As part of Try Vegan Week, Jess from Get Sconed and Stumptown Vegans and I gave a talk in Portland last night; Taking Advantage of Vegan Portland.
I’ll be the first to admit how indulgent we can be, living in this vegan mecca where many establishments embrace the word VEGAN. This talk definitely wasn’t going to focus on ordering the vegetarian sandwich without cheese at the local co-op or where to buy the best tofu. No, we wanted to talk about the multitude of dining options that await happy vegans all over town.
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| Portland’s Five Quadrants |
Pizza, toffuffalo wings, milkshakes, tacos, thai food, sandwiches, sushi, brunch, bowls, bagels and cream cheese, cheesecake, bloody marys…. this stroll through Portland neighborhoods gives you all of these, and so much more.
Please keep in mind this is by no means an exhaustive list; they’re just the ones near and dear to us or the ones we wrote down first. For more information, location, or hours, click on the links. All the links go either to the establishment’s website, Yelp page,Twitter page, or Stumptown Vegans review.
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| French Toast from Blossoming Lotus |
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| Tacos from El Nutri. (Photo courtesy of Jess from Get Sconed.) |
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| Ham and Cheese Sandwich with a Hamm’s from Tube |
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| Veggie Pizza with Daiya Cheese from Hopworks |
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| Grilled Cheese Sandwich special from Native Bowl |
- Alberta St Public House (happy veggie burger)
- Built to Grill (vegan pesto gnocchi)
- Jazzkats Coffee (vegan bagel sandwiches, cheese, and doughnuts from Acme)
- Cloud 7 (homemade vegan pastry selection)
- New Seasons (new vegan menu at Deli) & Wok Bar
- BridgePort Brewpub (vegan beer, vegan quinoa bowl and happy hour tofu fries)
- Food Court on SW 2nd & Taylor: Pho PDX (and late night), Koi Fusion tofu tacos
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| Vegan Salad Rolls from Pho PDX |
- Tarboush on SE Hawthorne
- Shopping: Food 4 Less, Fubonn, Grocery Outlet, farmers markets, International markets
- Alma chocolates
- Little Pots & Pans
- Green Wok Lunch Buffet
- Barbur World Foods: specialty foods, hot pita for cheap, other deli items
- Oregon Ice Works
- DK Kitchen on Belmont
- Chili Pie Palace
- Lickety Split
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| Potsticker from Green Wok |
- What’s vegan? Just go ahead and ask nicely!
- Can you *make* anything special vegan? Would you recommend anything for a vegan?
- Is there a ‘secret’ vegan/veg menu?
- Do you have a vegan Bloody Mary? Can you do one?
- Does this have honey?
- Does this contain dairy?
- Does this have animal products? I cannot eat them.
- Is this a vegetarian broth? No chicken/fish/meat?
- Is this fried separately?
- Is there anywhere around here you’d recommend for vegan options?
- Is this gluten free AND vegan? (egg whites, etc.)
- Miso soup woes (bonita flakes!)
- Soy cheese & casein
- Inari
- Thai Food: How to order
- Thai Iced Teas: sub coconut milk for condensed milk
- Beer/Wine
- Will this cost extra to be vegan?
- Pizza dough: honey, eggs, dairy
your list is awesome, thank you! I'm planning a week long visit to portland next year and now I have a wonderful starting point for my trip!
What a nice, comprehensive post. This is the best resource for veggos I've ever seen.
thanks for the post. I was just in Portland, and I was so happy. Even if a place was not Vegan they were all willing to make my food vegan. I lovevd Farm.
That's an awesome list!
how did Apex make the list? do they do something especially vegan? i know you can bring your own food or order off their Artemis menu (that's where the food is from, right? i'm second guessing that), do they have a list of which beers are vegan?
i'm currently very over Apex. the last time i was there i found out they no longer give $2 of the $3 you spend on the ATM machine when you order a drink there. there was no sign on the ATM so i wasn't aware their policy had changed. also, the music is super loud and the girl bartender was unfriendly.
Karla, I believe Apex made the list just because it's in the little square of vegan goodness on Division and you can bring Los Gorditos in.
Jess from Get Sconed may be able to weigh in about this as well.
Sucks about their ATM fees!
hey! thanks for listing us
just wanted to point out that the pesto from Built to Grill isn’t vegan, but he can make most of his oil-based pasta dishes vegan (including the gnocchi!), he just needs a heads up so he leaves out the cheese and butter.
xoxo
Hi DC Veg!
I was told the pesto was naturally vegan at Built to Grill… Boo! Thanks for the heads up.