Vinyl data and vegan appetizers hit the excessive notes at Life on Mars.
Extra Than A decade in the past, when nationwide chain Veggie Grill arrived in Seattle, the corporate was one among many to deliberately use the time period “plant-based” to keep away from the dour connotations some individuals had with the phrase “vegan.” However annually, this follow inches extra firmly into Seattle’s mainstream. Diners prioritize vegetation on the plate for a mess of causes: lactose intolerance, basic well being, or environmental issues about meat’s carbon footprint. Then there are locations like Frankie and Jo’s, the place flexitarians, vegans, and omnivores line up for a cone simply because the ice cream is so dang good.
Most nice Seattle eating places can feed vegans nicely, although typically advance discover helps. However listed here are our favourite eating places (and bars, and bakeries) devoted to plant-based fare.
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Plant-Primarily based Eating places / Vegan Bars / Vegan Burgers / Vegan Sweets
Totally Plant-Primarily based Eating places
Araya’s Place
Bellevue, South Lake Union, College District
1 / 4 century in the past, Aratana Nualkhair led the best way on vegan Thai meals within the Northwest. Now Araya’s Place has three Seattle places and a broad menu full of finds like avocado curry, tofu satay, and drunken noodles. And but so many regulars (plant-based eaters and omnivores alike) confess, they will’t get previous their common order of pad thai.
Ba Bar Inexperienced
South Lake Union
A window contained in the venerable Vietnamese chainlet’s South Lake Union location affords a freestanding menu, largely plant-based renditions of flavors from throughout Southeast Asia. Coconut and curry, dan dan noodles, and Lao-style crispy rice salad pack massive flavors, as does a choyrizo banh mi that defies geography within the tastiest method doable.
Plum Bistro’s Mama Africa salad will make you rethink tempeh.
Plum Bistro
Capitol Hill
Chef Makini Howell—Seattle’s model of vegan royalty—places out cultured, plant-based plates at her flagship restaurant. Howell has added a number of dishes to Seattle’s meatless canon (her mac and yease, a correctly decadent tofu reuben, some unimaginable salads), however she additionally is aware of when to maintain issues easy, like pan-roasted cauliflower or truffle-topped gnocchi.
Pi Vegan Pizzeria
College District
Seattle’s stalwart vegan pizza tavern has worn cubicles that appear like their very own tiny rooms, and a ton of old-school thrives like tacky breadsticks, cookie pizza, a calzone choice, and the flexibility to stuff your pizza crust with Teese, one of many higher plant-based mozzarellas on the market. These are not any minimalist pies; toppings proliferate on mushy chewy crusts, with a couple of choices by the slice.
Rojo’s Mexican Meals
Pioneer Sq.
Monumental burritos and petite street-style tacos are nice showcases for plant-based proteins. The Rojo’s menu contains frequent reminders that, sure, every thing is vegan—useful to alleviate issues as you select from sometimes carnivorous fillings like asada, carnitas (most likely the very best protein in the home), chick’n, and al pastor. All the pieces bursts with taste and the situation on the steep slope of James Avenue, previously dwelling to Il Corvo, is helpful for workday lunch or meals en path to the stadiums.
Vegan Bars
Georgetown Liquor Firm
Georgetown
The previous proprietor of Capitol Hill’s beloved meatless dive the Highline resurrected this vegan punk bar in 2020. Some Highline favorites surfaced right here, just like the french dip and reuben made with home seitan. That is assuredly a bar, serving burgers and nachos in these little plastic baskets, however the kitchen makes a formidable quantity of stuff in home.
The cauliflower wings at Life on Mars gave no clucks.
Life on Mars
Capitol Hill
That excellent egg white foam atop your cocktail is definitely the work of chickpea juice, and the gorgeous vinyl assortment nods to the house owners’ deep ties to the native music scene (KEXP’s John Richards is a associate). Patrons get to choose data to play, however you may be too busy with the plant-based disco fries, the chop cheese, or the brunch menu that comes with its personal slate of cautious drinks.
Vegan Burgers
Subsequent Stage Burger
Ballard, Roosevelt
A basic American burger stand with an unlimited menu hides contained in the Roosevelt Complete Meals, full with a uncommon (and pretty spectacular) lineup of milkshakes. The Oregon-based firm, with a further location in Ballard, piles its sandwiches with toppings and taste, and adorns its packaging with messages about consuming higher for the planet.
Vegan Sweets
Frankie and Jo’s
Ballard, Capitol Hill, College Village
Three plant-filled outlets provide a mind-blowing lineup of vegan scoops—loopy decadent, deeply flavored, and under no circumstances a dietary comfort prize. Flavors like soiled horchata, date-sweetened chocolate, or pickled blueberry channel Southern California; sorbets step away from the nut milks with combos like beet-strawberry-rose. Each final scoop, chocolate sauce topping, and vanilla-maple waffle cone is each vegan and gluten-free. (F&J pints are additionally obtainable at some native grocery shops.)
Lazy Cow Bakery
Fremont
Vegan croissants are a rarity, however a plant-based bakery within the coronary heart of Fremont pulls off a commendable model (basic, almond, and the occasional chocolate) due to the magic of vegan butter. Lazy Cow additionally makes tasty retro-looking layer desserts. The bakery helps mutual support group La Casa del Xoloitzcuintle and operates a group fridge and meals pantry inside its massive house.
Dough Pleasure
Ballard, Capitol Hill, Alaska Junction
These newcomers (two brick-and-mortar, plus a truck in Ballard) have cascaded throughout city, bringing doughnuts in a rainbow of flavors that sparkle—typically actually due to edible glitter. The all-vegan dough isn’t as gentle as a typical brioche doughnut; they virtually resemble King’s Hawaiian buns, however make a worthwhile canvas for birthday cake, strawberry lemonade, every thing bagel, or lemon poppyseed. Espresso drinks include a wee doughnut, skewered on a stir stick.
Cinnaholic
Capitol Hill
Because the title implies, this North American chain focuses on cinnamon rolls piled with frosting, sprinkles, pie crumbles, chocolate sauce, and all method of edible aptitude. However anybody craving vegan, gluten-free junk meals must also examine the edible cookie dough.
