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    These Are the Top 100 Vegan Restaurants in America, According to Yelp

    By Marnie Shure,

    5 days ago

    From taquerias to diners to Italian joints, these vegan restaurants cover every category.

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    According to a 2023 Gallup poll , about 4% of Americans identify as vegetarian, while 1% identify as vegan — and while that figure might seem small, it amounts to millions of diners looking for flavorful, satisfying food. Yet many restaurants still struggle to cater to those who abstain from eating animal products; it takes special consideration for a chef to get creative with plant-based ingredients. To celebrate that creativity, Yelp has just released its list of the 100 best vegan restaurants in the U.S., and it covers just about every category of cuisine for hungry vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores alike.

    So, what makes a great vegan restaurant?

    “A vegan restaurant shines when vegans and non-vegans alike enthusiastically enjoy its menu offerings,” Tara Lewis, Yelp’s vice president of consumer expansion and trend expert, told Food & Wine. “The beauty of vegan dining lies in its ability to explore unique flavors and reinvent traditional dishes, all while using fresh, plant-based ingredients.”

    Related: Behold: the Best Tacos in Every State, According to Yelp

    Beyond that, a good vegan restaurant should demonstrate that there’s virtually no category of cuisine, not even a deli or a barbecue joint, that can’t be prepared sans animal products. Indeed, it should make diners feel that, far from any sort of compromise, they’re being presented with something exciting.

    How Yelp chose the best vegan restaurants in every state

    To create its list of the best vegan restaurants (the second such list it has produced since 2022), Yelp factored in both business ratings and review volume — that is, the total number of reviews plus the proportion of five-star reviews each restaurant has received from Yelp users. It also filtered out restaurants with more than five locations, so as to focus instead on independent businesses rather than large chains or franchises.

    The release of this list is timed to coincide with World Vegan Day on November 1, which was established in 1994 to kick off World Vegan Month and commemorate the founding of the term “veganism” in 1944. Yelp notes that out of the 100 restaurants on the list, 34 of them are women-owned, “making it the most common business attribute” among them.

    The best vegan restaurants in America

    Looking over Yelp’s list of the top 100 vegan restaurants nationwide, it’s clear that any restaurant that can make this cuisine taste rich and “indulgent” will win the day. At two of the three top spots, Lil Vegerie in Los Angeles and Urban Fresh in Tucson, cashew cheese is put to liberal use, while the number-two spot, The Mediterranean Chickpea in South Tampa, serves up an abundance of dips, pies, and sizeable falafel.

    Interestingly, many vegan restaurants are clever subversions of typically meatier fare, like a plant-based deli ( NoButcher in Las Vegas, Orchard Grocer in New York). But others simply excel at a cuisine that happens to be largely vegan all on its own; Mediterranean food, for example, has historically featured plenty of meatless dishes that lean on the inclusion of olive oil to bring the flavor and fat. The Mediterranean Chickpea takes full advantage of that fact, as does Baltimore’s Koshary Corner .

    There really is no limit to what a great vegan restaurant can add to the menu.

    But if there’s one state absolutely crushing it in the vegan cuisine scene, it’s Hawaii, which takes a whopping nine spots on the top 100 list. The options across that state range from AA Roots ’ acai bowls to Thuong An Lac ’s Vietnamese fare to Blondie’s Vegan Proteins + Cafe ’s barbecue chicken, and the praise from Yelp users includes testimonials like, “I would have never guessed this was vegan!”

    In some ways, that’s exactly the point. Check out the full list here — or simply keep scrolling.

    The 100 best vegan restaurants in America

    1. lil’ Vegerie, Redondo Beach, California
    2. The Mediterranean Chickpea, Tampa, Florida
    3. Urban Fresh, Tucson, Arizona
    4. Hey, Sunshine Kitchen, Culver City, California
    5. BOOMCHIA, Montclair, New Jersey
    6. The Rabbit Hole, Pompano Beach, Florida
    7. Vegan Stops, Garden Grove, California
    8. Pure Soul, Durham, North Carolina
    9. Kelley Farm Kitchen, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
    10. Tarantino’s Vegan, Las Vegas, Nevada
    11. Ras Plant Based, Brooklyn, New York
    12. Pure Kitchen Organic Vegan, Tampa, Florida
    13. Thanh Tinh Chay, San Diego, California
    14. The Uprooted Kitchen, Gilbert, Arizona
    15. Miss Rachel’s Pantry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    16. NoButcher, Las Vegas, Nevada
    17. Earth Aloha Eats, Kihei, Hawaii
    18. Urban Vegan, Newark, New Jersey
    19. Francis Burger Joint, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    20. Thuong An Lac, Honolulu, Hawaii
    21. VEGZ, Washington, District of Columbia
    22. BeeWali’s Vegan AF, Los Angeles, California
    23. Florish, Tampa Bay, Florida
    24. Healthy Harvest Urban Farms, Rock Island, Illinois
    25. Tane Vegan Izakaya, Honolulu, Hawaii
    26. The Tin Thistle, North Bend, Oregon
    27. Sweet Rose Cafe, Fall River, Massachusetts
    28. veggie bowl , Oregon City, Oregon
    29. Organically Twisted, Naples, Florida
    30. Sanctuary Bistro, Charlotte, North Carolina
    31. Vegelicious, Nashville, Tennessee
    32. Mission Burger, Austin, Texas
    33. UNiQ Burger, Scottsdale, Arizona
    34. Sweet Soulfood, New Orleans, Louisiana
    35. Chef Tanya’s Kitchen, Palm Springs, California
    36. Dina’s Vegan Deli & Desserts, Riviera Beach, Florida
    37. House of Mexica, Reno, Nevada
    38. Veg & Go Plant-Based Fast Food, Riverside, California
    39. Vegan Shop, Hilo, Hawaii
    40. Buds, Salt Lake City, Utah
    41. WongWayVeg, Denver, Colorado
    42. Chilango PDX, Portland, Oregon
    43. Belmont Vegetarian, Worcester, Massachusetts
    44. Brekkie Bowls, Wailea, Hawaii
    45. Variable Cafe, Los Angeles, California
    46. Vegan & Juice, Miami, Florida
    47. Root, Newport, Rhode Island
    48. Sun Belly Cafe, Greenville, South Carolina
    49. Botanical Fare, Charlottesville, Virginia
    50. Garden Grill, Las Vegas, Nevada
    51. Hijo de su Madre, Los Angeles, California
    52. Koshary Corner, Baltimore, Maryland
    53. Desert Roots Kitchen, Tempe, Arizona
    54. Blondie’s Vegan Cafe Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
    55. ChagaRoot, Las Vegas, Nevada
    56. Dirty Lettuce, Portland, Oregon
    57. Toasty, Bend, Oregon
    58. Tamam, New York, New York
    59. Hash Vegan Eatery, San Antonio, Texas
    60. Secret Pizza Society, Portland, Oregon
    61. Rawk Star Cafe, Oldsmar, Florida
    62. Belenty’s Love, Fort Worth, Texas
    63. Freshroll, Mashpee, Massachusetts
    64. The Ginger Mule, Houston, Texas
    65. Orchard Grocer, New York, New York
    66. Vegos, Albuquerque, New Mexico
    67. Sundrip, Chicago, Illinois
    68. Norma’s Plant Based Cuisine, Altamonte Springs, Florida
    69. Bombay Food Junkies, Saint Louis, Missouri
    70. Loving Heart, Chicago, Illinois
    71. All Chay, Salt Lake City, Utah
    72. Daikon Vegan Sushi, Las Vegas, Nevada
    73. Hungry Vegan, Savannah, Georgia
    74. Bayside Cafe, Everett, Washington
    75. Vegan Vibrationz, Plano, Texas
    76. Shayna B’s By The Sea, Westbrook, Connecticut
    77. Bistro Vonish, Austin, Texas
    78. Tacotarian, Las Vegas, Nevada
    79. Can’t Believe It’s Vegan, Westerville, Ohio
    80. Honest Pastures, Virginia Beach, Virginia
    81. The Cosmic Kitchen, Haleiwa, Hawaii
    82. Energize, Brighton, Massachusetts
    83. Nissi VegMex Vegan Mexican Cuisine, Austin, Texas
    84. Spring Cafe, New York, New York
    85. Moku Roots, Kula, Hawaii
    86. Cashew, Chattanooga, Tennessee
    87. CLTRE. vgn jnt, Virginia Beach, Virginia
    88. Down 2 Earth Plant-Based Cuisine, Las Vegas, Nevada
    89. Planted PDX, Portland, Oregon
    90. Cafe Red, Seattle, Washington
    91. Green Love Kitchen, Lithonia, Georgia
    92. VeGreen Vegetarian Fusion Restaurant, Duluth, Georgia
    93. Recipe Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas
    94. Aa Roots Maui, Lahaina, Hawaii
    95. Reverie Cafe + Bar, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    96. Plant, Asheville, North Carolina
    97. Manna Kitchen, Lisle, Illinois
    98. Total Vegan Indian Restaurant, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
    99. La Semilla, Atlanta, Georgia
    100. Wildflower Vegan Café, Millville, New Jersey

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