In celebration of World Vegetarian Day and Vegetarian Awareness Month, OpenTable unveiled the 52 Best Restaurants for Vegetarians in America. Vegan restaurants represent 21 spots on the list, as do vegetarian-friendly eateries; vegetarian restaurants account for the remaining ten. A significant percentage of honorees easily accommodate diners with gluten allergies or sensitivities.
More than half of the award winners were founded in the last five years, with seven winners opening their doors in 2015 alone, such as Plant Food and Wine in Venice, California, and Encantada Restaurant in Baltimore. Landmark vegetarian restaurants also dot the list, with some having been in business since the seventies, including Blind Faith Cafe in Evanston, Illinois, and Irregardless Cafe in Raleigh, North Carolina. Standout restaurants skew heavily toward providing an upscale casual dining experience as opposed to fine dining, though several winners cater to this affinity.
These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for more than 20,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
2015 52 Best Restaurants for Vegetarians in America
A Single Pebble-Burlington, Vermont
Agrodolce-Seattle, Washington
Al’s Place-San Francisco, California
Blind Faith Cafe-Evanston, Illinois
Blossom-Chelsea-New York, New York
Blossom onColumbus-New York, New York
Cafe Clover-New York, New York
Cafe Gratitude-San Diego, California
Cafe Manna-Brookfield, Wisconsin
Candle 79-New York, New York
CandleCafe West-New York, New York
Charlie Was a Sinner-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Civico 1845-San Diego, California
Crossroads-Los Angeles, California
Departure Restaurant and Lounge-Portland, Oregon
Dirt Candy-New York, New York
Dovetail-New York, New York
Encantada Restaurant-Baltimore, Maryland
Equinox-Washington, D.C.
FARMiCiA-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Firefly Restaurant-San Francisco, California
Flora-Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
French Meadow Cafe & Bluestem Bar-Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Gadarene Swine-Studio City, California
Gather-Berkeley, California
Gracias Madre-West Hollywood, California
Green Zebra-Chicago, Illinois
Greens Restaurant-San Francisco, California
The Helmand-Baltimore, Maryland
The Herb Box-Old Town-Scottsdale, Arizona
Irregardless Cafe-Raleigh, North Carolina
Kajtisu,New York, New York
Mi Lah Vegetarian-Ambler, Pennsylvania
Mizuna Restaurant and Wine Bar-Spokane, Washington
Modern Love-Omaha, Nebraska
Moosewood-Ithaca, New York
Natural Selection-Portland, Oregon
Pala-New York, New York
Plant Food and Wine-Venice, California
Ravens Restaurant-Stanford Inn by the Sea-Mendocino, California
Sage-A Plant Based Bistro-Culver City, California
Saha-San Francisco,New York
The Springs-Los Angeles, California
Sticky Rice-Baltimore, Maryland
Sublime-Fort Lauderdale,Florida
SunCafe-Studio City, California
Sweet 27 Bar and Restaurant-Baltimore, Maryland
V-Note Organic Wine Bar & Vegan Bistro-New York, New York
V Street-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vatan Indian Restaurant-New York, New York
Vedge-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wassail-New York, New York
