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The Best Restaurants for Vegan and Vegetarian Food in Minneapolis and St. Paul

Great options for meat-free dining around the metro

by Justine Jones and Eater Staff Updated Sep 11, 2024, 5:49pm CDT

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Trio Plant-Based, on Lake Street.

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by Justine Jones and Eater Staff Updated Sep 11, 2024, 5:49pm CDT

Vegan and vegetarian eating has transformed in recent years, as a growing number of chefs and restaurants eschew meat, dairy, and other animal products in favor of vegetables, fruits, and proteins made from plants. And the Twin Cities — home of the Juicy Lucy, no less — has embraced the tide of cauliflower wings, egg-free cinnamon rolls, and clever seitan dupes that have become hallmarks of the meatless food scene. As vegan and vegetarian restaurants continue to pop up around the Cities, here’s a list of some essential spots, plus some non-vegetarian restaurants with great meat-free options, listed geographically (not ranked) as always.

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Bole Ethiopian Cuisine

Located just west of Como Park, Bole Ethiopian Cuisine has helped Saint Paul maintain its reputation for top-tier Ethiopian food since Rekik Meratsion and Solomon Hailie relaunched it in the neighborhood in 2021. Among the house specialties are injera rolled with vegetarian fillings like red lentils, yellow split peas, or ground chickpeas. Don’t skip the honey wine.

1341 Pascal St, St Paul, MN 55108

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Tongue in Cheek

Payne Avenue’s Tongue in Cheek isn’t a vegan or vegetarian restaurant, but it earns major points for its thoughtful meat-free options. The big draw here is the “Vegasm,” a rotating special that might be fried rice medallions with roasted beets, celery, and kimchi one day; curried ramen with parsnip ravioli another. Other highlights include snacks like shishito peppers with feta and jerk sauce, and daikon pad Thai salad.

989 Payne Ave (Jenks), Saint Paul, MN 55130

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J. Selby's

Vegetarian restaurant J. Selby’s is all about playful and innovative takes on fast food and pub food. Try the crunchwrap, made with vegan taco meat and marinated cabbage on a tostada, the fried lions mane mushrooms, or the “Dirty Double,” a double-stacked burger with secret sauce. For dessert, J. Selby’s offers dairy-free shakes and soft-serve and shakes. The Herbivorous Butcher, another local vegan favorite, recently bought J. Selby’s, but has kept the menu largely the same.

169 Victoria St N, Saint Paul, MN 55104

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Everest on Grand

Everest on Grand’s vegetarian options span momos stuffed with cabbage and ginger; katahar (young green jackfruit buds with potatoes and spices); and vegetable thukpa, a Tibetan-style noodle soup with snap peas. There’s a whole roster of vegetarian curries, too, best complemented by warm naan or roti.

1278 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105

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Shish

Find filling vegetarian fare at Shish, Grand Avenue’s Mediterranean kitchen. It’s hard to beat the falafel here — though the roasted veggie bowl is a close second, heaped with zucchini, squash, cauliflower, and red peppers on a fragrant bed of saffron rice.

1668 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

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French Meadow Bakery & Café

Long a staple for organic, locally grown food, French Meadow caters to vegetarian brunch-goers with hearty hashes, omelets stuffed with goat cheese and spinach, and blueberry corn pancakes. There’s a tofu scramble and a quesadilla on the menu, too, for vegans — for lunch, try the tempeh Rueben.

1662 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

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Himalayan Restaurant

Himalayan Restaurant on Lake Street delves into India, Nepalese, and Tibetan cuisine, and has extensive vegetarian offerings. Start with the kothe — steamed momos that are pan-fried and served with a savory tomato-cilantro chutney. You can’t go wrong with the chana masala or creamy Kathmandu curry, either, best paired with aloo paratha or extra-buttery naan. Save room for desserts like kheer and mango pudding.

2910 E Lake St (20th Ave S), Minneapolis, MN 55406

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Vegan East Bakery

Vegan East is one of the Cities’ pre-eminent vegan bakeries: Line up for cinnamon rolls and S’mores bars, pop tarts, cupcakes and cake slices, cake jars, and more. (Gluten-free treats are also available.) Vegan East also offers holiday cookie decorating kits and beautifully decorated seasonal dessert options — the bakery takes pre-orders for cinnamon rolls, specialty cakes, and cupcakes by the dozen.

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5501 South 34th Avenue, MN 55417

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Seward Cafe

After a pandemic hiatus, collectively owned Seward Cafe is up and running with a full vegan-friendly brunch. The Earth breakfast, made with a base of hash browns and eggs or scrambled tofu, is a favorite — but so are the fluffy, diner-style vegan pancakes, with options to add blueberries, chocolate chips, tahini, or jam.

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2129 East Franklin Avenue, MN 55404

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Hard Times Cafe

Since 1992, this punk cafe — known for its hand-painted, bright green façade on Riverside Avenue — has been a classic haunt for vegan and vegetarian bites. Breakfast classics are the vegan helter skelter with hash browns and tofu, vegan biscuits with mushroom gravy, and the vegan “big fat pancake” with maple syrup. The lunch menu features a seitan Philly and a Korean barbecue tofu bun. The restaurant is currently open from 8 a.m. to midnight.

1821 Riverside Ave (at Cedar Ave), Minneapolis, MN 55454

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All Saints

All Saints has been serving subtly exquisite vegetable-focused fare since 2021. This isn’t vegan fine dining — there’s meat on the menu, like duck confit with bitter greens — but vegetables are coaxed into the spotlight. Charred cabbage gets a white anchovy salsa verde; salt and pepper mushrooms are served with a bright scallion dip. Save room for buttermilk panna cotta.

222 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

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The Stray Dog

New American diner the Stray Dog has a separate vegetarian menu. Classic bar favorites take the form of black bean patties and fries; “not” dogs in chili cheese, Chicago, and Venezuelan varieties; vegetarian breakfasts like fully loaded chilaquiles; and a whole range of Beyond burgers, like the Beyond mushroom and swiss.

401 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

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The Herbivorous Butcher

This revolutionary butcher shop produces upwards of 15 homemade meat-free meats and an array of plant-based cheeses. Founded by a brother-sister duo, the Herbivorous Butcher is a great place for a vegan pantry restock — but it also offers hot in-store specials like red miso ribs made with a tofu and jackfruit base, or hot chili cheese dogs made with seitan, and shepherd’s pie, for example. Grab a vegan porter cheddar or mint chocolate truffles from the case.

507 1st Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

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Francis

Francis, Northeast Minneapolis’s newest vegan restaurant, serves a great burger. A few, in fact: an Impossible patty stacked with fried seitan bacon, a garlicky black bean burger, even a Juicy Lucy stuffed with vegan cheese. But it’s not only Francis’s delectably greasy meat-free burgers that make it stand out in the Twin Cities vegan scene — it’s the restaurant’s bar program, which is entirely free of animal-derived dyes, additives, and fining agents. You’ll find no Negronis made with dyes from crushed beetles, wines filtered through fish bladders, or beers sweetened with lactose on this menu.

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2422 Central Avenue Northeast, MN 55418

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Heal Mpls

Heal Mpls, which opened in North Minneapolis last summer, serves vegan dishes, smoothies, and herbal supplements. Owner Sierra Carter also owns the Zen Bin, a self-care sanctuary and wellness collective, and the serene vibes carry over to the cafe, which is sunny and decorated with plants and vibrant murals. The menu rotates, so keep an eye on Instagram or Facebook for updates, but expect fruit and veggie-rich dishes like creamy jerk chickpea chili, sweet potato hash, and banana chia seed pudding.

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4171 North Lyndale Avenue, MN 55412

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Lutunji's Palate

Lutunji Abrams is best known for her peach cobbler, but her vegan version is equally sumptuous, made with a flaky coconut oil crust. Abram’s Elliot Park bakery, Lutunji’s Palate, specializes in all kinds of vegan treats, like cashew milk ice cream and vegan sweet potato pie.

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1400 Park Avenue, MN 55404

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Lulu EthioVegan Cuisine

Chef T.G Feyisa serves exclusively vegan Ethiopian dishes at Lulu Ethiovegan, leaning into the cuisine’s already abundant use of legumes and stewed vegetables. Traditional beef tibs are reimagined with tender rosemary mushrooms and peppers; doro wot is subbed out for crispy chickpea shimbra asa, marinated in berbere sauce and served with fluffy injera on the side. The snug Franklin Avenue location has a cozy space for sipping a cup of ginger tea or telba (a creamy Ethiopian flaxseed drink) — or order takeout.

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12 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

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Namaste Cafe

This former Victorian home-turned-cozy-restaurant in Uptown is an excellent stop for Indian and Nepali cuisine. The whole menu here is organic: Start with light and crispy bhel puri or little flavor parcels of golgappa. The aloo bodi or Punjabi spinach paneer make for hearty vegetarian entrees. If you aren’t in any hurry, take a seat on Namaste’s patio, and enjoy a homemade chai.

2512 Hennepin Ave (25th St W), Minneapolis, MN 55405

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Hi Flora!

There’s something wild and enthralling about chef Heather Klein’s vegan food menu at Hi Flora, which is built on nuts, grains, vegetables, and foraged mushrooms and augmented by masterful dupes of nacho cheese (cashews), fried chicken (maitakes), and chocolate mousse (avocado). Hi Flora’s bar program is entirely unique, too, merging the Cities’ nascent THC trend with an entirely no-proof menu, serving punchy kava lemonades, smoked juniper THC tinctures, and electrifying caffeine elixirs.

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2558 Lyndale Avenue South, MN 55405

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Trio Plant-Based

After a brief pause, Minnesota’s first Black-owned vegan restaurant is back in business as of spring 2024. Trio Plant-based serves 100 percent vegan soul food from chef Louis Hunter. Build a soul bowl with mac and cheese and collard greens, crumbled cornbread, and jackfruit barbecue riblets, or order a platter and add yams and southern slaw. With an entire menu section dedicated to wraps and vegan mac and cheese, Trio also serves highlights like barbecue jackfruit rolls and chili mac.

610 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408

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Hola Arepa

Hola Arepa is one of Minneapolis’s more vegan and vegetarian-friendly restaurants. Start with an order of yuca fries or sweet plantains, served with a zippy citrus crema: Meat-free mains here include jackfruit al pastor arepas, black bean and plantain bowls finished with a rich poblano sauce, and a vegan mango chia seed pudding.

3501 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408

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Modern Times

Another staple in Minneapolis’s punk cafe scene (with a cozy vibe, though — for “punks and their parents”) Modern Times serves salads and veggie bowls, sandwiches, breakfast burritos, pancakes, and the like, all made with organic ingredients and most vegetarian-friendly. There’s a separate vegan breakfast menu, too, complete with French toast, fried tofu and veggie sandwiches, and blueberry pancakes.

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3200 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407

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May Day Cafe

May Day is a quirky Powderhorn cafe and bakery with great vegan options. The menu changes frequently: Expect dill pickle cheese scones and cranberry bread on Friday and raspberry pistachio doughnuts on Saturday. (Keep an eye on May Day’s Instagram for the timeliest updates.) There’s also a breakfast menu of hearty dishes like quiche, breakfast sandwiches, and burritos — and coffee, of course. Take the day’s bakery haul over to nearby Powderhorn Park for a picnic.

3440 Bloomington Ave (at E 35th St), Minneapolis, MN 55407

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Reverie Cafe + Bar

On a vibrant little corner of Minneapolis’s Powderhorn neighborhood, Reverie Cafe and Bar features monthly vegan specials like jackfruit bulgogi tacos loaded with cabbage slaw, garlic aioli, pickled red radish, for example; and mainstays like coconut achiote beans with coconut rice and lemongrass tofu tacos. Its desserts — dark chocolate beignets, cashew cheesecake, etc. — suffer nothing for their lack of butter. Specialty coffees can be made with oat, almond, soy, or house-made cashew macadamia milk options.

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1517 East 35th Street, MN 55407

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Herbie Butcher's Fried Chicken

A venture by the brother-sister duo behind the Herbivorous Butcher, Herbie Butcher’s Fried Chicken offers a vegan seitan dupe that is as crispy and salty as its meat counterpart (though not a good match for gluten-free eaters). The restaurant serves buckets of chicken, tots, biscuits with maple butter, mashed potatoes, and oat-based shakes out of a tiny window off of Chicago Avenue. Order online if you can — in the summer, the line runs down the block.

735 E 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55417

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Bole Ethiopian Cuisine

1341 Pascal St, St Paul, MN 55108

Located just west of Como Park, Bole Ethiopian Cuisine has helped Saint Paul maintain its reputation for top-tier Ethiopian food since Rekik Meratsion and Solomon Hailie relaunched it in the neighborhood in 2021. Among the house specialties are injera rolled with vegetarian fillings like red lentils, yellow split peas, or ground chickpeas. Don’t skip the honey wine.

1341 Pascal St, St Paul, MN 55108

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Tongue in Cheek

989 Payne Ave (Jenks), Saint Paul, MN 55130

Payne Avenue’s Tongue in Cheek isn’t a vegan or vegetarian restaurant, but it earns major points for its thoughtful meat-free options. The big draw here is the “Vegasm,” a rotating special that might be fried rice medallions with roasted beets, celery, and kimchi one day; curried ramen with parsnip ravioli another. Other highlights include snacks like shishito peppers with feta and jerk sauce, and daikon pad Thai salad.

989 Payne Ave (Jenks), Saint Paul, MN 55130

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J. Selby's

169 Victoria St N, Saint Paul, MN 55104

Vegetarian restaurant J. Selby’s is all about playful and innovative takes on fast food and pub food. Try the crunchwrap, made with vegan taco meat and marinated cabbage on a tostada, the fried lions mane mushrooms, or the “Dirty Double,” a double-stacked burger with secret sauce. For dessert, J. Selby’s offers dairy-free shakes and soft-serve and shakes. The Herbivorous Butcher, another local vegan favorite, recently bought J. Selby’s, but has kept the menu largely the same.

169 Victoria St N, Saint Paul, MN 55104

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Everest on Grand

1278 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105

Everest on Grand’s vegetarian options span momos stuffed with cabbage and ginger; katahar (young green jackfruit buds with potatoes and spices); and vegetable thukpa, a Tibetan-style noodle soup with snap peas. There’s a whole roster of vegetarian curries, too, best complemented by warm naan or roti.

1278 Grand Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105

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Shish

1668 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

Find filling vegetarian fare at Shish, Grand Avenue’s Mediterranean kitchen. It’s hard to beat the falafel here — though the roasted veggie bowl is a close second, heaped with zucchini, squash, cauliflower, and red peppers on a fragrant bed of saffron rice.

1668 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

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French Meadow Bakery & Café

1662 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

Long a staple for organic, locally grown food, French Meadow caters to vegetarian brunch-goers with hearty hashes, omelets stuffed with goat cheese and spinach, and blueberry corn pancakes. There’s a tofu scramble and a quesadilla on the menu, too, for vegans — for lunch, try the tempeh Rueben.

1662 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

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Himalayan Restaurant

2910 E Lake St (20th Ave S), Minneapolis, MN 55406

Himalayan Restaurant on Lake Street delves into India, Nepalese, and Tibetan cuisine, and has extensive vegetarian offerings. Start with the kothe — steamed momos that are pan-fried and served with a savory tomato-cilantro chutney. You can’t go wrong with the chana masala or creamy Kathmandu curry, either, best paired with aloo paratha or extra-buttery naan. Save room for desserts like kheer and mango pudding.

2910 E Lake St (20th Ave S), Minneapolis, MN 55406

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Vegan East Bakery

5501 South 34th Avenue, MN 55417

Vegan East is one of the Cities’ pre-eminent vegan bakeries: Line up for cinnamon rolls and S’mores bars, pop tarts, cupcakes and cake slices, cake jars, and more. (Gluten-free treats are also available.) Vegan East also offers holiday cookie decorating kits and beautifully decorated seasonal dessert options — the bakery takes pre-orders for cinnamon rolls, specialty cakes, and cupcakes by the dozen.

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5501 South 34th Avenue, MN 55417

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Seward Cafe

2129 East Franklin Avenue, MN 55404

After a pandemic hiatus, collectively owned Seward Cafe is up and running with a full vegan-friendly brunch. The Earth breakfast, made with a base of hash browns and eggs or scrambled tofu, is a favorite — but so are the fluffy, diner-style vegan pancakes, with options to add blueberries, chocolate chips, tahini, or jam.

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2129 East Franklin Avenue, MN 55404

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Hard Times Cafe

1821 Riverside Ave (at Cedar Ave), Minneapolis, MN 55454

Since 1992, this punk cafe — known for its hand-painted, bright green façade on Riverside Avenue — has been a classic haunt for vegan and vegetarian bites. Breakfast classics are the vegan helter skelter with hash browns and tofu, vegan biscuits with mushroom gravy, and the vegan “big fat pancake” with maple syrup. The lunch menu features a seitan Philly and a Korean barbecue tofu bun. The restaurant is currently open from 8 a.m. to midnight.

1821 Riverside Ave (at Cedar Ave), Minneapolis, MN 55454

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The exterior of the Hard Times Cafe, which is painted green and yellow with white a black block lettering. There is a snowbank in front of it. — Hard Times Cafe is a Minneapolis go-to for vegan food.

All Saints

222 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

All Saints has been serving subtly exquisite vegetable-focused fare since 2021. This isn’t vegan fine dining — there’s meat on the menu, like duck confit with bitter greens — but vegetables are coaxed into the spotlight. Charred cabbage gets a white anchovy salsa verde; salt and pepper mushrooms are served with a bright scallion dip. Save room for buttermilk panna cotta.

222 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

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The exterior side of a brick building with a light-rimmed sign that reads “All Saints” in a cursive font and an overhang in front of the restaurant that also reads “All Saints,” with a skyscraper visible in the background.

The Stray Dog

401 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

New American diner the Stray Dog has a separate vegetarian menu. Classic bar favorites take the form of black bean patties and fries; “not” dogs in chili cheese, Chicago, and Venezuelan varieties; vegetarian breakfasts like fully loaded chilaquiles; and a whole range of Beyond burgers, like the Beyond mushroom and swiss.

401 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414

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The Herbivorous Butcher

507 1st Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

This revolutionary butcher shop produces upwards of 15 homemade meat-free meats and an array of plant-based cheeses. Founded by a brother-sister duo, the Herbivorous Butcher is a great place for a vegan pantry restock — but it also offers hot in-store specials like red miso ribs made with a tofu and jackfruit base, or hot chili cheese dogs made with seitan, and shepherd’s pie, for example. Grab a vegan porter cheddar or mint chocolate truffles from the case.

507 1st Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

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Francis

2422 Central Avenue Northeast, MN 55418

Francis, Northeast Minneapolis’s newest vegan restaurant, serves a great burger. A few, in fact: an Impossible patty stacked with fried seitan bacon, a garlicky black bean burger, even a Juicy Lucy stuffed with vegan cheese. But it’s not only Francis’s delectably greasy meat-free burgers that make it stand out in the Twin Cities vegan scene — it’s the restaurant’s bar program, which is entirely free of animal-derived dyes, additives, and fining agents. You’ll find no Negronis made with dyes from crushed beetles, wines filtered through fish bladders, or beers sweetened with lactose on this menu.

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2422 Central Avenue Northeast, MN 55418

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A vegan burger topped with vegan bacon with fries and ketchup in basket lined with white-and-black checkered paper. — Francis’s vegan burger.

Heal Mpls

4171 North Lyndale Avenue, MN 55412

Heal Mpls, which opened in North Minneapolis last summer, serves vegan dishes, smoothies, and herbal supplements. Owner Sierra Carter also owns the Zen Bin, a self-care sanctuary and wellness collective, and the serene vibes carry over to the cafe, which is sunny and decorated with plants and vibrant murals. The menu rotates, so keep an eye on Instagram or Facebook for updates, but expect fruit and veggie-rich dishes like creamy jerk chickpea chili, sweet potato hash, and banana chia seed pudding.

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4171 North Lyndale Avenue, MN 55412

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Lutunji's Palate

1400 Park Avenue, MN 55404

Lutunji Abrams is best known for her peach cobbler, but her vegan version is equally sumptuous, made with a flaky coconut oil crust. Abram’s Elliot Park bakery, Lutunji’s Palate, specializes in all kinds of vegan treats, like cashew milk ice cream and vegan sweet potato pie.

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1400 Park Avenue, MN 55404

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Lulu EthioVegan Cuisine

12 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

Chef T.G Feyisa serves exclusively vegan Ethiopian dishes at Lulu Ethiovegan, leaning into the cuisine’s already abundant use of legumes and stewed vegetables. Traditional beef tibs are reimagined with tender rosemary mushrooms and peppers; doro wot is subbed out for crispy chickpea shimbra asa, marinated in berbere sauce and served with fluffy injera on the side. The snug Franklin Avenue location has a cozy space for sipping a cup of ginger tea or telba (a creamy Ethiopian flaxseed drink) — or order takeout.

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12 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

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Namaste Cafe

2512 Hennepin Ave (25th St W), Minneapolis, MN 55405

This former Victorian home-turned-cozy-restaurant in Uptown is an excellent stop for Indian and Nepali cuisine. The whole menu here is organic: Start with light and crispy bhel puri or little flavor parcels of golgappa. The aloo bodi or Punjabi spinach paneer make for hearty vegetarian entrees. If you aren’t in any hurry, take a seat on Namaste’s patio, and enjoy a homemade chai.

2512 Hennepin Ave (25th St W), Minneapolis, MN 55405

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Four paper cones full of chat in a wooden holder. — Chaat at Namaste Cafe.

Hi Flora!

2558 Lyndale Avenue South, MN 55405

There’s something wild and enthralling about chef Heather Klein’s vegan food menu at Hi Flora, which is built on nuts, grains, vegetables, and foraged mushrooms and augmented by masterful dupes of nacho cheese (cashews), fried chicken (maitakes), and chocolate mousse (avocado). Hi Flora’s bar program is entirely unique, too, merging the Cities’ nascent THC trend with an entirely no-proof menu, serving punchy kava lemonades, smoked juniper THC tinctures, and electrifying caffeine elixirs.

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2558 Lyndale Avenue South, MN 55405

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Trio Plant-Based

610 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408

After a brief pause, Minnesota’s first Black-owned vegan restaurant is back in business as of spring 2024. Trio Plant-based serves 100 percent vegan soul food from chef Louis Hunter. Build a soul bowl with mac and cheese and collard greens, crumbled cornbread, and jackfruit barbecue riblets, or order a platter and add yams and southern slaw. With an entire menu section dedicated to wraps and vegan mac and cheese, Trio also serves highlights like barbecue jackfruit rolls and chili mac.

610 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408

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Food at Trio Plant-Based.

Hola Arepa

3501 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408

Hola Arepa is one of Minneapolis’s more vegan and vegetarian-friendly restaurants. Start with an order of yuca fries or sweet plantains, served with a zippy citrus crema: Meat-free mains here include jackfruit al pastor arepas, black bean and plantain bowls finished with a rich poblano sauce, and a vegan mango chia seed pudding.

3501 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408

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Modern Times

3200 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Another staple in Minneapolis’s punk cafe scene (with a cozy vibe, though — for “punks and their parents”) Modern Times serves salads and veggie bowls, sandwiches, breakfast burritos, pancakes, and the like, all made with organic ingredients and most vegetarian-friendly. There’s a separate vegan breakfast menu, too, complete with French toast, fried tofu and veggie sandwiches, and blueberry pancakes.

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3200 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407

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May Day Cafe

3440 Bloomington Ave (at E 35th St), Minneapolis, MN 55407

May Day is a quirky Powderhorn cafe and bakery with great vegan options. The menu changes frequently: Expect dill pickle cheese scones and cranberry bread on Friday and raspberry pistachio doughnuts on Saturday. (Keep an eye on May Day’s Instagram for the timeliest updates.) There’s also a breakfast menu of hearty dishes like quiche, breakfast sandwiches, and burritos — and coffee, of course. Take the day’s bakery haul over to nearby Powderhorn Park for a picnic.

3440 Bloomington Ave (at E 35th St), Minneapolis, MN 55407

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Reverie Cafe + Bar

1517 East 35th Street, MN 55407

On a vibrant little corner of Minneapolis’s Powderhorn neighborhood, Reverie Cafe and Bar features monthly vegan specials like jackfruit bulgogi tacos loaded with cabbage slaw, garlic aioli, pickled red radish, for example; and mainstays like coconut achiote beans with coconut rice and lemongrass tofu tacos. Its desserts — dark chocolate beignets, cashew cheesecake, etc. — suffer nothing for their lack of butter. Specialty coffees can be made with oat, almond, soy, or house-made cashew macadamia milk options.

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1517 East 35th Street, MN 55407

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Two people sit at a small white table at an outdoor backyard patio area. They are eating a salad and each have a glass of white wine. A white woman in a red sweatshirt is pouring wine into their glasses. A tent, globe lights, a fence, and walls with graffiti art on them are visible in the background. — All-season dining at Reverie.

Herbie Butcher's Fried Chicken

735 E 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55417

A venture by the brother-sister duo behind the Herbivorous Butcher, Herbie Butcher’s Fried Chicken offers a vegan seitan dupe that is as crispy and salty as its meat counterpart (though not a good match for gluten-free eaters). The restaurant serves buckets of chicken, tots, biscuits with maple butter, mashed potatoes, and oat-based shakes out of a tiny window off of Chicago Avenue. Order online if you can — in the summer, the line runs down the block.

735 E 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55417

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