{"id":12089,"date":"2018-04-13T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=12089"},"modified":"2018-04-04T10:26:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:26:46","slug":"vegan-restaurants-have-been-added-to-the-vegetarian-resource-groups-online-guide-to-veggie-restaurants-in-the-usa-and-canada-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/13\/vegan-restaurants-have-been-added-to-the-vegetarian-resource-groups-online-guide-to-veggie-restaurants-in-the-usa-and-canada-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Restaurants Have Been Added to The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Online Guide to Veggie Restaurants in the USA and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KaleBowl-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/KaleBowl-3.jpg\" alt=\"Kale+Bowl-3\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12090\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Dish from Brightside Kitchen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Vegetarian Resource Group maintains an online Guide to Vegan\/Vegetarian Restaurants in the USA and Canada. Below are some recent additions. The entire guide can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php\">VRG Online Veggie Restaurant Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To support the updating of this online restaurant guide, please donate at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/donate\">Donate to The Vegetarian Resource Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some new additions to VRG\u2019s guide:<\/p>\n<p>Brightside Kitchen<br \/>\n12493 University Ave.<br \/>\nClive, IA 50325<br \/>\nBrightside Kitchen is located inside the Mercy Health and Fitness Center. Steve and Deanne Bryce created Brightside Kitchen in order to support their community by providing nutritionally balanced, sustainable, and 100%-plant-based food. Brightside bowls, which are grain bowls topped with lots of veggies and legumes, are a customer favorite. Flavors of Brightside Bowls rotate often. Past flavors include a chickpea tikka masala bowl with coconut lime sauce, a BBQ bowl, and a taco bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Chef Chloe and Vegan Caf\u00e9<br \/>\nSt. Roch Market<br \/>\n140 NE 39th St. 2nd Floor<br \/>\nMiami, FL 33137<br \/>\nLocated in St. Roch Market an upscale food hall in Miami\u2019s design district, Chef Chloe and Vegan Caf\u00e9 is the creation of Chef Chloe Coscarelli, winner of the food network&#8217;s Cupcake Wars and cookbook author. Enjoy the best of sweet or savory; you can&#8217;t go wrong with the Butternut nachos, truffle avocado toast, Thai spring rolls, strawberry chocolate cupcake, chocolate chip salted cookies, and a dragon fruit lemonade. Photo Worthy on all bright white plates.<\/p>\n<p>Eatin\u2019 Vegan Caf\u00e9<br \/>\n519 NW Colorado Ave.<br \/>\nSwartz Creek, MI 48473<br \/>\nEatin\u2019 Vegan Caf\u00e9 was founded by a mother daughter duo after they realized they couldn&#8217;t find someplace quick to eat that was both vegan and gluten free. Top reviewed menu items include the potato soup, Santa Fe wrap, the spicy black bean burger, and broccoli cheddar soup.<\/p>\n<p>JOi Caf\u00e9<br \/>\n2855 Agoura Rd.<br \/>\nWestlake Village, CA 91361<br \/>\nJOi Caf\u00e9 is located in an unassuming strip mall, however, the bright, modern interior d\u00e9cor immediately creates a welcoming vibe. This plant-based and gluten-free eatery has a variety of smoothies and juices, as well as delicious entrees, snacks, and desserts. Breakfast is served all day. The chilaquiles were a personal favorite: the portion size was huge, and the black bean and lentil sausage on the side was delicious. Sandwiches, bowls, wraps, and salads are also available, with a good amount of raw options as well. Items containing nuts and soy are clearly marked on the menu.<\/p>\n<p>Love Caf\u00e9<br \/>\n39993 Hwy. 41<br \/>\nOakhurst, CA 93644<br \/>\nLove Caf\u00e9 is located right off Highway 41 in a mountain-lodge-style building decorated with murals of a park ranger and Smokey the Bear. Chef Rob Halpern serves takes on traditional American classics (the BLT, the Reuben, mac and cheese) and other inventive dishes (tempeh tacos; Thai-style fries topped with peanut sauce and spicy coleslaw). Ingredients are sourced from local farmers within a 45-mile radius. Gluten-free items are clearly marked. Dishes containing soy or nuts are also labeled.<\/p>\n<p>Red Lunchbox<br \/>\n6172 Quinpool Rd.<br \/>\nHalifax, NS B3L 1A3 Canada<br \/>\nRed Lunchbox, located just west of downtown Halifax, is an entirely plant-based restaurant with a rotating seasonal menu of eclectic specials. Past menu items include seared lime and chili plantains, Sichuan-spiced vegetable curry, and deconstructed cheesecake. Not only does Red Lunchbox reflect a higher ethical standard in the dishes it serves, Red Lunchbox also makes sure to give back to its community. Its employee profit-sharing program is designed to improve the work environment and the wellbeing of its employees.<\/p>\n<p>Renegade Health Bar<br \/>\n51 Collier St.<br \/>\nBarrie, ON Canada L4M 7G6<br \/>\nRenegade Health Bar takes your favorite unhealthy foods and gives them an extreme health makeover\u2026 or you could look at it this way\u2026 we take the veggies you know you should eat, and give them an extreme taste makeover. Our focus is on creating amazing tasting food that is seriously nutritious and seriously tasty so you don\u2019t have to make the health\/taste compromise anymore. We serve dishes like plant-based and gluten-free tacos, pizza, burritos, sushi, keto options, cheesecakes, cold-pressed juice, whole food dairy-free smoothies, silky nut milks, and more. All made fresh daily and served grab &#038; go for your convenience.<\/p>\n<p>The Modern Vegan<br \/>\n700 East Naples Dr., Ste. 111<br \/>\nLas Vegas, NV 89119<br \/>\nThe Modern Vegan comes from Toronto native Gia Schultz who is a self-taught chef and from a background in fashion design. There is an extensive menu specializing in breakfast. Some menu items may be unavailable some days; however, don\u2019t be dismayed as they&#8217;re plenty of options for starters, acai bowls, burgers, sweets, soups, breakfast favorites, lunch favorites, and smoothies and juices. Top recommendations include the breakfast burrito, &#8220;The Buffalo&#8221; chicken burger, Louisiana chicken, and Cauliflower buffalo wings. Ultra-modern atmosphere with creative employee uniforms complete with tvs of viral videos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dish from Brightside Kitchen The Vegetarian Resource Group maintains an online Guide to Vegan\/Vegetarian Restaurants in the USA and Canada. Below are some recent additions. The entire guide can be found here: VRG Online Veggie Restaurant Guide To support the updating of this online restaurant guide, please donate at: Donate to The Vegetarian Resource Group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12092,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089\/revisions\/12092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}