Vegan Restaurants in/around Boston

coldy

My wife and I made the decision this past year to become vegans for environmental reasons. Having traveled from Montreal to PAX many times since its inception I'm well aware of the plethora of great restaurants for carnivores; it was a tradition for us to walk over to Sam LaGrassa's every Friday for lunch.

I was wondering if I could get some recommendations of vegan focused restaurants that are worth checking out (or is the city not there yet)?

Cheers!

casstronaut

None of these are in the immediate area (I don't make it downtown much), but if you're willing to travel a bit:

Taco Party (Somerville, yummy tacos and tortas)
Red Lentil (Watertown, more of a sit-down entree place)
My Thai (Chinatown, probably the closest to the PAX area, really delicious asian food)
Whole Heart Provisions (Allston, healthy grain and veggie bowls)
Veggie Galaxy (Cambridge, diner style food)

divisionten

casstronaut wrote: »

None of these are in the immediate area (I don't make it downtown much), but if you're willing to travel a bit:

Taco Party (Somerville, yummy tacos and tortas)
Red Lentil (Watertown, more of a sit-down entree place)
My Thai (Chinatown, probably the closest to the PAX area, really delicious asian food)
Whole Heart Provisions (Allston, healthy grain and veggie bowls)
Veggie Galaxy (Cambridge, diner style food)

Can second Veggie Galaxy. It's my Mystery Hunt go to post game eat spot.

craiola

There's also Life Alive in Cambridge (I love their Lowell location they have awesome bowls!) lifealive.com/
Don't forget Clover which has food trucks and stores too. https://cloverfoodlab.com/locations/

Can also Third Veggie Galaxy. While i'm not vegetarian or vegan, my boyfriend's brother and his girlfriend are. Veggie galaxy is one of the places we frequent when we are in the Boston area since we can all eat there.

Gamul1

There is a sweet green near the convention that is well rated. My wife and I ate there a couple months ago:
http://www.sweetgreen.com/menu/

Also a couple of Freshii's nearby that are well rated:
https://www.freshii.com/ca/menu

Also nearby but starting to be a bit more of a walk:
http://mythaivegancafe.com/

http://cuongsvegan.com/

eilonwy

Seconded Red Lentil and Veggie Galaxy. Veggie Galaxy has a diner-type feel and is very easy to get to from PAX since it is on the red line.

Fwooh

I will also have to say Veggie Galaxy is awesome! My Thai is pretty great too (best hot n sour soup ever!). My boyfriend and I usually stay at the Park Plaza so its a very quick walk from there...and honestly I don't think its that far from the convention center.

coldy

It seems we will definitely need to check out Veggie Galaxy.

Thanks for taking the time to offer up these great suggestions!

eilonwy

Adding more:

Grasshopper - Vegan Asian food
FoMu - Faux ice cream next door to Grasshopper

Direwolf

For during the convention itself, the Sweetgreen and My Thai Cafe @Gamul1 mentioned are your best bets (My Thai's carrot cake is a hidden treasure in Boston).
Clover Food Lab is fairly popular for vegetarian and can go vegan on request. There's one in the Financial District.
There's also a new place - Cuong's Vegan - in Chinatown that I've heard good things about but haven't tried myself yet.

Cabadrin

There are also food trucks that may or may not be near the convention center. Bon Me serves a number of dishes that are or can be made vegetarian or vegan (I believe) and they're a pretty large group. Taco party is indeed a good option, they also have (had?) a food truck.

randy_wrecked

I've had some really good meals at My Thai when I'm in town for PAX so I would definitely recommend it.

Anyone interested in a vegan meetup one night for dinner? Or maybe we can just get some Daiya and veggie pizzas delivered to the Westin for game night?

graphicpirate

I am a vegan and all of these are good choices. Veggie Galaxy being one of the best as long as your not looking for healthy vegan lol its greasy diner food and its SOOOOO good. One food truck that showed last year was The Chubby Chickpea, and they have a few vegan choices if you like middle eastern food. You can also get lucky at a wholefoods. Also ask for a few take out menu's from your hotel and most of the Chinese food places in the area have vegan and veggie options available. Papagayo in downtown Boston has a few nice options as well. I have to say there are a ton of places in Boston now that are not exclusively vegan but are upping their menu options to include vegan items. Most places sell a veggie burger that 99% of the time is vegan depending on the place. These are all some ideas if you don't want to travel too far from the Con. Some of the other places like Red Lentil and Grasshopper are a bit further away, they are however AMAZING food wise.

coflropter

By Chloe is opening in the Seaport today.

I would highly recommend it.

coflropter

If you like beer, and are a vegan, Five Horses in Somerville is amazing. Probably my favorite restaurant in Boston.

coldy

coflropter wrote: »

If you like beer, and are a vegan, Five Horses in Somerville is amazing. Probably my favorite restaurant in Boston.

Glad you brought them up. My group is actually staying about a block from Five Horses Tavern - South End. You made me more excited to go check it out!

Also, By Chloe looks great and its the closest one to the BCEC. w00t

Great suggestions! Thanks!

graphicpirate

WHOA, just checked out the By Chloe menu. Nice FIND! Thanks for posting that!

coflropter

graphicpirate wrote: »

WHOA, just checked out the By Chloe menu. Nice FIND! Thanks for posting that!

The Pesto Meatball sub is to die for.