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A Bowie reference, naturally, for a joint co-owned by KEXP DJ John Richards, who also helped curate a 6,000-large record collection that stretches to the ceiling. Request a vinyl selection (until 7pm daily), but stay for complex cocktails listed with ABV, including 0.03 percent NA ones. Earnestness overrides music snobbery at the vegan hang, where a menu message insists “You Are Read more...
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Tucked away on a quiet South Lake Union street is a vegan Thai haven that, well, doesn’t taste vegan. That might be a product of Thai food’s inherent tendency towards plants and away from dairy, but Kati reminds us of an important truth—vegetables can be profoundly decadent. Like broccoli, stir fried and doused in garlic lime sauce, oyster mushrooms that Read more...
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This juice and smoothie empire is now five storefronts strong. And the fifth location—a massive shotgun-style cafe in Pioneer Square—is a stunner: bright and airy with exposed brick, deep booths, and rattan baskets hanging from the ceiling. All that modernity is the fitting backdrop to “wellness” elixirs (beetroot lattes, lemon ginger tonics) and a revamped, expanded plant-based and gluten-free menu. Read more...
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A humble counter on the edge of Ballard goes all in on a most unlikely concept: loaded vegan baked potatoes. Papas Hot Potatoes smothers the common russet (or sweet potato upgrade) with cashew sour cream, assertive salsa, and faux queso the color of ball-park mustard. Some customers get carried away with the roster of complimentary add-ons—garlic “aioli,” roasted mushrooms, pickled Read more...
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Look beyond the vigorously pastel walls and awkward layout to that glorious buffet, an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of curry, tofu, braised jackfruit, eggplant, and assorted “meat” that’s the stuff of meatless dreams. In the dining room, grateful vegans hover over tangy noodle soups, but the banh mi with faux crispy pork skin on the takeout menu counts plenty of carnivores in its Read more...
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For any card-carrying vegan, a Makini Howell restaurant, which has wooed even the staunchest of carnivores, is the plant-based place to be. Howell’s latest, Plum Chopped, arrives next door to her Plum Bistro on 12th Ave. It’s a fast-casual walkup counter with some warm offerings for breakfast and hearty salads come lunchtime, like the World Traveler. Basic romaine cradles ubercrunchy turmeric-spiced pepitas, Read more...
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Chef Brendan McGill—besides clearly on his way to locking down all the food options in downtown Bainbridge (Hitchcock, Hitchcock Deli, Bruciato Pizza)—is also one heck of a healthy guy, if his juicebar/cafe Verjus is any indication. Within this tidy room you’ll find all manner of spendy juice blends, along with fruit-nut butter tartines, soups and grain bowls, even a halved coconut Read more...
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Juicebox’s Kari Brunson and Hot Cakes founder Autumn Martin created a lineup of vegan ice cream that’s crazy decadent, deeply flavored, and in no way a dietary consolation prize. Their scoop shop serves frequently rotating flavors, like brown sugar vanilla, gingered golden milk (which tastes, in the best possible way, of pure ginger), and salty caramel ash that’s sweet and Read more...
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The palm-thatched, bamboo-adorned evolution of the No Bones About It vegan food truck has morphed into a fully formed coastal-inspired plant-based restaurant in Ballard. Seattle has its fair share of dreary weather to be sure, so No Bones Beach Club was born, a bastion of tiki-inspired cocktails and an oasis of paradise. Truly, it doesn’t get more offbeat than “vegan tiki Read more...