What to Order at L.A.’s Essential Vegan and Vegetarian Eateries

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Where to go and what to eat and drink at the best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in LA this year.

Cafe Gratitude

Be grateful for this brain-boosting activated charcoal latte, which contains coconut oil, essential oil of lavender and your choice of sprouted almond milk or coconut milk with life-reviving espresso. You can get the same latte at the eatery’s upscale big sister, Gratitude, in Beverly Hills.

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Crossroads Kitchen

Master chef Tal Ronnen’s artichoke oysters—artichoke purée, crispy oyster mushroom,yellow tomato béarnaise and kelp caviar—are fan favorites at this upscale vegan eatery.

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Erven

Try the Piquillo Peppers stuffed with goat cheese and saffron tonnato at this veggie and vegan-friendly Westside hotspot.

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Gracias Madre

Try the Sopes Con Mango— potato-masa cakes, mango habanero salsa, guacamole, black beans, cashew crema and escabeche—at this magical WeHo spot, which you can wash down with one of the city’s first cannabis cocktails.

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PYT

Josef Centeno creates dishes for all of the pretty young things of L.A., including this brunch masterpiece: ricotta, figs, honey and chocolate mint on butter brioche toast.

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Plant Food and Wine

Vegan chef Matthew Kenney’s Plant Food + Wine on Abbot Kinney serves up his delicious Plant Bowl: spouted lentil and quinoa, patty pan squash, kale, avocado, preserved lemon tahini and piquillo romesco.

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Real Food Daily

You’d best hope this plant-based cherry pie is the special of the day at this healthy and delicious L.A. chain.

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Shojin

You NEED to order the Purple Treasure—tender, buttery eggplant and kale on an asparagus roll topped with sweet tahini miso at this beloved Japanese vegan and macrobiotic eatery.

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Little Pine

Moby’s Los Feliz vegan eatery serves up a delicious piccata—Panko crusted scallopini served with garlic butter, lemon, white wine, capers, parsley and mashed potatoes. 

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Mohawk Bend

It’s uncanny how much this buffalo cauliflower dish at Mohawk Bend—served with a faux bleu cheese dressing—tasted like buffalo chicken.

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By Chloe

You won’t believe the guacamole burger—a black bean and sweet potato patty served with corn salsa, gaucamole, tortilla strips and chipotle aioli—isn’t the real meat deal.

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Butcher’s Daughter

Try theMediterranean Bowl of farro, kalamata olives, arugula, heriloom tomatoes, burrata, basil pesto and rosemary focaccia at this chic westside spot.

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