From plant-based fine dining restaurants to fast-casual spots.
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The case for vegetarianism and veganism is moderately smoothing iron - clad : sizeable living , preservation of our surroundings — the list goes on . So where can you go in Beantown to get your meatless eat on ?
Boston is awash in plant life - based dining , from Asian eatery to taco joints to fancy cloth - serviette restaurant . So whether you ’re after an upscale repast or poutine top with plenty of vegan boom and curd , we have you breed with this list of Boston ’s best restaurants for vegetarian and vegans .
Mother Juice
Dear Annie
We ’re cheating a chip here as the menu at this new spot is primarily pescatarian . But the team behind Rebel Rebel and Field & Vine created a vino bar that spotlight natural wine in all their glory alongside a ticket of meat - free collation . Current offering include a bay scallop crudo with salsa matcha , a panini with assorted mushroom , and crispy pinto potatoes with Malus pumila puree , rosemary salt , and brown butter , but options will commute with the seasons .
Double Zero
Double Zero is proof that veganism is something you should cover even in pizzaland . Matthew Kenney ’s vegan pies feature cashew mozzarella , almond parmesan , and macadamia tree ricotta , along with plant - base toppings like artichoke , Tuscan pelf , and vegan savory pepperoni so no matter what you wish on your Proto-Indo European , there ’s a vegan alternative at Double Zero .
Littleburg
Once a popular vegan pop - up , Littleburg ultimately put down permanent solution in a Union Square service department . Founder Graham Boswell ’s takeout - only space focuses on seasonal , Mediterranean - inspired fare including gyro , saffron fry rice , and sausage pita . Take it to go home or delight your healthful bites at nearbyBackbar .
PlantPub
Vegan pub transportation may sound like a clear contradiction , but celebrated chef Mary Dumont of Cultivar and Harvest has pulled off the on the face of it unsufferable : comfort fare that ’s entirely plant - base . The new Kendall Square spot has reimagined all your plot - solar day faves : buffalo wings , dilute nachos , pepperoni pizza pie , and burgers . Every dish is completely vegan , with bean curd and Brassica oleracea botrytis doing a lot of the oeuvre , and food options are complemented by a vegan wine-coloured list and craft beers , admit some nonalcoholic alternative .
Clover Food Lab
Even your paleo pals occasionally go vegetarian for this mini food empire . ab initio the food truck brainchild of an MIT graduate , Clover has move on to reinvent the metropolis ’s dissipated - solid food setting . With a bottomless consignment to intellectual nourishment that is fresh , inventive , and , yup , vegetarian , every Clover outpost — currently at 13 and enumeration — prove that you just do n’t require animate being protein when classics like barbecue seitan and chickpea fritter are on the menu .
Grasshopper Restaurant
If you ’ve been a vegetarian for any length of time in Boston , you ’ve worshipped at the Grasshopper altar . It ’s vegan Chinese food — middling much the healthiest comfort food you ’ll find . Lots of meatless staple dot the menu , including springiness pealing , vegetarian dumpling , and stir - fry greens . But it ’s actually the tofu and seitan dishes that give you that dead on target Chinese food fix . Do you still dream of the stir - fried spicy garlic beef bag from your takeaway - fill youth ? It ’s yours for the pickings , now in a hefty shape .
Lulu Green
fourth dimension to break up your seven - Clarence Day - a - week carb fest with something a little healthy . This Southie industrial plant - found eating house offers vegetarian lunch and dinner option that are as pretty as they are satiating : mean chia pudding , avocado goner , protein shake , seitan tacos , and constituent quinoa bowls .
Mother Juice
The urban center is now flooded in succus taproom that also turn out vegan and gluten - liberal options for breakfast and lunch . But we ’ll forever and a day have a soft spot for the lady behind Mother Juice , if for no other reason than they have fully intrust all three locations to the art of pledge making . Plus they serve their breakfast bowls all solar day , and you may order salad by the half or whole roll .
Oasis Vegan Veggie Parlor
sanitary things fall to those who wait at this tiny corner coffeehouse in Dorchester . All the made - to - ordination drinks and dishes , from the juice shots to the African couscous stadium to the vegan mac ‘ n cheese pie , chew over the passions and affections of owners Jahriffe Mackenzie and Nahdra Ra Kiros . As you wait for your repast , catch one’s breath recondite the warm atmospheric static of the space , from the aromatic stewed lentil to the bright wall prowess .
Red Lentil
It ’s vegetarian , it ’s certified kosher , and it ’s certify fleeceable . In other words , Red Lentil is a position where you may unbend knowing that a mess of work has gone into craft a menu with exact criterion . The globally inspire dejeuner , dinner party , and brunch items rotate according to seasonal garden truck offerings , but you might see dish like an Indonesian stir youngster , pull jackfruit tacos , and Moussaka pizza pie . One of its greatest vegan triumph ? The sheepherder ’s Proto-Indo European is made with soy blimp and vegan cashew tree gravy .
Red White
A newer introduction to the vegan fast - casual scene , Red White serves feel - packed Sir Tim Rice bowl to a health - conscious customer Qaeda . bug out with a metric grain or special K , then pick out your pastiche of protein and veggies — all of which boast plenty of spice and umami . Cool your clapper with an additional topping of avocado , or go full all in with some vegan spicy mayo on top .
Saus at Bow Market
Fans of this French fry mecca may not know that Saus at Bow Market is 100 % vegetarian — and every dish aerial can also be made vegan . The touch offer vegetarian poutine made with miso - mushroom gravy , a Beyond sausage sandwich clear with Impossible chili , and a BBQ Impossible Burger , proof that even the most lenient comfort foods can be made veggie - friendly .
Taco Party
There are many malign sensation in the man , and among them are the rapscallions who came up with a vegan wetback food truck , thus upticking our greaser consumption about a billionfold . Each five - buck concoction gives you a flavorful fix that turns out not to be made of marrow at all , but instead rich meat substitutes like jackfruit , fried plantain , and chimichurri tempeh . The spot also propose vegan nachos , but the kicker may be the vegan torta with your selection of tofu or chorizo seitan .
True Bistro
Plant - establish ok dining is most certainly a thing at True Bistro . You might go with a light beet salad before moving on to cornmeal - crusted oyster mushrooms , peppered pappardelle with chantarelle , or crispy polenta square , but the seasonal card is always changing at True Bistro . The restaurant also offers a brunch menu awash in waffle and seitan sausage black magic , and there ’s a bar for cocktail and vegan bites , too . How to hold : Make a arriere pensee viawesbite
Veggie Crust
certain , a peck of pizza pie is already vegetarian , but sometimes it ’s decent to order from a place where you wo n’t be tempt by the meat - lover ’s pie . Both takeout outposts of Veggie Crust dish out pizza and alimentary paste made with homemade simoleons , sauces , and pestos , let in the quirky but worthwhile falafel pizza pie . A small fillip : The Brookline locating is also certified kosher .
Veggie Galaxy
The dining compartment of your dreaming does n’t have to include a quart of leftover bacon grime coat the grill . At Veggie Galaxy , you ’ll find all the breakfast rudiments sans meat , from Benedicts to egg sandwiches to pancake . There ’s a corned - squawk seitan haschisch , too , as well as poutine with vegetarian gravy , the holy Sangraal of the meat - free residential area . But it ’s during luncheon and dinner that things really get interesting with meatless BLTs , Reubens , and even shepherd ’s Proto-Indo European . Your best bet is probably to use up your fashion through the entire menu .
VO2 Vegan Cafe
Once upon a time there was the Cambridge O2 yoga studio and the attached VO2 . The former may be permanently close ( although theSomerville studiois still going strong ) , but the latter is thriving with some pretty fine vegan breakfast sandwich and burrito . Lunch is even more exciting : soups , salads , pressed sandwiches , and vegan nachos , all prepared by a welcome staff .
Walnut Grille
suburbanite need plant - centric options , too . So Walnut Grille is angel and saviour for the Mass Pike crowd , a model - down spot that engage all the usual home restaurant admission — wimp piccata , meat loaf , lasagna , pizza — and reanimate them in vegetarian ( and often vegan ) form . Oh , and the eatery does n’t shy aside from grownup drink , including organic beer and wine-colored . Add in the full-blooded brunch menu , and a weekend sojourn to the parents ’ home just vex a little less painful .
Zhu Pan-Asian Vegan Restaurant
“ deplete sizable is significant and can be gratifying , ” is this restaurant ’s modest but accurate assertion . A vast card of everyone ’s favourite Thai , Indian , Korean , Mandarin , and Japanese dishes are done stringently veg - style , with soy and seitan subbing for chicken and beef . It ’s a takeout - centered lineup to become all palates , from seaweed salad to pad thai to General Tso ’s soy protein .
