Most people, for one reason or another, are interested in eating more vegan foods. This packet will help you find vegan-friendly restaurants, businesses, and services. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you want support, have any questions, or suggestions! IG & FB: @ColumbusVegCommunity Text: 614.937.5584 Email: [email protected] Website: ColumbusVeg.org #IveGotTheBeet #ColumbusVegCommunity
Inside this packet you’ll find: • Local businesses that offer vegan-friendly foods and services • Online and pop-up businesses with excellent vegan foods • Where you can find the Impossible Burger & Beyond Burger • Plant-Based Transition Tips to Become an “Accidental Vegan”! • Vegan Options at Chains and Cultural Cuisines • A list of vegan-friendly pizza joints • Easy vegan snack ideas
Special Thanks to Doshi Dough For Supporting the CVC! Doshi Dough offers plant based multigrain baked goods designed for various palates from cookies, energy bars, fruit bars to savory crackers and lentil cakes. Follow Doshi Dough on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AnishDoshiDough and order online at: www.doshidough.com or [email protected]
Loving Hut in Reynoldsburg is a hometown favorite and is 100% vegan! They were one of the original all-vegan restaurants on the scene and they never disappoint! If you’re craving American food, Asian food, raw foods, soups, salads, or desserts- they will have something that you will absolutely love!
Dine in for a relaxing meal or order pick-up if you’re in a pinch, but whatever you do make sure you try some food from Loving Hut!
614- 863-0823 IG: @lovinghut_columbus
6569 E Livingston Ave, Reynoldsburg (inside Blacklick Shopping Center) https://lovinghut.us/reynoldsburg
This 100% vegan restaurant offers an upscale-feel dining room and a menu with a wide array of authentic Chinese, Japanese & Thai Vegan Food, including: Soy Protein, Szechuan Peppercorn Tofu, Teriyaki Sauce Soy Protein, Thai Basil Sauce Tofu, Yaki Udon, Pineapple Fried Rice, and more!
www.yeasianvegan.com 2469 Hilliard Rome Rd, Hilliard
Can't Believe You can choose the day, time, and meal that you'd like. No subscriptions! It's Vegan Choose from a variety of 100% Vegan delivery/catering service for Franklin County! breakfast & lunch options including: To Order: Text 941-266-0056 Email: [email protected] Facebook Messenger: CBIVegan Belgian Waffles, Burrito & Buddha Bowls, BLTs, Angel Hair Chicken Full Menu & Details at: Pasta, Spicy Sausage Hoagie, www.cantbelieveitsvegan.biz www.facebook.com/CBIVegan Seasonal Specialties and more!!
Grab & Go Food! Plant Deli! Vegan Bags & Goodies!
Vegan Brunch every Saturday & Sunday!
Follow IG for Brunch Menu & Alternating Brunch Location
IG: andjuiceco
Italian Village: 991 N 4th Street Clintonville: 4493 N High Street
Village Taco Plant-based food for 100% Vegan! thought and health!
Best Mexican food you’ve ever had!!
7 E. MAIN ST, Alexandria Ohio
Follow @villagetaco on Instagram for info on specials and Columbus pop-ups.
Berry Vegan Delights offers a wide variety of chocolate covered treats including: strawberries, cookies, pretzels, candy apples, and gluten-free options.
Berry Vegan Delights are perfect for: holidays, graduations, birthdays, weddings, showers, corporate events, and much more!
Follow Berry Vegan Delights on IG: @berryvegandelights
Order online at: www.berryvegandelights.com
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Seasonally inspired plant-based comfort food. Woodhouse keeps it fresh with a brand spank'n new menu item + dessert EVERY week. 100% vegan and absolutely binge worthy!
See Menus & More on IG: @woodvhouse
Mondays & Tuesdays @Oddfellows / 1038 N High
100% Vegan Coffee Shop & Bakery!
Cakes, Cookies, Pop-Tarts, Cupcakes, Trail Mix, Chickpea Salad Sandwiches, Baked Donuts, Savory Muffins, Gourmet Coffee Drinks & More !
Follow Happy Little Treats online to stay up to date on their specials IG: @happylittletreats.ua & @happylittletreats.sn
Upper Arlington: 1962 N Mallway Dr. Short North: 1247 N High St.
TDRHQ is a family-run indie bookstore, event space, bar, and a vegan café all rolled in to one amazing vegan epicenter!
They host a wide range of events including weekend brunches, panel discussions, local and touring author readings, musicians, magicians, trivia, themed storytelling,
poetry open mics, date nights, and more!
Be sure to follow them online so you don’t miss any event announcements!
FB & IG: @TwoDollarRadioHQ Website: twodollarradio.com/pages/headquarters
1124 Parsons Ave
Seitan’s Realm is a 100% vegan food truck serving all the menu items that will make you forget about ever missing Arby’s including Beaf and Chedduh sandwiches, Roast Beaf, Cheezestakes, Curly Fries and more! Find them online to find out where they will be next! FB: Seitans-Realm IG: @seitansrealm www.seitansrealm.com
Banana Leaf Restaurant: Home of the $9.99 Vegan Buffet!!
Indian cuisine Vegan Buffet every Mon-Thurs 4-9pm for only $9.99! They also have a regular menu to order from and offer catering. Be sure to check out the Vegan Mango Lassi special!
816 Bethel Rd, Columbus, OH 43214 www.bananaleafofcolumbus.com www.facebook.com/BananaLeafRestaurant
100% vegan bakery featuring always natural and made-from-scratch mouthwatering goodies!
No trans fats, minimal refined sugars & primarily organic ingredients – all in eco-friendly packaging!
3009 N. High Street Follow @pattycakebakery on Instagram for Columbus OH, 43202 products and updates ☺
Doughasis is a 100% Vegan Bakery!
Donuts, cookies, brownies, & more! Follow @doughasis on Instagram and Facebook for updates on pop-up & farmers market locations!
Authentic Polish comfort food!
Nearly 50% of their menu is vegan!
Lots of vegan options including: pierogis, mac & cheese, mushroom stroganoff, sauerkraut balls, sausages and more!
Inside Café Bourbon Street (2216 Summit St) Inside Wunderbar (739 S 3rd St)
The Angry Baker – Old Towne East Vegetarian/vegan café offering a multitude of clearly labeled vegan dishes (over half their menu is vegan!) including breakfast tacos, pancakes, avocado toast, sandwiches, wraps, bowls, salads, soups, and desserts!
Follow @theangrybakerote on Instagram! 891 Oak St Columbus, OH 43205
Personal training + small group classes in Dublin, Ohio. Vegan-instructors on-site. They have more than 40 years combined exercise in fitness programming and personal training. They’ve helped clients increase energy, strength, flexibility and mobility, improve their confidence, reduce body composition and lose weight. https://fitplusdublin.com/
Red Hook Grill has a dedicated vegan menu that includes: Roasted Garlic Hummus, Veggie Skins, Black Bean Burger, Sloppy Vegan, Portabella Mushroom Sandwich, Caribbean Bean Soup, Red Hook Pasta, Black beans and Rice, Tofu Bowl, and Vegan Jambalaya. See full details at: https://www.redhookgrill.com/vegan-menu/
1223 Goodale Blvd. in Grandview
Authentic Mediterranean
Traditional Mediterranean vegan appetizers and entrees include hummus, falafel, soups, salads, sandwiches, bowls, & more! Clearly labeled vegan options!
2985 N High St, Columbus, OH, 43202
Palle by Moretti on 5th Ave in Grandview
is a trendy, upscale restaurant that provides many vegan options. They are a scratch made kitchen and can make many of their dishes vegan friendly (even if they aren’t labeled vegan on the menu). Ask one of the knowledgeable servers what can be made vegan and you will not be disappointed. Put Veggie Balls on one of the Kitchen Sink Salads with marinara and you have a home run vegan meal (special deal on Kitchen Sink Salads on Mondays for only $8)!
1021 W 5th Ave, Columbus, OH 43212
Dedicated vegan specialties menu!
Tons of veggie & tofu dishes, lo mein, phad thai, fried rice & Singapore noodles! 2500 Bethel Road Columbus, Ohio 43220
Lots of clearly-labeled vegan vegetable dishes, tofu dishes, and soups! 1508 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH 43229 Restaurant Hours: Mon – Sun, 11:00 AM - 09:30 PM
Have You Tried the Impossible Burger & Beyond Meat Burgrs Yet?? They are made from plants (100% vegan!) but taste like meat!!! Find them all around Columbus:
Acre Bareburger Bar Louie TGI Friday's Bareburger Tucci's Barrel on High City Tavern Buy to Cook at Home: Cheesecake Factory Columbus Fish Market Giant Eagle (select locations) Copius -Britton Pkwy Dave and Busters -Hayden Run Rd Dublin Village Tavern -Sawmill Rd Flip Side Houlihan's Kroger (select locations) Huntington Park -Cemetery Rd Katalina's -Henderson Rd Melt Bar and Grilled -Hilliard Rome Rd Mitchell's Steakhouse Oliver's Lucky’s Market Qdoba Target (Truman Blvd) Red Robin Ringside Café Meijer (Hilliard Rome Rd) Starliner Diner The Fresh Market (Henderson Rd) Ten Pin Alley Turtle Creek Tavern Walmart (Westpointe Plaza Dr) Yogi's Bar & Grill Whole Foods White Castle Woodys Wing House Zeno's
Find Vegan Pizza All Over Central Ohio!
Blaze Pizza 1708 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201 7166 N. High St Worthington, OH 43085 Harvest Pizzeria 2885 N High St, Columbus, OH 43202, 45 N High St, Dublin, OH 43017, 2376 E Main St, Bexley, OH 43209 Mellow Mushroom 2170 Polaris Pkwy, Columbus, OH 43240 6505 Dublin Center Dr, Dublin, OH 43017 Mikey's Late Night Slice 268 S 4th St, Columbus, OH 43215 457 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215 1030 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201 15 E Duncan St, Columbus, OH 43202 Mod Pizza 6181 Sawmill Rd Ste A, Columbus, OH 43017 1310 Polaris Pkwy, Columbus, OH 43240 4784 Morse Rd, Columbus, OH 43230 333 S Hamilton Rd, Gahanna, OH 43230 1301 Hill Rd N, Pickerington, OH 43147 Paulie Gee's Short North 1195 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201 Pizza Cucinova 1187 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 4044 Morse Xing, Columbus, OH 43219 Rapid Fired Pizza 3646 Fishinger Blvd, Hilliard, OH 43026 782 S State St, Westerville, OH 43081
Easy Vegan Snack & Meal Ideas • Carrots/raw veggies/chips with hummus • Baked sweet potato (can be made in microwave) • Chips & salsa topped with Earth Balance butter and cinnamon • Sliced apples and peanut butter • Vegan Ice Cream Options from: Ben & Jerry’s, • Mixed nuts & seeds Haagen Daz, Breyers, So Delicious, Almond Dream • Instant oatmeal packets (try adding dried fruit, • There are plant-based versions available at Kroger nuts or cinnamon to suit your taste!) (and most stores) for: butter, sour cream, yogurt, • Lentil or veggie soup from a can cream cheese, ice cream, hot dogs, deli slices, • Peanut butter sandwich (try adding banana slices) mayo, sliced cheese, cheese spreads • Cliff bars or Lara bars (most are vegan) • Roasted Brussel sprouts (fresh brussel sprouts cut • Raisin toast with vegan butter (Earth Balance is a in half and roasted in oven 20 min each side at great brand found at Kroger) 400 degrees) then tossed in balsamic vinaigrette • Vegan options at Aldi including steamable quinoa- • Fruit smoothies made with plant milk based meals, and microwavable plant-burgers
Excellent Vegan-Meat Brands Excellent Vegan-Dairy Brands Beyond Meat (sausages, burgers) Califia Farms (creamer) Field Roast (sausages, burgers) Earth Balance (butter) Gardein (award winning all kinds of foods!) Just (mayo, ranch, cookie dough) Impossible Foods (only in restaurants) Tofutti (cream cheese, sour cream) Sweet Earth (burgers) Treeline (cheese spread) Tofurky (deli slices, sausages, pulled chick’n) Miyoko’s (gourmet cheeses, butter, cream cheese)
Vegan Options at Chains and Cultural Cuisines
Bibibop -Order tofu or veggie bowl with any base (rice, japchae, salad, wrap) -Add potatoes, beans & sprouts -Add all the veggies (or specify everything but eggs and cheese) -Vegan sauces: spicy sriracha, teriyaki, sesame ginger, gochujang Chipotle -Order veggie or sofritas bowl or wrap with any rice and beans -Add all veggie toppings -Add any salsa toppings -Optional vegan guacamole (extra $ on sofritas, free if on veggie) Most -Look for rice/veggies/tofu dishes Chinese -If brown sauce, ask if vegan (sometimes sauces contain fish byproducts) Restaurants -Ask if pad thai is vegan -Rice noodle & veggie dishes are often vegan -You can pair tofu with all sorts of sauces, and then add extra flavors by ordering sides of vegetables, rice or noodles. Some great dishes are kung pao/po tofu, tofu with ginger and spring onion, tofu with garlic and black bean, tofu with satay sauce, sweet and sour tofu, tofu with cashew nuts, tofu with chili/hot and spicy tofu, and tofu with broccoli and black bean and/or garlic -Stir fried vegetables and Chinese vegetables are always an easy vegan option, and you can usually specify which sauce you’d like to go with them. Oyster sauce is popular with Chinese vegetables so make sure you check what sauce it automatically comes with if not listed on the menu. -Most noodle dishes can easily be made with rice noodles instead of egg (if you are not sure from the menu, ask) -Vegetable spring rolls, veggie dumplings – both fried and steamed – are standard appetizers that you’ll find in almost all Chinese restaurants and are happily vegan Most -Look for vegetable curries without milk products Indian -Vegetable biryani, chana masala & vegetable samosas are often vegan (ask to be sure) Restaurants -Poppadom/papadum, chapatti, puri/poori and rotti are vegan if ordered without butter -In terms of starters, onion, cauliflower and okra bhajis, vegetable samosas and vegetable pakoras are all vegan -Veggie vindaloo, sambar, vegetable biryani and balti are all great main options -The majority of the sides tend to be veggie-packed; saag aloo, aloo gobi, tarka daal, daal, chana saag and Bombay potato are all filling and flavorful dishes Most -A lot of Mexican staple foods are actually vegan Mexican -Enchiladas, tacos, chimichangas, burritos and quesadillas can all be made vegan. Simply pick the Restaurants vegetarian option – roasted veggies, veggie chilli, beans – check how it’s cooked, and then ask for no cheese and sour cream, but extra salsa, beans, guacamole, etc. -Take the time to explain to your server that you don’t eat any dairy or animal products, and the process should be relatively smooth -Guacamole should be vegan but ask just in case (some guac mixes contain milk products) Most -Plenty of vegan options here Thai -Be sure to specify that you don’t consume animal products (some foods are prepared in fish sauce) Restaurants -Most tofu and veggie dishes are vegan -Traditional thai dishes that are often vegan: veggie spring rolls, veggie salad salad rolls, fried tofu, mushroom/vegetable soups, thai salads, curries, glass noodles, rice noodles, pad thai, veggie/tofu stir fry, etc. -Always ask to be sure, as cooking methods differ across restaurants Most -Falafel, pita, & hummus should be vegan, as well as rice, lentil dishes, veggie soups, tabbouleh, Mediterranean baba ganoush, vegetable kebobs, and more (ask your server for vegan options if not labeled on Restaurants menu – there should be a few)
Easy Plant-Based Transition Tips (So Good One Day You May Say “Oops! I’m Accidentally Vegan!” ☺ )
• Go at Your Own Pace o Whether you’re comfortable starting with trying one new vegan recipe a week, jumping straight into being vegetarian, eating VB6 (Vegan Before 6PM), or anything along the spectrum, do what feels right for you
• Create a food diary for 10 days o Write down everything you eat for 10 days o Start to explore how you can transform your favorite dishes into plant-based versions by: • Google “vegan” before the name of your favorite dishes to find recipes and tips for substitutions
• Begin phasing out meat, dairy and eggs from your meals o Try substituting plant-based meats and cheeses into your favorite meals o Try making one new 100% plant based recipe at home per week (if that’s too often try every other week) o Try increasing the number of 100% plant based meals you make each week over time
• Try new plant-based foods at the grocery stores, restaurants and in recipes o Aldi, Lucky’s, Kroger, Giant Eagle and Walmart all have a multitude of vegan options
• Find supportive people o Email the CVC with questions and for support: [email protected] o Get free mentoring through CVC which could include: • Texting with a mentor • Meeting mentor at grocery store to find vegan options • Practicing cooking vegan meals with mentor (at your house or theirs) o Attend free local vegan events to try new foods and build relationships with like-minded people o Meetup.com/Columbus-Veg-Meetup
• Try to eat plant based proteins at every meal (beans, peas, lentils, nuts and seeds)
• If motivated by health:
o Try to cover approximately ½ of your plate at each meal with fruits and vegetables o Try to eat non-processed carbs (oats, brown rice, millet, quinoa, starchy vegetables & wheat) o Try to eat omega 3 fatty acids daily (found in chia seeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds) • When possible: grind whole seeds into a powder form using a blender/coffee grinder and add to smoothies/meals as this is more healthful than purchasing pre-ground items
• Note your caloric intake o Plant foods tend to have much fewer calories than animal-based foods. For example, a black bean patty has around 100 calories and a beef patty has 200 calories. You will need to eat a greater volume of food to meet your caloric needs. One tip is to make sure you’re eating whole grains, starchy vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes), and legumes (beans, peas, and lentils) because these are higher in calories.
Easy Plant-Based Transition Tips Continued:
• Take a vitamin B12 supplement o Vitamin B12 is made by bacteria which are naturally present in drinking water and in soil. However, because of our sterilized modern environment it is now necessary to supplement this vitamin. Vitamin B12 is also found in animal products; however, today even those animals are given vitamin B12 supplements because their feed does not contain enough naturally occurring vitamin B12.
• Types of Plant Milks to try in recipes, cereal, smoothies o Found at any chain grocery are milks made from: soy, flax, cashew, rice, almond • Ripple is the only pea protein milk we recommend • Silk, Almond Breeze, and Good Karma are good brands
• Try Tofu at Restaurants!! If you like it, start making it at home o Tofu is AWESOME, versatile and cheap! If you like it, it’s a good thing to learn to make at home. It is very bland until you season it and then it sucks up the flavors you season it with. o Try tofu at Bibibop in a bowl (this tofu gives you an idea if you like extra firm tofu) o Try tofu at Chipotle. The sofritas option at Chipotle is tofu which has been seasoned. o Pro Tofu Tip: Invest in a Tofu Press if you like tofu at the restaurants! It’s $20 and totally worth it! A good brand on Amazon.com is “EZ Tofu Press” o Pro Tofu Tip to make extra extra firm: put tofu in freezer overnight. Thaw in fridge the next day or quick thaw by running it under hot water. Then use Tofu Press. This helps get out the maximum amount of liquid (freeze and thaw up to two times before preparing for the ultimate firm tofu).