore, India
  • Taïm, New York City, New York, US
  • Veggie Galaxy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
  • Veggie Victory, Nigeria
  • Vidyarthi Bhavan, South Bengaluru Bangalore, India
  • The Whole Bowl
  • World Pizza, Seattle

Notable vegan restaurants

  • Astera, Portland, Oregon
  • Baby Blue Pizza, Portland, Oregon
  • Bakers Bench, Los Angeles, California
  • Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli
  • Blossoming Lotus, Portland, Oregon, US
  • Boxcar Pizza
  • Candle Cafe, three locations, New York City, New York, US
  • Crossroads Kitchen, Los Angeles, California, US
  • Cinnaholic, 14 locations, US[9]
  • DC Vegetarian
  • Dirty Lettuce, Portland, Oregon
  • Doe Donuts, Portland, Oregon
  • Dough Joy, Seattle
  • Earth Burger[10]
  • Elizabeth's Gone Raw, Washington, D.C., US
  • Farm Spirit, Portland, Oregon
  • Feral
  • Fermenter, Portland, Oregon
  • Francis Burger Joint, Minneapolis, MN, US[11]
  • Frankie & Jo's
  • G-Zen, Branford, Connecticut, US
  • Ice Queen
  • Jade Rabbit, Portland, Oregon
  • Jet Black Coffee Company
  • La Bartola, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Life on Mars, Seattle
  • Little Pine (restaurant), Los Angeles, California, US[12]
  • Lord of the Fries 19 locations in Australia and 4 in New Zealand.
  • Loving Hut, 138 locations, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America[13]
  • Mama Đút, Portland, Oregon
  • Memento Mori Cafe
  • Mis Tacones, Portland, Oregon
  • Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (closed January 2014)
  • Native Foods Cafe, 14 locations, California, Colorado, Illinois, and Oregon, US
  • Norah
  • Obon Shokudo
  • ONA, the first vegan restaurant in France to win a Michelin star
  • Orange & Blossom
  • Paradox Cafe
  • Petunia's Pies & Pastries
  • Pink Peacock, Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Plant, Asheville, North Carolina, US
  • Plum Bistro, Seattle
  • Pure Food and Wine
  • Purezza, British pizza and Italian food chain from Brighton, UK
  • Red and Black Cafe, Portland, Oregon, US (closed March 2015)
  • Shoofly Vegan Bakery, Portland, Oregon
  • The Sudra, Oregon
  • Sweetpea Baking Company
  • Two Dollar Radio Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio, US[14]
  • The Uncanny, Portland, Oregon
  • Unicorn Bake Shop, Portland, Oregon
  • Vedge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
  • VeganBurg, Singapore and San Francisco, California, US
  • Vege Creek, 9 locations, Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan[15]
  • Veggie Grill, 29 locations, California, Oregon, and Washington, US[16]
  • Virtuous Pie, Vancouver, Canada [17]

See also

References

  1. International Vegetarian Union - The Origins of Some Words Ivu.org, retrieved 17 January 2016^
  2. Annalakshmi Happycow.net, 30 September 2015, retrieved 17 January 2016^
  3. Annalakshmi Happycow.net, 15 November 2010, retrieved 17 January 2016^
  4. Cafe Gratitude Cafegratitude.com, retrieved 23 January 2018^
  5. Sleutelstad. Turkse vegan keten Cigkoftem opent in Leiden Sleutelstad, retrieved 2021-04-08^
  6. Douty, Thomas. Tough Times at Hard Times Cafe The Minnesota Daily via The Internet Archive, February 21, 2000, retrieved August 3, 2014^
  7. Valent, Dani. Lentil As Anything The Age, October 16, 2006, retrieved August 3, 2014^
  8. Alan Bjerga. Cafe Mixed Both Idealism and Food University of Minnesota, May 28, 1997, retrieved August 3, 2014^
  9. Locations Locations.cinnaholic.com, retrieved September 5, 2017^
  10. First dedicated plant-based fast food restaurant eyes huge expansion in the US Vegan Food & Living, 2022-10-16, retrieved 2023-11-20^
  11. Plant-based burger bar opening along Central Ave in Minneapolis FOX 9, 2022-12-30, retrieved 2023-11-05^
  12. Moby's Little Pine Vegan Restaurant Debuts in Silver Lake retrieved September 12, 2018^
  13. [素食 Vegan][Vegetarian Restaurant] 愛家素食網 Loving Hut 素食餐廳‧蔬食餐廳料理‧素食便當‧素食簡餐快餐‧台北素食‧台中素食‧高雄素食‧台南素食‧嘉義素食 Lovinghut.com, retrieved 23 January 2018^
  14. Restaurant review: Two Dollar Radio Headquarters June 13, 2018, retrieved April 2, 2019^
  15. Olivia Wycech. Restaurant review: Vege Creek 蔬河 Taipei Times, September 14, 2013, retrieved 2026-01-19^
  16. Veggie Grill Wants to Make Vegan Dining Mainstream Eater.com, April 13, 2016, retrieved March 29, 2017^
  17. Trevor Melanson. Review: How Ethics Taste at Chinatown’s Virtuous Pie Vancouver Magazine, 29 November 2016^