California & Nevada: The Best Organic Food Stores, Farmers Markets & Vegetarian Restaurants

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The bookstore is, of course, what makes Bloodroot so special, but even without it, the food is a delight. Sometimes, a vegan restaurant is only a place to get delicious food. Drop Squad Kitchen falls into the latter category, in the most positive way. Owner Abundance Child what a name went vegan in and, after experiencing what she says is increased energy, weight loss and clearer skin, she never looked back.

But why, you ask? They have a stand-out spaghetti squash pasta with quinoa meatballs that straddles the line between comforting and modern. Whatever you choose, wash it all down with a garden to glass cocktail; the Spa-Day with organic cucumber vodka, smashed mint, and coconut water is not to be missed, especially for those who gravitate towards savory drinks.

We could write a book about this place, but in sum: There are many, many places like Beet Box Cafe all over Hawaii. Unassumingly located next to the Post Office, the avocado toast here is one of the best around: Their falafel burger is toothsome and well-spiced, although be sure to order an extra side of aioli if you like yours particularly moist. The breakfast beans and brown rice are topped with sprouts and are simply, perfectly executed; nothing begs to be added or subtracted.

The organic pitaya bowl is lovingly crafted with banana, papaya and almond milk, topped with coconut flakes and bee pollen, among other things. Make sure your phone is charged so you can Instagram. Like many places on this roundup, Beet Box very much captures the spirit of its location. Apart from Atlanta, Savannah seems to get all the love in Georgia. But Athens is the hip older sister that brought us R. And it follows that its food scene would offer something equally compelling.

In that vein, The Grit is less of a restaurant than an institution. Southern staples are translated in all of their vegan glory here, and you just go with it.

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The food is delicious, but the vibe is the real draw. All this is to say: There are many noteworthy plant-based restaurants nearby. A few times in your life, you eat at a place where the food is prepared with such love, such attention, that it has an emotional impact on you.

Chef owner Anthony Gerbino has no dedicated cooks and does most everything himself. He dries candy cap mushrooms and then powders them into a caramel for the rest of the year, and serves them with a coconut cream that is at once earthy yet sweet. There are pizzas gluten-free optional with locally roasted vegetables and melt-in-your mouth eggplant, peppery and garlicky.

The menu changes every night, sometimes offering the comfort of yellow dhal that is breathed through with fresh turmeric, pierced with whole-roasted cumin. Other times, there are bowls of Thai curry that, while not facsimiles of their Bangkok street counterparts, are complex and nourishing with few rivals. Everything is well seasoned and bursting with flavor; one never desires to reach for salt or hot sauce.


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Both restaurants are vegetarian, under the same roof and owned by Coco Tran. Tran makes her own tofu—not a trivial endeavor—and many of the Asian-inspired dishes feature it: Know that the beauty of these dishes—the pho included—is not necessarily in their faithfulness to the cultures from which they spring, but their contemporary interpretation. In this vein, Tran is a talented chef who has succeeded in portraying Southeast Asian flavors in modern style. This is a tradition that Chicago Diner respects, even as it reimagines it.

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The Reuben here is the star: There are also country-fried steaks, pierogi quesadillas hi, Chicago and a gluten-free marinated mushroom melt with mozzarella for the vegetarians and a white truffle aioli. The black bean burger and sweet potato fries are also great.

In true diner fashion, the vegan shakes here are the perfect way to wash down your meal or dip your fries: Hey, we never said vegan food had to be healthy. What started out as a food truck has garnered a loyal following and grown into a brick and mortar, and they take barbecue seriously. There are huge cylindrical smokers out back, and the smoked tempeh is sliced to order and covered in a chocolate raspberry sauce that respects the nuance of the protein.

The Vegan Foot sandwich offers super thick-cut Hawaiian bread bursting with said tempeh and vegan mac and cheese, all smothered in barbecue sauce. Also, their spicy slaw with apples is not to be missed. Every college town needs a spot like The Owlery. With a hip, young feel, it also delivers on the kind of Sunday comfort food you want to indulge in after three or four beers the night before. Brunch here is exactly what brunch should be: The Owlery bills itself as a vegetarian restaurant, but there are still enough options to not leave vegans out in the cold: There is split pea soup for dinner, perhaps among the least sexy of menu items but also the most satisfying; breaded tofu fish tacos have an equally non-sexy name but are what everyone secretly wants to order.

The Owlery delivers the kind of cozy you want to spend all Sunday in, over a leisurely brunch with friends, with an almond latte in hand. And it just happens to be vegetarian. Where Land of Kush really delivers, however, is soul food: The ribs are chewy and swimming in the garlicky and onion-y barbecue gravy, which is plentiful and strong enough to permeate the density of the chunks.

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That was the beginning. Now, Land of Kush—a name he chose because it refers to an ancient African civilization—is redefining concepts of what soul food can be, for the African American community and Baltimore at large. But beyond that, it presents plant-based fare creatively, outside the standard format of carbs and protein that characterize Americana cuisine. For example, their creamy baked potatoes split open and swim in umami-esque walnut gravy, topped with kalamatas and kale. Well-spiced, crispy-on-the-outside, creamy-on-the-inside falafel sits atop a schmear of hummus, without the need for a salad or a wrap; sometimes there are breaded, deep-fried polenta cakes topped with gravy and roasted veggies, with a crisp apple slaw.

There are also tangy, chai-spiced pickled beets that are fantastic. This type of framework is so often the key to the success of vegetarian cuisine—breaking out of the mold of how we think about the dinner plate. Like other locales on this list where vegan options are scarce, The Breakfast Club does a better job than it needs to of purveying plant-based options. But the owners take pride in pushing the creative envelope: Usually coconut or eggplant is the star in plant-based bacon. Perhaps the most raved-about dish is the biscuits and gravy, though: The queso too, must be ordered: The restaurant is perhaps in an unexpected location, inside the Ecumenical Campus Ministries building on the University of Kansas but with no affiliation to the ministry.

The dining room looks like a former church dining hall, at once quirky and intimate. The Breakfast Club Cafe embodies what we love about so many vegan restaurants: But The Breakfast Club Cafe appears to be succeeding. But regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of culinary semantics, this place is delicious. Like so many of the restaurants on our roundup, Veggie Galaxy is very much a restaurant that captures the spirit of its locale.

The vegan corned beef seitan hash is a must-get; if you eat eggs, order it topped with poached eggs as a benny. Named by Eater as one of the top ten restaurants in Kennebunkport, it largely refrains from focusing on the clams and lobsters that are of place. Although it does serve seafood and meat , it chooses to spotlight more rustic plates.

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Get quick answers from Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op staff and past visitors. Own or manage this property? Please be mindful with condiments and drinks at these restaurants, most of the research I have done is around food ingredients. Thank you to these restaurants for being so fully committed to health, organics, and supporting local farmers!

Verbena - San Francisco - California artisan cuisine. From the same owners who brought you Gather in the East Bay. They are very committed to organics and non GMO and locally sourced ingredients. I haven't been here yet, but looking forward to it, Gather is one of my favorite restaurants so I am sure this one will be great. This is the best organic non gmo humanly raised meat you can get. They raise all the beef, pork, chicken, fowl all on property near Mt. Shasta and all of it is certified organic.

They also created their own processing plant that is done in Temple Grandin's method to make it the most humane process possible.

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Most of the ingredients in the restaurant are organic as well down to the their own homemade organic ketchup. They are mindful of GMO ingredients and said they do avoid them. Pork, duck, and chicken are all organic. Pork is from the amazing Riverdog Farms. All cooking oil is non gmo and they use organic olive oil from California. Plant does not use any suspect GMO ingredients and almost everything is organic, if it is not, it is listed on the menu.

Their gluten free bread and goat cheese is not organic They have 5 different locations around San Francisco.

They have a juice bar and smoothies. This place is awesome, love it. They do not serve red meat, but do serve organic chicken, duck, and wild fish.


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And their veggie burger is one of the best, but it is not gluten free.