{"id":16192,"date":"2020-10-02T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=16192"},"modified":"2020-09-18T11:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:00:40","slug":"vegan-restaurants-added-to-the-vegetarian-resource-groups-guide-to-veggie-restaurants-in-the-usa-and-canada-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/02\/vegan-restaurants-added-to-the-vegetarian-resource-groups-guide-to-veggie-restaurants-in-the-usa-and-canada-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Restaurants Added to The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Guide to Veggie Restaurants in the USA and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo from Bowlila<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Vegetarian Resource Group maintains an online Guide to\nVegan\/Vegetarian Restaurants in the USA\nand Canada.\nHere are some recent vegan restaurant additions. The entire guide can be found\nhere: http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support the\nupdating of this online restaurant guide, please donate at: www.vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some new\nadditions to VRG\u2019s guide (Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic many are doing take-out\nand\/or delivery now):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowlila, 11419 Santa Monica Blvd.,\nLos Angeles, CA 90025<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the\nrestaurants located within the Colony food hall, Bowlila offers \u201can\ninternational take on Middle Eastern street food.\u201d Their signature ingredient\nis chickpeas, which can be the base for the customizable bowls they offer. They\nalso have other items like their Persian Pita, Chic Mango Pancakes, and Crispy\nItalian Bites. Bowlila can be bought and delivered through many food delivery\nservices like UberEats, Postmates, GrubHub, and DoorDash. Check them out on\nInstagram at @eatbowlila<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caf\u00e9 1610, 521 Wayne Ave., Dayton, OH\n45410<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All items are\npackaged to go, although limited seating is available. The menu includes Jelly\nDonut Pancakes; Churro French Toast; a \u201cGrits Bowl\u201d; \u201cCactus Tofu Scramble\u201d;\nBreakfast Tacos and a delicious sounding Fruit Salad, with apple, pear, papaya,\nbananas, strawberry, and cantaloupe topped with granola, coconut, and walnuts.\nCo-owner Xtine Brean explains \u201cWe are all enthusiastic vegans, but that\u2019s not\nwhat this caf\u00e9 is all about. Our target market is people who are not vegan. We\nwill show them that vegan food is not flavorless, and it is not boring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crust, 4409 Main St., Philadelphia,\nPA 19127<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crust Vegan Bakery\nhas every baked good you would want \u2013 peanut butter blondies, blueberry coffee\ncake, snickerdoodle cookies, and even loaves of pumpkin bread! This new\nstorefront is located in the heart of Philadelphia, but if you can\u2019t go there\nto order, feel free to shop online. This small, women-owned and passionate\ncompany do their best to provide affordable and quality vegan items, alongside\ndonating food and money to great causes. They specialize in wholesale, and also\noffer gluten-free items so everyone can enjoy their goodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dodah\u2019s Kitchen, 1210 N. Charles St.,\nBaltimore, MD 21201<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Dodah,\u2019 meaning \u2018aunt\u2019 in Hebrew, specializes in soul food. Some favorite menu items are the mac n\u2019 cheese (made with handmade soy cheese), \u201ccrab\u201d cakes, and collard greens. Dodah\u2019s Kitchen is also known for its desserts, such as decadent chocolate cake and mouthwatering blueberry cheesecake. Not only is the food great, but the staff is also fantastic and very friendly. This is grandma\u2019s (or you’re aunt\u2019s) home cooking and hospitality at its finest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planted Bakery, 5400 Woodway Dr.,\nSte. 120, Fort Worth, TX 76133<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cases are\noverflowing with cookies and cakes, sandwiches and wraps, making it a great\nplace to enjoy breakfast, lunch, or a midday snack. Known for the Texas\ncruffin, there are both sweet and savory options. Cinnamon is the classic\nflavor and is their take on a cinnamon roll. However, if you want to opt for\nsomething more adventurous, try the spicy jalapeno & cheddar cruffin. Also,\ndon\u2019t forget to order the artisan sourdough bread, which is baked fresh every\nday and proofs for 20 hours prior to baking. The place is owned by a\nhusband-and-wife team so the staff is friendly and the ambiance is homey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saramsam, 111 East 7th St., New York,\nNY 10009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located in New\nYork’s East Village, Saramsam is a Filipino restaurant. The vegan menu is\ndesigned to share plates, so come hungry and with others that love to try new foods.\nSome dishes to order are Tokwa (silken crispy tofu, brussel sprouts, sweet\n& sour sauce), Kare Kare (sweet potato, baby eggplant, yardlong bean,\npeanut miso), and Sisig (sizzling teriyaki strips, baby onion, shishito). The\nname of the dishes may be intimidating to pronounce, but the staff is very\nfriendly and will help order. Although Saramsam means \u201ccasual dining\u201d in Llocano,\nyou will want to make sure you have your cameras out because the dishes are\nanything but casual. This restaurant serves artfully plated dishes that are\nauthentic in flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vegan Cuban Cuisine, 9640 SW 72nd\nSt., Miami, FL 33173<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wondering what vegan\nCuban food tastes like, check out Vegan Cuban Cuisine in Miami, Florida.\nPopular are the crispy Ham Croquetas made with cashew cream and soy-based ham\nand the Cubano Sandwich stuffed full with lechon asado pulled jackfruit,\nsoy-based ham, \u201ccheese,\u201d pickles, and more, creating a party in your mouth. As\nfun and as flavorful the food is, the atmosphere is the same with food being\nserved out of a ventanita or in English, a little window. Going to Vegan Cuban\nCuisine will transport you to Cuba, one bite at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vegan Deli & Butcher Shop, 524 S.\nMain St., St. Charles, MO 63301<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the words\n\u2018vegan\u2019 and \u2018butcher\u2019 sound contradictory, this deli shop located in the\nMidwest will make you ask yourself why this pairing has not happened sooner.\nWhen making vegan \u2018meat\u2019 taste and look like real meat, the chef does not skip\non technique, making sure to use traditional butcher methods like smoking and\nbraising. Due to innovative cooking, the roast beef for instance, is made with\nwheat gluten to make it mouthwateringly juicy and using a soy-base for the\nmeatball sub keeps it moist and tender. This is down home cooking that will\nleaving you full and satisfied, curing all of those savory meat and gooey\ncheese cravings breakfast, lunch, and dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Vegetarian Resource Group maintains an online Guide to Vegan\/Vegetarian Restaurants in the USA and Canada. Here are some recent vegan restaurant additions. The entire guide can be found here: http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php To support the updating of this online restaurant guide, please donate at: www.vrg.org\/donate Here are some new additions to VRG\u2019s guide (Note: Due to […]<\/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-16192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16192","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=16192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16194,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16192\/revisions\/16194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}