Yummy Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurants for the Salt Lake City Visitor

Salt Lake City is a vegetarian friendly city with plenty of fine options for the vegetarian or vegan diner.  Try one of the following restaurants for a healthy night out:

Vegetarian/Vegan Restaurants in Salt Lake City

Sages Cafe: Visit Sage’s Café for organic vegetarian food and some of the best vegan options in Salt Lake City.  The City Weekly,  Salt Lake’s City Weekly Magazine, has voted Sage’s Best Vegetarian Restaurant for the last 8 years in a row. Sage’s prepares their food with locally produced and organic breads, pastas, fruits, and vegetables wherever possible landing it a spot on Green Eats, restaurants in Salt Lake City that feature local foods.

Vertical Diner: Try the Vertical Diner for vegetarian and vegan diner styled cuisine. Vertical diner would have to be the second best vegetarian restaurant in Utah and is owned by the people of Sage’s Café. The diner uses all vegetarian ingredients and tries to buy local and organic products when possible. Excellent for breakfast – try Vertical’s biscuits and gravy, fruit pancakes, or breakfast burrito with a choice of tofu, tempeh, boca burger, or “chicken.”

Long Life Vegi House: For vegetarian Chinese food, give the Long Life Vegi House a try. Long Life features an array of meat substitutes from tofu to wheat meats flavored like chicken or pork. The food at Long Life imitates Chinese meat dishes along with serving up vegetarian favorites. Seafood options are also available for those fish eating veg heads.

Vegetarian Friendly Restaurant in Salt Lake City

One World Everybody Eats Cafe: For a surely unique dining experience, visit the One World Café near downtown Salt Lake City. One world has no set menu or prices for their food. One World serves up seasonally soups, salads, and entrees cafeteria style and always has vegetarian, vegan, and meat selections available. One World is a non-profit restaurant and asks that customers determine their own price for the meal and simply deposit money into a box as payment for their meal. The restaurant serves complementary dal and rice to all customers to ensure that everyone does get to eat.

Blue Plate Diner: The Blue Plate Diner features many vegan and vegetarian items on the menu. A favorite place for breakfast, Blue Plate serves breakfast all day and offers soy meat alternatives. Blue Plate’s oldies diner style design and outdoor patio make it a great place for weekend breakfast dates. Blue Plate also has an awesome veggie chili and denotes all vegan items on the menu.

Bangkok Thai: Bangkok Thai offers numerous vegetarian and vegan options from appetizers, noodle dishes, curry specialties, and even deserts special on the special vegetarian menu.  Bangkok Thai is a deal at lunchtime – daily lunch specials are featured at only $5.99 (as of Spring 2010).

For information on restaurants in Salt Lake City that also serve local foods and sustainable cuisine, please see Green Eats: Salt Lake City Restaurants Featuring Local Foods.

[Photo Courtesy of Sage's Cafe]