This is my second and final contribution to the 2012 Austin Food Blogger Alliance City Guide...which goes LIVE tomorrow (click here to see my gluten-free dinner list in Austin). Make sure and check out the guide to read over 75 posts from some of Austin’s most active food bloggers. We have done the research for you and have come up with great lists for everything from Asian fusion dining to the best coffee bars in Austin.
This post will cover Vegetarian restaurants in south, central and downtown Austin. And just for a small disclaimer, I am not completely vegetarian, but I eat vegetarian/vegan meals on occasion while I’m out and about. Many of these restaurants or businesses have multiple locations. Make sure and check out their websites for more information! Some of these restaurants have separate vegetarian menus so I recommend you double check with staff upon arrival.
Austin Restaurants with Vegetarian Choices
- Wasota African Cuisine (Nigerian & west African food, south)
- Boomerangs (homemade aussie pies, central)
- Hot Dog King (veggie hot dogs, downtown)
- Conscious Cravings (trailer, central)
- Lulu B’s (Vietnamese trailer, south)
- Thai Fresh (downtown)
- Buffalo Bob’s Chalupa Wagon (chalupas, south)
- Taco Deli (veggie tacos, south, central, north)
- Titaya Thai (central)
- Sagra (Italian, central/downtown)
- Swad (Indian, central)
- Daily Juice (cafe, juices, central)
- Juiceland/Soup Peddler (soups, juices, south)
- Whole Foods (downtown, north)
- Beets Cafe (raw, vegetarian restaurant, downtown)
- 24 Diner (diner open 24 hours, downtown)
- Flying Carpet (Moroccan, south)
- Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse (great menu, south)
- Elizabeth Street Cafe (French Vietnamese, south)
- Hula Hut (tex-mex, american, lake views)
- Snap Kitchen (downtown)
- My Fit Foods (to-go food, multiple locations)
- Wheatsville Co-Op (grocer, cafe options)
- Central Market (grocer & cafe, south, central)
- Man Bites Dog (veggie dogs, south)
- Magnolia Cafe (american, 24 hours, south, central)
- Guero’s (Tex-Mex, south)
- Curra’s Grill (Mexican, south)
- How Do You Roll (sushi, downtown)
- Rutamaya (coffee & more, south)
- Clay Pit (Indian, downtown/central)
- Maudies (Tex-Mex, multiple locations)
- Sugar Mama’s Cupcakes (south)
- Veggie Heaven (downtown/central)
- Snack Bar (New American, downtown)
- Mr. Natural (bakery, juicebar, 2 locations)
- Vivo (Tex-Mex, downtown)
- The Vegan Yacht (downtown)
- Leaf (salads, downtown)
- Eastside Cafe (New American, downtown)
- Shady Grove (American, south)
- Z Pizza (westlake)
- Austin Java (American, coffee, multiple locations)
- Toy Joy Cafe (desserts, central)
- Spider House Cafe (coffee, cafe, drinks, central)
- Aster’s Ethiopian (central)
- Whip In (cafe, grocer, south)
- New India (south)
- Tarka (Indian, south)
- G’raj Mahal (Indian trailer, downtown)
- Mother’s Cafe (central, all vegetarian)
- Casa De Luz (south, all vegetarian)
- Promise Pizza (multiple locations)
- Quack’s (bakery, coffee, central)
- El Sol Y Luna (Tex-Mex, downtown)
- Peche (downtown)
- Thundercloud Subs (sandwiches, soups, multiple locations)
- Thom’s Market (grocer)
- Black Sheep Lodge (bar, American, south)
- Polvo’s (Mexican, south)
- Zen (Japanese, multiple locations)
- Progress Coffee (coffee, east of downtown)
- Cheer Up Charlie’s (downtown)
- Karibu (Ethiopian, downtown)
- Blue Dahlia (European Bistro, east of downtown)
- Zandunga (Mexican, east of downtown)
Note: This is a partial list of vegetarian restaurants in Austin. Also, this is not a gluten-free list. Yes, some of these have gluten-free options but this list is geared toward vegetarians. Check out the blogger guide if you would like to read about vegetarian restaurants in North Austin. If you are vegan, make sure and check out the post by Lazy Smurf. Other city guide posts include dining out sustainably and raw food.
If you would like to leave a restaurant or business suggestion, please feel free to leave a comment below. Also if you know of a specific dish at one of these restaurants, feel free to share in the comment section.
Thanks for sharing the listing of Austin Restaurants with Vegetarian choices.
You did a great job. Your posting a great source of information. I travel a lot with my son that has celiac disease.
Keep up the great work!
So excited to see this list and can’t wait until we come back again to try some out! I am bummed I didn’t remember it was here last week! I think I cleaned your blog out of my blogs I follow but I am signed up now and I will be sure that doesn’t ever happen again!
Thank you Molly!!!!
It was so fun hanging out with you this past weekend.
This is a fantastic guide! We used it through our whole trip! Let me know when you all come to Sacramento so that we can show you around!
There is a How Do You Roll sushi place up north too, at the north end of 360 at Mo-Pac.
Oh, and Tarka is also next to IKEA up here in Round Rock
There could be one on Anderson, I saw the sign across the road from Steinmart. Mmm.. now I need naan!
Hi Heather! You should submit these businesses to locatespecialdiet.com!
This blog post was specifically for South, Central and DT austin. Another blogger included up north veg places
How do you submit, do you have to have an account?
Yes, on Locate Special Diet you have to create an account to submit a restaurant. It’s quick and easy!
http://www.locatespecialdiet.com/
This is a truly compreshensive list! I can’t believe I have been to most of them. Can’t wait to try the moroccan place. I’ve even been to the chalupa place with my kids since they adore chalupas. The only one that comes to mind is Maoz the falafel place in the Triangle. They recently opened so maybe didn’t make it to your list because of that. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I have even more on LocateSpecialDiet.com!
I haven’t tried Maoz yet… thanks for the tip! Sounds awesome!