We've been to Los Angeles multiple times now and enjoy exploring the many vegan restaurants in LA. The City of Angels is known to host a plethora of diverse, tasty and innovative vegan restaurants, vegan food trucks, cafes, vegan bakeries and grocery stores.
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A Travel Guide To Eating Vegan In Los Angeles
We always do a lot of research before we travel to make sure we have access to great vegan foods that are good and affordable. Sit back and enjoy some drool worthy food that we really enjoyed and think you will too.
As always this isn’t a sponsored post. It’s just our honest opinions about our two true loves, food and travel coming together to help you plan your next vacation getaway.
* V stands for entirely Vegan
* VF stands for Vegan-friendly: businesses that have vegan-friendly options for vegan guests to enjoy.
* G/GF stands for entirely Gluten-free and Gluten-free-friendly respectively: businesses that have gluten-free-friendly options for gluten-free guests to enjoy.
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Where We Ate
Coffee Shops
Coffee and Plants (VF)
Address: 62 W. Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91103.
The best of two worlds caffeine and lots of plants.
What we ordered: Blue Lavender latte and Just Egg tartine.
Cha Cha Matcha (VF/GF)
Address: 510 N Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
2 locations in Los Angeles.
They also have locations in New York city which we wrote about in our vegan New York guide.
They offer cold and hot Matcha green tea beverages with a wide variety of non-dairy milk options: coconut, almond, hemp, macadamia and oat milk.
What we ordered: Iced Matcha latte & Pink Drink - Hibiscus, rose hips, bee pollen and maca.
Vegan Breakfast Options In LA
Sugarbloom Bakery (VF/GF)
Address: 4122 Verdugo Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
No-contact delivery or pick-up in Glassell Park. Classically French trained chef Sharon Wang bakery offers a good variety of pastries that includes vegan and gluten-free options.
What we ordered: Vegan Sesame Pretzel croissant
The Wild Chive (VF)
Address: 2650 E Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803.
Wildchive started as popup and opened a brick and mortar location around 2020. Wildchive is definitely a little bit of a drive but worth it. Belmont Pier and Long Branch are nearby . Hence parking and finding a space is a bit of a beast to find. Wildchive has a super cute vibe. The bread is all vegan thick and perfectly beautiful for their French Toast & BLT’s. Unfortunately the bread isn’t gluten-free but they do have a gluten-free burrito options too.
What we ordered: We got the rise & shine - double stack of there signature fluffy pancakes served with cheesy soft-scrambled tofu patty, side of bacon, butter & pure maple syrup & coffee with oat milk. The bacon is made from soy and nice and crispy.
Crossroads Kitchen (V/GF)
Address: 8284 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles 90046
2 locations in Los Angeles
Blink 182's drummer, Travis Barker co-owner of the high-end vegan Crossroads restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and brunch on the weekends. They have dine in, takeout and delivery options. They also have a Los Vegas location. Honestly we were fully prepared for this to be a quick dine and dash because what does a drummer know about food. How wrong were we. Tal Ronnen, founder and chef of Crossroads is a fantastic chef. This place is the bomb dot com lol. So good, please go.
What we ordered: Stuffed French Toast and a Khachapuri with almond ricotta and yellow tomato runny egg yolk.
Just What I Kneaded (V/GF)
Address: 2029 Blake Avenue #104, Los Angeles, CA 90039.
They offer a delicious rotating selection of all vegan goodies at this bakery and cafe. Serving breakfast all day and delicious bakery treats.
Dine in & Delivery.
What we ordered: Yes, Chef breakfast biscuits, Crunchy wrap and some yummy pastries.
Lunch/Dinner
Gokoku Ramen Shop (V/GF)
Address: 4147 Lankershim Blvd, Studio City, CA 91602.
Offers lunch & dinner. A Japanese eatery with build your own meat-free ramen bowls and vegan sushi.
They do dine in, takeout & delivery.
What we ordered: Lots and lots of Sushi.
Gracias Madre (V)
Address: 898905 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069.
Gracias Madre is located in trendy West Hollywood and is a favorite of celebrities. Great atmosphere, decent tacos. A little pricey but it is West Hollywood. Crossroads and The Butcher Daughter are close by and probably more our speed. But it’s definitely the place to see and be seen.
What we ordered: Homemade guacamole and quesadilla.
Sage Regenerative Kitchen & Brewery (V/GF)
Address: 1700 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
ingredients from local regenerative and organic farms. b’fast full vegan menu in echo park. Vegan comfort foods and in-house craft beers.
by By time traveling mart 😁
What we ordered: we tried the chia granola french toast, tofu scramble and housemade kombucha.
The Butcher's Daughter (VF)
Address: 8755 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood CA 90069
2 locations in Los Angeles; 3 in NYC.
It’s 100% vegetarian with eggs and cheese, vegan friendly with a few gluten-free options. No meat. They have NYC locations where it was founded.
What we ordered: Jackfruit Baja "Fish" tacos which was very tasty and an earl grey mule.
Veggie Grill (VF/GF)
Address: 720 S Allied Way, El Segundo, CA 90245
Multiple locations through out Los Angeles.
Veggie Grill by Next level serves up everything from vegan burgers, bowls, salads to sandwich's. From garden to grill, their mission is to serve food for a better world.
What we ordered: Vegan Grill Chicken Salad
Vegan Burger In Los Angeles
Monty's Good Burger (VF)
Address: 62 W. Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91103
Multiple locations in LA, Culver City, and Riverside.
Monty’s named after the owner rescue dog. Great burger made with impossible patties. Sides fries, tater taters and kale salad. Order your lemonade still or sparkling, very refreshing. What we ordered: Burgers and lemonade
Mr. Charlie’s (V)
Address: 612 N. LaBrea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
A veganized McDonalds experience minus the milkshake's. Mr. Charlie's is definitely an Instagram worth spot. If McDonalds was vegan is the concept behind this The menu is like what you expect meals, single burger, nuggets and fries Its a pickup and delivery establishment no dine in option.Takeout & a few small tables in front of the restaurant.
What we ordered: We tried the Frowny meal the definitely the most popular item. We got a Frowny Meal Not A hamburger Meal at $15.99 plus tax its a burger with 4 nuggets , fries and a drink. Its pull at the nostalgia a heart strings but honestly Monty's and Hart House are better and cheaper.
Hart House (V)
Address: 8265 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048
4 locations in Westchester, LA, and Monrovia.
A good selection of vegan hamburger, chick'n sandwich's, nuggets and a kale salad with kale, carrots, brussels sprouts, cabbage with a orange vinaigrette. Sides include crispy tator tots, french fries and you can get the kale salad as a side too. And last but not least they have strawberry, vanilla and chocolate milk shakes that are the best we've had. Seems they have changed the formula of the shakes from when we first went from oat base to pea protein and coconut fat but still very good. A cute all vegan modern fast casual burger restaurant serving lunch and dinner. Don’t let the name Kevin Hart scare you. They of do takeout but also have a eat-in dining room.
What we ordered: Vegan Vanilla Milkshakes 🙂 and cheeseburger with half order fries and half totes.
Desserts
Cake Girl Donuts (V/G)
Address: 2100 E 1st Street, LA, CA 90033 inside Saint Louis Pharmacy.
Everything is vegan, gluten-free, wheat-free, egg-free, dairy-free, soy-free, peanut-free, nut-free (except coconut). They have a selection of cakes, cupcakes, donuts, brownies, crumbs & cookies.
What we ordered: We tried there donuts and latte both very good.
Chaumont Vegan (V/G)
Address: 145 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
2 locations: Beverly Hills, Santa Monica.
Chaumont Vegan's exquisite selection of French-style vegan pastries. French baking through a vegan lens. Homemade vegan butter, crafted without palm oil, soy, gluten, or additives, is the cornerstone of there flaky and rich pastries ensuring your patrons enjoy the very best of vegan viennoiserie.
What we ordered: matcha croissant, rose and pistachio
To Try: definitely get there custom made organic vegan butter coconut based no cashew or nut milk being used a variety of flavors fig, garlic, sundried tomatoes, truffle and rose ,
Donut Friend (V/G)
Address: 5107 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042
3 locations in Silverlake, DTLA and Highland Park.
Open late, affordable, and secretly vegan lol is the mission of founder Mark Trombino, One of the locations is actually plant-based ice cream. Thus, Creamo The donuts are fried in soybean oil and unfortunately no gluten-free options. What we ordered: All 100% plant-based, The Promise Ring, Hot Rosewater Music, The Strawberry So Gar and Youth Brulee.
Erin McKenna’s Bakery (V/G)
Address: - 236 North Larchmont Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90004.
Erin McKenna's is based out of New York and we've been to that location too. A vegan and gluten-free bakery. All baked goods are free from wheat, gluten, dairy, egg and soy.
What we ordered: Madeleines dipped in chocolate, perfection. Moist, tender, yummy.
Magpie’s Softserve (VF/GF)
Address: - 3 locations in Los Angeles, CA.
Serving vegan and dairy soft-serve ice cream cones and slices of ice cream pie.
What we ordered: Ice cream pie.
Honorable Mentions
- Rahel Ethiopian Vegan Cuisine (VF)
Address: 1047 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Vegan and Gluten Free
Plant-based Ethiopian cuisine.
To Try: Specializing in dishes like tender mushroom tibs. Combo platter with legume and veggies with Ethiopian injera bread. - Plant Power Fast Food (V)
Address: 776 Vine St Los Angeles, CA 90038
Multiple locations in Los Angeles
To Try: There menu is packed with your favorite fast food classics: burgers, fries and shakes and salads. We definitely want to give their at-based milk horchata, peanut butter, coffee, cookie butter and cookies & cream flavors a try. - Stuff I Eat (V)
Address: 114 N Market St, Inglewood, CA 90301
Stuff I Eat was established in 2008 by Ron and Babette Davis. There mission is to bring healthy, plant-based options to their community. There menu is designed to be a transitional diet without sacrificing delicious taste, flavor and textures.
To Try: Soul Food Sampler Plate - Yams, Mac N Cheese, BBQ Tofu, Kale Greens, Black-Eyed Peas, Potato Salad, Coleslaw and a cornbread muffin and the Carrot Untuna. - Cafe Gratitude (V/GF)
2 locations - Larchmont and Venice
To Try: Pumpkin Spice Brioche French Toast, Lion's Mane Steak N Eggs Breakfast Sandwich, Watermelon Poke, Eggplant Bruschetta, Tofu Banh Mi, - Smorgasburg Los Angeles (V, VF)
Every Sunday 10am- 4pm
Is an open air food market with nearly 100 small business represented. To try: Happy Ice (V), Acai Valeu (VF), Cena Vegan (V), Champignon Eats (V), Donut Friend (V), HGG Tanghulu (VF) and ManEating Plant (V) - Tribal Café (VF)
Address: 1651 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Tribal Cafe’s is a local, community business with an emphasis on healthier meals abundant with generous portions of fresh leafy greens, fresh-cut veggies and fruits layered with meat or plant-based proteins.
To Try: Earth Day - vegan mock turkey avocado club and Coral Bleaching a vegan Filipino faknChikn Adobo sandwich. - Nic’s on Beverly - V - Closed for Business March 31, 2024
Address: 8265 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
It was a wonderful plant-based restaurant and hopefully they’ll be able to come back in some form.
Bonus Tips
We always like to know the closest grocery stores to pack snacks and find new products that may not be sold in our area.
Vegan Grocery Stores
Besties Vegan Paradise - (V/VF/G/GF)
Address: 4882 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029
An entirely vegan grocery store. Besties is a self-funded completely vegan grocery store that open in 2019. The only vegan store that only sells products by all-vegan companies. All products and brands in their store are 100% vegan, ethical (no animal testing), women, LGBT, and/or minority owned and primarily local, California based.
Specialty items like vegan chocolates, vegan meats, seafoods and cheeses. They also offer delicious dairy-free soft-serve ice cream. And the great news is they can ship many of the items they stock.
Follow Your Heart Market & Cafe (V/VF/G/GF)
Address: 21825 Sherman Way Canoga Park, 91303.
Yes, the folks that make our vegan cheese have an entire store. A wonderful market and cafe built in the 70’s. With a huge selection of dried herbs, spices, peppers. An amazing variety of sweets, grains and flours, sugars and treats.
Re_grocery - (V/VF/GF)
Address: 5046 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042
3 locations Mar Vista, Studio City and Highland Park.
They are a package-free with a huge selection of goods. Container (Glass, Metal, Plastic, Silicone or cloth bag are all welcome) must be empty, clean and dry. They also have 100% post-consumer recycled paper bags for use and reusable glass jars/bottles and cloth produce bags for purchase too. To do better than recycling.
Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods Market and Erewhon Market, a Los Angeles gourmet grocery store frequented by celebrities - lots of locations across Los Angeles.
Must haves: bottles of water, snacks and if you just what to spend some time in your hotel room chilling or are just exhausted; prepackaged lunch/dinner is always an option. Check out our list of vegan gluten-free options available at Trader Joe’s.
Where We Stayed
Location - Hawthorne, California (a 30 minute drive from Downtown Los Angeles and ten minutes from the airport.)
Nightly Rates: under $150 a night.
Hotel prices are pretty steep for a week’s stay in LA so we opted for an Airbnb. We rent a small private bungalow with full bathroom and kitchen.
Our criteria for selecting a rental are as follows.
We look for superhosts (people who Airbnb have identified as providing outstanding hospitality with at least a 4.8 rating), are labeled Airbnb Plus (a curated collection of Airbnbs that have been chosen for their exceptional design and great hospitality). There is also Airbnb Luxe which is similar but instead focuses on the most luxury Airbnb offerings. And lastly they have over 200 reviews (reading the reviews can give you a good idea of the quality and feel of a place).
In our mind that means they have been vetted and shouldn’t be a fluke in quality, service and safety.
Should You Rent A Car
Absolutely, you should rent a car. Driving is the best option for getting around LA. There is public transit and of course Uber and Lyft, but Los Angeles is very spread out and without a car you would spend a lot of time in transit. Be careful when it rains. Roads are really designed and pot holes pop up after a heavy rain. We hit a pothole in Beverly Hills after a heavy rain last trip and had a blow out.
Things To Do
Disneyland
Disneyland in Anaheim, California not to be confused with Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
A one day pass cost $83.00 and should be bought well in advance of your arrival. They have great vegan options in the park.
Hollywood Sign
You can see the 100 year old sign without hiking to see it. The three easiest locations to see the sign without a hike are:
- At the Hollywood Sign Vista Point (Lake Hollywood) park.
- W. 4th St & S. Windsor Blvd where you can frame the Hollywood Sign between two rows of palm trees.
- And at Griffith Observatory.
Find even more locations to see the sign at www.shershegoes.com
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