List of vegetarian and vegan restaurants explained

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
• Annalakshmi, Malaysia, Australia,^[2] Singapore and India^[3]
• Aviv, Portland, Oregon, US
• 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
• Food for Thought, London, England
• Francis Burger Joint, Minneapolis, MN, US, classic burger joint with a plant-based twist.^[6]
• 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^[7]
• Harlow, Portland, Oregon
• Hiltl Restaurant, Zurich, Switzerland
• The Hollow Reed, Portland, Maine, US
• InSpiral Lounge, Camden Lock, England
• Kesar Da Dhaba, Amritsar
• Lentil as Anything, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia^[8]
• Murugan Idli Shop, India and Singapore, a chain of vegetarian restaurants headquartered in Madurai
• The New Riverside Cafe, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US^[9]
• Namma Veedu Vasanta Bhavan, Chennai, Trichy and Villupuram, India
• New Woodlands Hotel, Chennai
• Nix, New York City
• Off the Griddle, Portland, Oregon
• Penny Cafeteria, New York City, New York, US
• The Pitman Vegetarian Hotel, Birmingham, England
• Saravana Bhavan, a Chennai-based restaurant with 110 branches
• The Sound Lounge, a vegan restaurant within a grassroots music venue (complete with a vinyl record shop) in 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
• World Pizza, Seattle

Notable vegan restaurants

• Baby Blue Pizza, Portland, Oregon
• Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli
• Blossoming Lotus, Portland, Oregon, US
• Candle Cafe, three locations, New York City, New York, US
• Crossroads Kitchen, Los Angeles, California, US
• Cinnaholic, 14 locations, US^[10]
• Dirty Lettuce, Portland, Oregon
• Doe Donuts, Portland, Oregon
• Dough Joy, Seattle
• Earth Burger^[11]
• Elizabeth's Gone Raw, Washington, D.C., US
• Farm Spirit, Portland, Oregon
• Fermenter, Portland, Oregon
• Frankie & Jo's
• G-Zen, Branford, Connecticut, US
• J. Selby's, Minneapolis, MN, US, plant-based eatery with familiar favorites re-imagined^[12]
• Life on Mars, Seattle
• Little Pine (restaurant), Los Angeles, California, US^[13]
• 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^[14]
• Mama Đút, Portland, Oregon
• Mis Tacones, Portland, Oregon
• Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (closed January 2014)
• Native Foods Cafe, 14 locations, California, Colorado, Illinois, and Oregon, US
• Old Abe & Co., Rochester, Minnesota, US, award-winning banh mi, fish-free salmon, and an internal vegan donut shop named Drift Dough^[15]
• ONA, the first vegan restaurant in France to win a Michelin star
• Pink Peacock, Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland
• Plant, Asheville, North Carolina, US
• Plum Bistro, Seattle
• Purezza, British pizza and Italian food chain from Brighton, UK
• Red and Black Cafe, Portland, Oregon, US (closed March 2015)
• The Sudra, Oregon
• Two Dollar Radio Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio, US^[16]
• Vedge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
• VeganBurg, Singapore and San Francisco, California, US
• Veggie Grill, 29 locations, California, Oregon, and Washington, US^[17]

See also

• Health food restaurant
• Lists of restaurants
• List of vegetarian and vegan companies
• List of fictional vegetarian characters

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Vegetarian Union - The Origins of Some Words. Ivu.org. 17 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20080630114643/http://www.ivu.org/history/renaissance/words.html. 30 June 2008. dead.
2. Web site: Annalakshmi. 30 September 2015. Happycow.net. 17 January 2016.
3. Web site: Annalakshmi. 15 November 2010. Happycow.net. 17 January 2016.
4. Web site: Cafe Gratitude. Cafegratitude.com. 23 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180120131933/http://cafegratitude.com/. 20 January 2018. live.
5. Web site: Sleutelstad. Turkse vegan keten Cigkoftem opent in Leiden. 2021-04-08. Sleutelstad. nl.
6. Web site: 2022-12-30 . Plant-based burger bar opening along Central Ave in Minneapolis . 2023-11-05 . FOX 9 . en-US.
7. News: Douty, Thomas. Tough Times at Hard Times Cafe. February 21, 2000. The Minnesota Daily via The Internet Archive. August 3, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040130152042/http://www.mndaily.com/daily/2000/02/21/news/new2/ . January 30, 2004.
8. News: Lentil As Anything . . October 16, 2006 . August 3, 2014 . Valent, Dani . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801084423/http://www.theage.com.au/news/restaurant-reviews/lentil-as-anything/2006/10/16/1160850853233.html . August 1, 2014 . live .
9. Web site: Bjerga. Alan. May 28, 1997. Cafe Mixed Both Idealism and Food. University of Minnesota. August 3, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115014/http://www.mndaily.com/1997/05/28/cafe-mixed-both-idealism-and-food. May 17, 2014. live.
10. Web site: Locations. Locations.cinnaholic.com. September 5, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906182242/https://locations.cinnaholic.com/. September 6, 2017. live.
11. Web site: First dedicated plant-based fast food restaurant eyes huge expansion in the US. 2022-10-16. Vegan Food & Living. 2023-11-20.
12. Web site: Tribune . Joy Summers Star . There will be a new burger joint in Minneapolis but it won't be all about the beef . 2023-11-05 . Star Tribune.
13. Web site: Moby's Little Pine Vegan Restaurant Debuts in Silver Lake. September 12, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180912170152/https://www.zagat.com/b/los-angeles/mobys-little-pine-vegan-restaurant-debuts-in-silver-lake. September 12, 2018. live.
14. Web site: [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. 23 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20080412230914/http://www.lovinghut.com/. 12 April 2008. live.
15. Web site: Choochoo-ca-Chew . 2021-01-09 . Best Banh Mi in Rochester • Choochoo-ca-Chew . 2023-11-05 . Choochoo-ca-Chew . en-US.
16. News: Restaurant review: Two Dollar Radio Headquarters. June 13, 2018. April 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402131550/https://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20180613/restaurant-review-two-dollar-radio-headquarters. April 2, 2019. live.
17. News: Veggie Grill Wants to Make Vegan Dining Mainstream. Eater.com. April 13, 2016. March 29, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170330083431/http://www.eater.com/2016/4/13/11426516/veggie-grill-expansion-midwest-south. March 30, 2017. live.