A vegan and vegetarian nutrition guide

Plant-based diets are growing in popularity across the country and in Tallahassee. Here’s a look at some of the many vegan and vegetarian options in Florida’s capital.

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Strictly vegan and vegetarian

The boat

Owners Susie Petty and David Green opened this funky, colorful, mural-covered vegetarian restaurant, bar and venue in the All Saints neighborhood four years ago.

“We joined forces to create this space,” said Petty, “which has a full liquor bar where we do music and shows, but then we also have a backbone of really good vegan food, homemade bread and everything is made from scratch. “

The menu includes hot sandwiches served on fresh bread, vegetarian burgers, salads, side dishes, and build your own mac and cheese bowls. All offers are vegan unless the customer adds eggs or cheese. On Saturdays and Sundays, creative daily specials are offered in addition to brunch. Craft cocktails and beer are also on the menu.

The Bark regularly hosts events ranging from movie screenings, karaoke, musical performances, comedy shows, drag shows, and more.

“I’m amazed and grateful,” said Petty over the past four years in the restaurant. “I really like how all the people who come here just really, really enjoy it. And also contribute to the feeling of space. It feels really very friendly here and the people know each other. “

Hemplade Vegan Cafe

In this eatery in Frenchtown, a vegan organic restaurant meets a juice bar and a pharmacy.

“It’s the first on the east coast that can have a vegan and cannabis experience,” claims owner Yudah Weh.

The extensive menu offers a variety of purely vegan dishes such as fried Chick’n and Kush waffles, a “Kushroom” burger, pizzas and mac & cheese. Items can be infused with hemp for an additional charge.

Customers with a medical marijuana card receive a 10% discount on their order.

Weh and his wife Narsha Cumming started their South Florida business in 2012 with their hemp tea, aptly named Hemplade Tea, before moving to Tallahassee and opening their restaurant in 2019.

The tea is served in the café in a variety of flavors along with other herbal teas, juices, and smoothies, all of which have different health benefits.

Customers can also purchase desserts, pre-rolled joints of CBD, CBG, and Delta 8 along with other forms of hemp products such as gums and buds.

“You can get a burger and a joint,” Weh said.

Sweet pea cafe

While Sweet Pea’s management declined to be interviewed for this article, the restaurant’s website describes it as a “casual farm to table style cafe”.

The West Tharpe Street eatery offers daily specials as well as a popular regular menu with a selection of sandwiches and other options.

Very vegetable-friendly

Iron daisy

This place on Gaines Street offers “Mexican cuisine with a Florida flair,” and serves multiple vegetable options of different categories, including vegan burritos, tacos, enchiladas, and even chimichangas, all served with Beyond meat.

I Heart Mac and Cheese

If you’re in the mood for a classic mac and cheese, head to CollegeTown and move on to I Heart Mac and Cheese.

This quick-casual eatery not only offers its popular food, but also grilled cheese. There are several vegan meat options available for the mac and sandwiches, as well as a delicious vegan cheese sauce and slices.

Café Sahara

This Mediterranean restaurant on Apalachee Parkway has several veg-friendly options including falafel wrap, veggie wrap, red lentil soup, Greek salad, tabbouleh, hummus, falafel, and vegetarian grape leaves.

Indian food

Mayuri Indian Restaurant on Simpson Avenue on Magnolia Drive has an extensive list of nine vegan main dishes on its menu, with an additional nine vegetarian main dishes. These offerings complement the many vegetarian starters and a long list of Indochinese options, specialties, breads and desserts.

Persis Indian Grill on Mahan Drive has over 40 vegetarian options, including starters and main courses, some of which are labeled vegan.

Pho and Ramen

Veggie lovers will find noodle soup on many sides of the city.

Pho Me on Apalachee Parkway offers vegetarian spring rolls, vegan summer rolls, vegetarian salads and sandwiches including a tofu train with three vegan soups with several tofu options.

On West Pensacola Street, Pho 7 offers 12 vegetarian options, including vegan duck and vegan chicken noodles.

In Midtown, the Midtown Noodles Bar serves a tofu or vegetable pad Thai, vegetable shoyu ramen and a pho vegetable, which is served vegan or vegetarian.

Vertigo burger and fries

For those looking for a less processed burger meat substitute than Beyond or Impossible burgers, check out this restaurant right on Apalachee Parkway that has two veggie burger options.

The “Going Green” is a quinoa red bean burger with rocket, smoked pepper sauce, grilled red onions, cucumber, avocado and sprouts. The “Black Bean Maduro” is a vegan Black Bean burger served with vegan mojo sauce, roasted corn pico de gallo, guacamole and grilled Maduros.

Midtown cabin

This Midtown institution has a long list of vegetarian options, including appetizers, soups, burgers, and sandwiches, some of which can be made vegan by removing cheese and some sauces. Any burger can be replaced with a Garden Burger or a Beyond Burger, while both chilies are vegan.

Their Kaiser, sourdough and wheat bread and rolls are also vegan. However, the restaurant warns that there is cross-contamination in its fryers with non-vegetable products affecting things like french fries, onion rings, and other starters and side dishes.

Unexpected – but delicious – vegetarian options for eating with meat eaters

Dog et al

This South Monroe Street staple features a vegetarian dog that can be topped with a variety of toppings of the customer’s choice and paired with hand-cut french fries.

Max’s steaks

Over on Call Street, Max’s serves a unique veggie experience in his vegan Philly called “The Gang Goes Vegan” – made from sautéed mushrooms, shaved Brussels sprouts, grilled onions and peppers and garnished with a sticky vegan cheese sauce. Don’t forget a side of french fries.

Vein bites

This Venezuelan restaurant on East Third Avenue in Midtown offers a delicious arepa vegana (vegan arepa), which includes black beans, fried plantains, avocado, and optional cheese.

brunch

Canopy Road Cafe offers a vegan stir-fry option made from turmeric-flavored scrambled tofu with sautéed onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, and broccoli.

Lofty Pursuits serves vegan hash made from diced red potatoes, onions, green and red peppers and sauteed spinach, served with a side of vegan grits and vegan gluten-free pancakes.

Both The Bark and Sweet Pea Cafe also serve brunch on weekends.

Pizza

The vegan pizza options in Tallahassee are seemingly endless. Gaines Street Pies, Decent Pizza, Solle’s, Onkel Maddio’s, Momo’s, and Munchie’s all have vegan cheeses on their menus, and some even contain vegan meat. Some pizzerias also offer vegan starters like the vegan garlic knots from Gaines Street Pies.

sushi

Local vegans and vegetarians recommend the Sakura sweet potato roll and the Nagoya grilled vegetable roll, among others. Izzy offers a “Trust Me” role – a unique creation by her chefs that can be prepared vegan or vegetarian. Masa and Siam Sushi both serve several vegetable rolls.

ice cream

Lofty Pursuits in Market Square offers different flavors of vegan sorbet and vegan ice cream, as well as vegan sweets. The Sugar Rush Milkshake Bar in All Saints serves vegan balls, milkshakes and freezies.

For a fine dining experience

Mimi’s table

Mimi’s Table offers several vegetarian starters like crispy artichoke hearts and infused olive oil, as well as vegetarian starter salads and a vegan vegetable roast and vegetarian lasagna starters.

Enjoy

At Savor on Park Avenue, vegetarians will always find at least one starter – currently grits and greens – on the seasonal menu. The kitchen is happy to replace the grits on this dish with a vegan-friendly substitute. In addition, salads and starters are also vegetarian and sometimes vegan-friendly.

Cafe Kool Beanz

This Midtown hotspot has an ever-changing menu, but vegetarian diners can count on finding the black bean cakes every day, which according to owner Keith Baxter is one of the restaurant’s favorite dishes. Baxter said while other vegetable options may not be listed on the menu, the kitchen can accommodate customers without notice.

Lucilla

The menu of this restaurant on Lafayette Street changes every few weeks – always with vegetarian starters and sometimes vegan. Vegetarian dishes can easily be made vegan if one is not listed on the menu.

The luxury

Although this downtown restaurant doesn’t have a specific vegetarian or vegan starter on its menu, both diets can be catered for with up to an hour’s notice.

way

While Sage offers a vegetarian option for both lunch and dinner, chefs can also prepare a multi-course vegan menu with 48 hours’ notice for guests who wish to dine at this restaurant on Maclay Boulevard.

Contact Tori Lynn Schneider at tschneider@tallahassee.com or on Twitter @photoriphy. Check out her photos on Instagram @phototori_.

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