Your GO-TO Source for all things Vegan in the DMV
DINING
Area Restaurants
👩 = Woman Owned
✊🏽 = POC Owned
🏳️🌈 = LGBTQIA+ Owned and/or Inclusive
💙 = Vegan Friendly (nonvegan establishments that are inclusive for vegans)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Chinatown and Georgetown
CHAIA TACOS 👩 💙
A fine-casual Vegan and Vegetarian Mexican-inspired restaurant with an assortment of dishes, including, but not limited to, tacos
Logan Circle
Diverse plant based cuisine and specialty delicatessen. Catering also available
H Street Corridor
A plant based fine dining restaurant with seasonal menus opened by James Beard Nominated Chefs.
H Street Corridor
100% Plant-based diner and bar favorites with all-day breakfast. Available for takeout/delivery with limited Parklet seating.
Their vegan bakery is a two time champion of Food Network's "Cupcake Wars."
City Center (Downtown)
A VA based, 100% plant-based casual dining restaurant chain whose menu and ambiance is specially designed to reflect the spirit of the neighborhood.
Chinatown and Dupont Circle
A Philadelphia based 100% plant-based fast food chain specializing in sandwiches (such as their signature Philly Steak and Ziggy Burger) and frozen treats (including their popular Banana Whip and seasonal shakes).
Howard U, Brightwood and College Park
NUVEGAN ✊🏽
100% vegan, Southern-style Soul Food
Holiday ordering and catering also available.
Inside select DMV Whole Foods
Co-founded by Top Chef’s Spike Mendelsohn, the PLNT Burger menu features 100% plant-based All-American diner classics.
Catering also available.
H Street Corridor
An Asian inspired, 100% plant-based, organic and kosher fast-casual "Bowls & Rolls" restaurant.
Catering is also available.
Union Market and Mt. Vernon Triangle
100% Plant-based Mediterranean street food inspired local restaurant chain.
Some sides, condiments and spices are available for take home purchase in their marketplace.
MARYLAND
Takoma Park
CIELO ROJO ✊🏽👩 💙
A vegan-friendly, family owned intimate fine-casual Mexican restaurant
Mt. Rainier and Baltimore
Vegan soul food. All-day brunch. Vegan Deserts.
Available for pickup or delivery.
Contact Dodah's to order Custom Vegan Meal Plans (5 or 10 fresh meals) .
Catering also available from Mt. Rainier location.
Baltimore
GALAXY HUT (MD)💙
An organic, vegetarian (primarily plant-based) restaurant serving Artisan “Bar & Grill” favorites.
Also located in Arlington, VA.
Baltimore
This coffee shop and bistro offers an eclectic selection of sandwiches and pizza, including an all-day breakfast menu.
Every menu category features at least one vegan menu item.
Takoma Park
Located just outside DC, on the MD side of Takoma Park, this family-owned evening café features Korean Fusion (e.g., Kimchi Burritos) dishes, rice or noodle bowls, and sandwiches created by a classically trained chef. Most menu items are vegan or can be easily veganized.
Pre-order online for pickup or delivery only.
Silver Spring
VEGETABLE GARDEN ✊🏽💙
A vegetarian Chinese-inspired dining restaurant offering meatless versions of classic favorites. Most entrees are plant-based.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Alexandria
Vegetarian (mostly plant-based) all American restaurant with vegan pastries and donuts available all day.
Alcoholic beverages available for pick up with food purchase only.
Grocery and catering also available.
Arlington
GOOD FORTUNE CHINESE RESTAURANT 💙✊🏾
Local Chinese Restaurant with a fairly extensive vegan & vegetarian menu
Though they have the same name, the Good Fortune Asian restaurant in Ashburn has a different ownership
Ashburn
An Asian-inspired restaurant, featuring classic Chinese and Japanese dishes. Their "Light Bites" lunch menu is 100% vegan with soy-based proteins used in the "Go Green for ____ Flavor" menu items.
Though they share the same name, the Good Fortune Chinese restaurant in Arlington has different ownership
Arlington
An organic, vegetarian (mostly plant-based) Artisan "Bar and Grill" menu with a good selection of vegan options.
Also located in Baltimore, MD
Multiple Locations
A fast casual restaurant chain featuring Mediterranean-inspired "build your own" bowls and street food with easy vegan options.
Vienna
An Asian-Inspired Vegetarian (mostly plant-based) restaurant serves specialties originating from Japan to South Pacific and Pacific Islands.
Soy proteins are all non-GMO and the few nonvegan dishes can be veganized upon request.
Clarendon
A small family-owned and run Italian restaurant with a separate vegan menu
Arlington, Fairfax, Reston
TRUE FOOD KITCHEN 💙
An organic Artisan menu with a good selection of vegan options.
Alexandria
Mediterranean/Middle Eastern restaurant with a fair number of vegan options, including vegan grape leaves.
Also houses a hookah lounge for interested patrons.