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What is the best North American City for dining as a vegetarian?
Think about:
-The amount of vegetarian/vegan restaurants
-Variety of vegetarian/vegan foods(ethnic, health conscious, etc.)
-Perecentage of population vegetarian and/or vegan
Most large cities. Anecdotally, it seems to me like there's also a bias in favor of Western cities - some smallish cities in states like Oregon and Colorado have more active veg*n scenes than you'd think based on their size. Might have to do with the more "new liberal", educated populace or the outdoorsy mentality.
-Variety of vegetarian/vegan foods(ethnic, health conscious, etc.)
Vegetarian and vegan is not a health conscious way of living. Vegetarian and Vegan dishes are loaded with carbs and cooked in bad oils. We search out small mom & pop restaurants which can be more accommodating for paleos. We don't have a problem and we are in the Northeast.
...smallish cities in states like Oregon and Colorado have more active veg*n scenes than you'd think based on their size. Might have to do with the more "new liberal", educated populace or the outdoorsy mentality.
Not in my experience. I currently live in a city in CO that has the usual worn out labels attached (liberal, "educated" hah! what a joke, outdoorsy) and yet it has the smallest number of vegan restaurants per size compared to other places I've been (including red areas). There's only 2 restaurants, when the perception by outsiders would be that there'd be dozens. The white monoculture isn't very interested in the vegan scene. Instead, people in CO really go bonkers for wild meats like venison, elk, and bison. Lots of red meat (cooked rare!) and beer.
In contrast, I've found the "best areas" for vegetarian are in diverse cities, regardless of politics. And the larger the city, the better.
Last edited by Thoreau424; 02-27-2018 at 12:19 PM..
Both good vegan restaurants, Kaya's being a little more extensive, has a more restaurant-y atmosphere, and has live music on weekends. Good Karma is more of a storefront place.
Besides those, coastal NJ has a lot of good vegetarian choices. Not a "city", but a train ride to NYC, which of course has tons of veg'n places.
My favorite vegetarian lunch spot in lower Manhattan:
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