Vegan Page

Vegan Information

Last Updated 4 January 2012

The following is vegan information that I link to here mostly for my own convenience. The photo shown above is of a meal my good friend Iguchi-san arranged for me at a Ryokan.

Vegan Bakeries, Restaurants and Other Food Sources

Honest Weight Food Co-op (Albany) We visit once a week.

Troy Community Food Co-op (Troy) No longer open. Lasted only a year.

Bombers Burrito Bar (Albany) We eat here at least once each month. Very veggie friendly with meat substitutes.

Antipasto's (Clifton Park) Located in the largest suburb north of Albany.

Four Seasons Natural Foods (Saratoga) Good buffet

Thunder Mountain Curry (Troy) Street food at its finest. Mike Gordon is on the RPI campus in the student union now and also at the Troy Farmers' Market on Saturdays. His food is wonderful. I have also had him cater parties and picnics, which were great. There is no webpage but there is info at Dish and Dirt from Troy, more from Dish and Dirt from Troy, The Poly Online, New York Times (on a day trip to Troy).

X's and O's Vegan Bakery (Troy) -- Outstanding new vegan bakery across the street from the old Proctor's Theater. Great reviews, including mine, on Yelp and Urbanspoon

Grappa 72 (Albany) Not a veggie place, but accommodating with good food and wine.

Karavalli Indian Regional (Latham)

Baba Louie's Wood Fired Pizza (Hudson, Great Barrington, Pittsfield) Vegetazione Bravo Spelt pizza is vegan. Many other vegetarian (lacto-ovo) pizzas.

New World Bistro Bar (Albany, next to the Spectrum Theater)

Zocalo Mexican (Arlington, MA) Legumbres en Pipian is outstanding!

Flour Bakery & Cafe (Boston) Excellent pastries, including vegan options. Also vegan sandwiches.

Le Commensal (Toronto Montreal Laval Quebec City Rive-Sud)

Montreal Veggie Gourmet

Windmills Cafe (Kingston, Ontario) -- Very vegetarian friendly and nice people. Good place to go for groups with mixed diets (like my family).

The Blossoming Lotus (Kauai and Portland) -- Amazing restaurant, worth it for the presentation and the attractive waitstaff. (Sadlyh, Kauai location is now closed)

Babycakes (New York) Bakery on Broome

Curry Hill (New York) Lexington Avenue between 27th and 30th Streets has many Indian restaurants, with a couple of blocks of south Indian vegetarian.

Kaka'ako Kitchen (Honolulu) Usually very good and cheap, but sometimes a dud. Veggie selections are good, but they don't always have them. Good casual dining on plastic.

The Chicago Diner (Chicago, duh!) One of the most famous veggie restaurants, their deserts are now sold at Whole Foods in the Midwest. It is located in Boystown (it seems like gay neighborhoods always have good veggie restaurants) and not far from Wrigley Field (I hope the Cubs get to the Series one of these years).

Wishbone (Chicago) Veggie Friendly

Terrene (St. Louis) Very veggie friendly. Excellent food.

Cardwell's At The Plaza (St. Louis) Veggie friend, excellent restaurant in a mall!

The Shangri-La Diner (St. Louis) Very unique

New Pioneer Food Co-op (Iowa City)

The Red Avocado (Iowa City) Worth the trip to central Iowa, even for a Badger football fan.

Hamburg Inn (Iowa City) Good veggie burgers and an Iowa City institution.

Willy Street Co-op (Madison) Best co-op anywhere. Outstanding sandwiches, cookies, soups for takeout.

Monty's Blueplate Diner (Madison) Very veggie friendly, possibly our favorite restaurant, and part of a collection of restaurants in and around Madison owned by Food Fight, Inc. Bluefies and Hubbard Avenue Diner (Middleton) are also excellent. Bluephies has recently become less vegan friendly, since they no longer offer tofu as a chicken substitute for their noodle dishes. However, Hubbard Avenue is more vegan friendly so you just have to go to Middleton rather than Monroe Street.

Weary Traveler (Madison) A very special place with food for all since it has great burgers and vegan faire (probably not for people who like traditional American food) There is no webpage, but it gets mentioned on many, many blogs. Beer Advocate ... Madison Magazine ... The Isthmus ... 10 Best ... Gridskipper

The Green Owl Cafe (Madison) Completely vegetarian!

The Cheese Factory (Wisconsin Dells)

Maharani (Madison) Does not have a web page but info can be found on the Isthmus Eats page; excellent place recommended by my daughter Meghan. Pretty heavy on the dairy, but has good stuff for vegans.

The Manatee Cafe (St Augustine) Typical of almost everything in Florida, this excellent little restaurant is in a strip mall west of town.

Brighter Day Natural Foods (Savanna) Food store

Kung Food, aka the Vegetarian Zone (San Diego) Wonderful restaurant, now open as Evolution Zone Fast Food

Harvest Natural Foods Café (Jackson Hole) Only open for lunch.

Liz Lovely (Waitsfield, Vermont) Excellent cookies available at many organic food stores (eg Willy Street, New Pioneer and Honest Weight) and online.

Sticky Fingers Bakery (Washington, DC) Great for gifts.

Zed's Ethiopian (Georgetown) Veggie friendly

Gillies (Blacksburg, Virginia) Veggie friendly (also has seafood)

Down to Earth Natural Foods (Oahu and Maui)

Kokua Market (Honolulu)

McCuskers Market and Deli (Shelburne Falls, MA)

WaterCourse Foods (Denver) Their vegan pastries and cookies are wonderful. The food is amazing.

Beans and Barley (Milwaukee) They also have wonderful cookies and pies from East Side Ovens.

The Sprout (St. Johns, Newfoundland) No real webpage yet (soon?)... Professional Travelguide ...

San Diego Dining and Shopping from All Vegan

Rutabegorz (Old Towne, Orange, CA) The ingredients in my quinoa wrap (especially the avocado) were outstanding. The area is great fun too ... not like the rest of California.

Pizza Lucé (Twin Cities) An excellent pizza place (other foods too) that actually has wonderful vegan pizzas!

Vegan Shopping

Cowpie Creek

Vegan Essentials

Vegan Store

Vegan Goods aka A Different Daisy

Recipes

The Cat-Tea Corner

The Vegan Chef

The Easy Vegan (Online Video)

Fat Free Vegan (Blog)

Vegan Yum Yum