This restaurant has a cool, vintage vibe with a library in the back room, lime-green walls and menus written on chalkboards. They make delicious sweet treats like cannoli with a perfectly light-and-creamy vegan filling, vegan whipped cream on top of hot chocolate, and the heartiest vegan sandwiches in town with delicious vegan mayo.
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One Native Foods branch is near the UCLA college campus, and if you can get pizza-loving college students to eat this vegan food, then you know it’s good. The favorites here are the Earth bowls — big, comforting, colorful bowls full of beautiful veggies, quinoa and more. These include the Greek gyro bowl with peppered seitan or the Bangkok curry bowl with lemongrass and ginger-infused coconut milk curry.
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The entire menu at Raw is raw, and the things they do within those limitations are amazing. You can literally get any of your favorite foods vegan, such as salmon pate, spaghetti with meatballs, or burritos.
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Sutra has a supper-club vibe with only one seating per night, beautifully plated dishes, and a menu that changes every two weeks. Some past dishes included sunchoke black pearl lentil-nettle-hempcream cake with grilled onion; wild wood sorrel and creamy sage polenta with tamari-roasted maitake mushrooms; sauteed kale rapini and roasted chile-cashew cheese sauce.
Source: SutraSeattle.com
There are several Café Gratitudes throughout the U.S., but this is a particularly adorable location. Dishes have names like “Gentle,” “Plentiful” and “Thankful” and you can expect treats such as a “live” wrap with sunflower pate and veggies, Thai kelp noodles with teriyaki almonds, and corn tacos with cashew-nut cheese.
Source: CafeGratitudekc.com
This beloved Cincinnati eatery has a wonderful homey vibe to it, and the vegan dishes look and taste like straight out of your mother’s kitchen. It has comfort dishes like Sloppy Joes, creamy triple potato soup and vegan macaroni and cheese.
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Café Blossom feels like a bistro, with elegant presentation on every dish, dim lights and perfectly portioned plates. Dishes are inventive, such as the mushroom phyllo pastry with jalapeno cheese, buffalo risotto croquettes and seitan/mushroom sliders.
Source: BlossomNyc.com
This is your all-American vegan restaurant with timeless dishes such as grilled cheese sandwiches on homemade bread, cheese-steak wraps, and the all-American burger served with garlic aioli on a homemade roll. Plus it has sides like cornbread, coleslaw and egg-less egg salad.
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Hot Beans is a vibrant vegan Tex-Mex restaurant. The atmosphere is humble, but the food will fill you up and make you want to order extra to go. Some favorites include the Jackfruit tacos, the mac ‘n cheese burrito with fried potatoes and chili aioli, and the vegan nachos with homemade tofu sour cream.
Source: HotBeansVegan.net
Vertical Diner serves up generous portions of home-style vegan dishes like biscuits and gravy with “sausage,” a tempeh Reuben sandwich, and the vertical burrito with rice, beans, tempeh and guacamole. Don’t miss the gravy: it’s the best vegan version you may ever find.
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