| I just recently decided to expand my horizons here. I mean, I travel a lot, and I've eaten in all sorts of places, so I figured I should pass that knowledge on. This is going to be a strange list, because it will reflect where I've been the most. Sorry that it's not a comprehensive list of the whole country, but this is a personal page, so I wanted to keep it personal! Whenever I travel, I'll add some more. And if there is just one place listed for a state, you can pretty safely assume that it's my favorite place in the state, and that that is where I try and visit EVERY time I find myself in that city. |
California (LA area is on a different page)
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After a particularly great meal, I decided that I should go ahead and make a list of my Top Ten Vegan, Vegan-Friendly, and Vegetarian restaurants across the US. I've only included my favorites. The vegetarian and omnivorious places I listed I can assure you have an extensive vegan selection. The list is probably slanted a bit towards California and the NY/NJ area, but what can I say.... that's where I've lived lately!
Miki's Top 10 Vegan Restaurants, aka Rare Places Where I Can Order Anything on the Menu (in no particular order)
Miki's Top 10 Vegetarian Restaurants, aka Places Where You'll Still Have to Say, "Hold the cheese" and "Is that real mayonaise or Veganaise?"
Miki's Top 10 Omnivorious Restaurants, aka Places You Can Take Someone Who Insists They Must Eat Meat for Dinner, But Where You Won't Be Stuck Eating a Plain Baked Potato and a Plate of Dry Iceberg Lettuce for Dinner
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Macy's |
14 S Beaver St Flagstaff, AZ 86001 (928)774-2243 |
Coffeehouse and vegetarian restaurant. Really great food, all inexpensive Vegan Friendly |
Vegan danishes!!! |
| Guilin Chinese Restaurant | 3250 E Speedway Blvd Tucson, AZ 520-320-7768 |
Chinese Lots of fake meat options Vegan-Friendly |
The drumsticks are incredible!!! |
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Big Sky |
1121 Broad St San Luis Obispo,CA 805-545-5401 |
Sandwiches, Salads, Pasta, etc. Vegan-Friendly |
I had a nice mushroom sandwich. |
| Blue Nile | 2525 Telegraph Berkeley,CA 510-843-1992 |
Ethopian Vegan-Friendly |
Anything |
| Cafe Athena | 1846 Garnet Ave San Diego, CA (858)274-1140 |
Greek Menu is about half meat and half vegetarian Vegan-Friendly |
Artichokes, any of the dips and pita |
| Cha-Ya | 1686 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA 94709-1631 Phone: (510) 981-1213 |
Japanese This might be the best restaurant I have ever eaten at! Vegan |
Everything is so so so good, but I would highly reccomend the avocado tempura roll. |
| Golden Era | 572 O'farrell St, San Francisco, CA (415)673-3136 |
Vietnamese Lots of fake meat treats Vegan |
I was there with like 15 people, and I tasted so many tings, I can't recall specifics, except that everything was really good! |
| Herbivore | 983 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA (415)826-5657 |
Eclectic types of foods. Thai, Mexican, Italian, American. Great Desserts Vegan |
Chocolate cupcakes! |
| Kowloon | 909 Grant (Chinatown) San Francisco, CA 362-9888 |
Chinese Buddhist Appanantly, not everything is very good here, but I swear by the lemon chicken! I go everytime I'm in SF. Vegan |
Lemon chicken, lemon chicken, lemon chicken |
| Lanesplitter Pizza | 2033 San Pablo Berkeley, CA (510) 845-1652 |
Italian They make their own fake ricotta and have many vegan options. Vegan Friendly |
Vegan Calzone |
| Sojourner Cafe |
134 E. Canon Perdido St. |
Sandwiches, soups, Mexician, fresh juice.. lots of variety. Vegan Friendly |
Everything has always been great there! |
| 2140 Peachtree Road, Buckhead (Atlanta) 404-352-8859 |
American, Italian and southern food. Lots of vegan options and vegan desserts Vegan Friendly |
chicken nuggets | |
| Lush Restaurant and Bar | 913 Bernina Ave, NE Atlanta, GA 404-223-9292 |
Upscale vegan dining. Vegan |
Grilled portabellos |
| Soul Vegetarian |
652 North Highland Avenue NE 879-A Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard SW |
All vegan soul food! Homemade soy ice cream. Highly reccomended place! Vegan |
The mac and cheese is perhaps the best vegan mac and cheese I have ever eaten. |
| 3411 N Halsted St Chicago, IL 60657 (773)935-6696 |
American Diner food... all vegetarian and mostly vegan Vegan Friendly |
Breakfast stuff, like the biscuits and gravy | |
| Opera | 1301 S Wabash Ave Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 461-0161 |
Pan-Asian with a huge vegan selection. Vegan Friendly |
Anything |
| Soul Vegetarian | 203 E 75th St Chicago, IL 60619 (773) 224-0104 |
Southern African-American food. Vegan |
Bar-b-que meat, split pea soup, corn bread, deep fried mushrooms |
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Naked Tchopstix |
6253 N. College Ave. Indianapolis, IN 317-252-5555 |
Japanese and sushi. Many vegetarian options. Cool decor. Vegan Friendly |
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| Three Sisters | 6360 Guilford Ave. Indianapolis, IN 317-257-5556 |
Breakfast and lunch. Many vegan options. Vegan Friendly |
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Red Avocado |
521 E Washington St # 3 Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 351-6088 |
Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Organic vegetarian food. Vegan Friendly |
I had a nice buffet. |
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Inn Season Cafe |
500 E Fourth St. Detroit, MI 248-547-7916 |
International food. All vegetarian with vegan options. Vegan Friendly |
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| The People's Food Co-op | 216 N. 4th Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 734-994-9174 |
Health Food store that has a great lunch and dinner hot buffet. Buffet is about 80% vegan. Vegan Friendly |
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| Seva | 314 E. Liberty Ann Arbor, MI 734-662-1111 |
International.... plenty of Italian and Mexican. All vegetarian with vegan options. Vegan Friendly |
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Hard Times Cafe |
1821 Riverside Ave Minneapolis, MN 612-341-9261 |
Bakery and coffeehouse. Punky hangout that is open almost 24 hours a day. Vegan soups, sanwiches and pastries. Vegan friendly. |
chocolate chip cranberry muffin |
| The Wedge Community Food Co-op | 2105 Lyndale Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 612-871-3993 |
This is a great health food store! There are plenty of options fo take out meals and sandwiches. Vegan friendly. |
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Eternity Cafe |
#11 South Euclid St. Louis, MO 314-454-1851 |
Casual take out and eat in. Salads, sandwiches, smoothies. Vegan |
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| Main Squeeze | 28 S. 9th Street Columbia, MO 573-817-5616 |
Juice bar and casual restaurant with many vegan options... sandwiches, burritos, soups, etc Vegan friendly. |
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McFoster's Natural Kind Cafe |
302 S 38th St Omaha, NE 68131 (402) 345-4585 |
Lunch and Dinner. American/ Asian, and Italian foods. Vegan friendly. |
Artichoke Moronay |
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Be Green Organic Juice Bar and Cafe |
500 Ocean Ave Belmar, NJ 07719 (732)280-1020 |
Juices, sandwiches and light meals vegan friendly |
Anything |
| Dean's Natural Food Market | 1119 State Route 35, Ocean, NJ (732)517-1515 |
Not a restaurant, but a big natural food store. They have everything you will need to be a good vegan. The extra bonus is that I used to work there. |
Anything |
| Delpontes Coal Fired Brick Oven Pizza | 600 Main St Bradley Beach, NJ 07720 (732)869-9771 |
Great Pizza. They will make one with soy cheese, if you eat that. If not, they won't look at you fuinny if you get one cheese-free vegan friendly |
Gloria Pizza made with soy cheese |
| Down To Earth | 5 Broad St Red Bank, NJ 732-747-4542 |
Stir fries, pasta, fresh juices wide variety. The menu even indicated which items are wheat-free. Vegan |
Anything |
| Siam Garden | 2 Bridge Ave (in the Galleria) State Red Bank,NJ
(732)224-1233 |
Thai Vegan Friendly. |
I had some nice soup. Also, I hear the coconut banana dessert is lovely. |
| Kaya's Kitchen | 817 Belmar Plz, Belmar, NJ (732)280-1141 |
Wide selection of foods.... burritos, pasta, salads, traditional American fare made vegan. Great vegan Sunday brunch Vegetarian, but almost entirely vegan |
Southern Fried Tofu dinner, perogies, meatloaf |
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NEW MEXICO |
2110 Central Ave SE Albuquerque, NM 505-242-1320 |
Breakfasts, lunch and dinner. Light fare, soups, sandwiches. Vegan friendly |
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Annapurna |
2201 Silver SE Albuquerque, NM 505-262-2424 |
Indian food. Plenty of vegetarian and vegan options . Vegan friendly |
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El Patio |
142 Harvard Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 505/268-4245 |
New Mexican Food. Menu is mostly vegetarian, and most entrees are very easily made vegan. The chili sauces are vegetarian and spicy. Margaritas are great and inexpensive. This is my favorite restaurant in New Mexico! Vegan friendly |
Any vegetarian combo is great! |
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La Montanita Co-op Natural Foods Market |
3500 Central Ave. S.E. Albuquerque, NM 505-265-4631 |
Great health food co-op! Take out foods, and a bakery with many vegan options. Vegan friendly |
Vegan cinnamon rolls! |
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Richard's Mexican Restaurant |
3301 Menaul Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 505/881-1039 |
Breakfast and lunch only. The beans and rice are vegetarian, and there are many meat substitute options. Vegan friendly |
I had a great fake meat enchilada... be warned, it was super spicy! |
| 75 Marshall St Rochester, NY 14607 (585) 325-6750 |
Breakfasts, lunch and dinner. American vegetarian food. Vegan friendly |
I had a nice artichoke, black olive pasta | |
| Mother Earth's Cafe | 217 Western Ave Albany, NY (518)434-0944 |
Many varieties of ethnic foods... Asian, African, Mexican, etc. Vegan desserts. Vegan Friendly |
All I remember is that the chocolate cake was great |
| Red Bamboo | 140 W. 4th St. New York, NY 212-260-7049 |
Blend of cuisines... soul, Asian, Italian, American. Lots of fake meats. Vegan |
Salmon, Bourbon chicken, Satay tofu kebab |
| Shades of Green | 187 Lark St Albany, NY (518)434-1830 |
Casual place. Sandwiches, salads, soup. Vegan Friendly |
I had some kind of fake beefy sandwich. It was good. |
| Veg City Diner | 55 W 14th St New York, NY 10011 (212)490-6266 |
American diner style food.. this is my traditional stop for food when in NYC. Vegan friendly |
Anything |
| 40 Wall Street Asheville 808-252-3445 |
A nice place to get a wide variety of vegetarian dishes. All Vegetarian and Vegan friendly |
Anything | |
| Over Easy Cafe | 32 Broadway Ave Asheville 828-236-3553 |
Breakfast place with lots of vegan options. Vegan friendly |
Tofu scramble and grits |
| Early Girl Eatery | 8 Wall St, Asheville, (828) 259-9292 |
Breakfast and lunch place with lots of vegan options. Vegan friendly |
Vegan sausages and peppered grits |
| Boba House | 332 South Tate Street Greensboro, 336-379-7444 |
Vietnamese Vegetarian food. Almost all items are vegan or can be made vegan. Vegan friendly
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The duck was quite nice |
| Jack's Corner Mediterranean Deli | 1601 Spring Garden Street Greensboro 336-370-4400 |
Meditteranean food. Lots of vegan options. Vegan items clearly marked on menu. Staff is very vegan aware Vegan friendly
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I had a nice hummus platter with crumbled falafel and pine nuts. I hear rumors that they sometimes have vegan mac and cheese, but they didn't the day that I was there. :-( |
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Strange Brew |
227 E Cecil St Springfield, OH 45503 (937) 322-4233 |
Open for breakfast and lunch. Vegan coffeehouse and restaurant.. It's the only vegan restaurant in Ohio. |
Biscuits and Gravy |
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Keystone Cafe |
395 W 5th Ave Eugene, OR 97401 (541)342-2075 |
Open for breakfast and lunch. Vegetarian. Vegan friendly |
vegan french toast |
| Vita Cafe | 3024 NE Alberta St Portland, OR 97211 (503) 335-8233 |
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The meals are all vegetarian, but they also have a few burgers on the menu. Vegan friendly |
Biscuit and Gravy, fish and chips |
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PENNSYLVANIA |
1010 Cherry St. Philadelphia, PA (215)923-3663 |
Buddhist Chinese. Vegan |
Sesame Lemon Chicken |
| Gianna's Grill | 507 S 6th St Philadelphia, PA 19147 (215) 829-4448 |
Italian/ Pizza. They have vegan cheese for pizzas, tons of vegan subs, and even vegan cheese fries. Vegan Friendly |
Cheese Fries, pizza |
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UTAH |
473 E 300 S Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (801)322-3790 |
Vegan organic restaurant.. one of the best vegan places I have ever been to Vegan |
Anything |
| 4 North Thompson Street Richmond 804-359-7525 |
Great natural market, with an extensive deli and take out section. They always have a HUGE selection of vegan dishes... much more so than most other natural markets have Vegan Friendly |
Anything | |
| 1531 14th Ave Seattle, WA 98122 (206)324-8815 |
Vegan coffeehouse and restaurant. Great food and great atmosphere. Vegan |
french toast or open faced tofu sandwich | |
| Green Cat Cafe | 1514 E Olive Way Seattle, WA 98122 (206) 726-8756 |
Vegetarian Breakfast and lunch. Coffeehouse. Vegan Friendly |
I had a good burrito |