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This Couple Is Serving Up Vegan Comfort Food in America’s Dairyland

After experiencing the positive effects of cannabis and the accompanying food cravings, Arielle and Brandon Hawthorne wanted to make it easier to find vegan fast-food fare for other enthusiasts.

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The Best Crab Cakes in Baltimore Are Vegan

For nearly a decade, co-owners Naijha Wright-Brown and Chef Gregory Brown continue drawing hungry patrons with their fan-favorite crabless cakes In a city renowned for its seafood.

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How Lifelong Vegan Makini Howell Launched A Vegan Food Empire in Seattle

After working at her mother’s plant-based restaurant growing up, world-renowned chef Makini Howell launched vegan fine-dining institution Plum Bistro.

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San Diego’s First Vegan Breakfast Café Is Black-Owned

Waffle-wrapped corn dogs and next-level vegan breakfast sandwiches take center stage at San Diego’s first plant-based breakfast café.

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How to Eat Vegan in Oakland

From pastries and pizza to sandwiches and sushi, Oakland is the newest vegan hot spot home to a plethora of diverse cuisine for every craving.

by Karishma Morabia

Recipes

We Have the (Plant-Based) Meats: Best Vegan Butcher Shops

From seasoned steak to juicy ribs, these vegan meat shops work wonders with vegetables and a cleaver.

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Their Food Was Outlawed in Mississippi. Now, They’re Serving Up Vegan Cajun-Creole in Portland.

After a state Senate bill in Jackson, MS outlawed the labeling of plant-based food as meat, Kim and Alkebulan Moroski set their sights on Portland, OR.

Restaurants

19 Vegan Asian & Asian-Owned Restaurants to Support

Panic, xenophobia, and racism won’t stop us from incredible plant-based food. And it shouldn’t stop you either.

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This Brooklyn Vegan Restaurant Opened 2 Weeks Before the Pandemic. Now, They’re Booming.

Despite opening two weeks before New York City’s COVID-19 closures, Black-owned Ras Plant Based is Brooklyn’s newest rising star.

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This Black-Owned Food Truck Makes Some of the Best Vegan Burgers in LA

After slinging vegan burgers for the likes of Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams, LA’s Black-owned Vurger Guyz has become a star of its own.

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Atlanta’s First Vegan Taqueria Is Woman-Owned (and Amazing)

Atlanta resident Christin “Chris” Hodge made history last summer with the opening of Chi Chi Vegan, the city’s first brick-and-mortar vegan taqueria.

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How Oakland’s Souley Vegan Became a Soul Food Empire

With just $27 in the cash register and zero savings, founder Tamearra Dyson has turned Oakland, CA’s Souley Vegan into one of the premier vegan soul food restaurants in the country.

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Recipes

17 Vegan Restaurants That Will Cook Thanksgiving For You

From local hidden gems to restaurants that ship nationwide, you can look forward to a full Thanksgiving vegan meal no matter where you are.

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7 Vegan Soul Food Dishes From Around the Country You Need to Try

From gumbo to buttery vegan biscuits, look below the Mason-Dixon line for a fresh crop of comfort food classics.

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2020 Can’t Stop Los Angeles’ Restaurant Week. Here Are the Vegan Highlights.

From afternoon tea to a five-course Mexican feast, these deals are too tempting to pass up.

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Seasoned Vegan: How This Mother-and-Son-Run Vegan Restaurant Has Become a Harlem Mainstay

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Restaurants

Sisters Close Salon After a Decade to Open Booming Vegan Business

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Recipes

20 Juicy Vegan Burgers That Are Way Better Than the Big Mac

From Pennsylvania to California, these epic handholds outshine their animal-based counterpart.

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9 Amazing Vegan Restaurants in North Florida

From Pensacola to Tallahassee, these vegan spots north of Orlando give the tourist destinations some healthy plant-based competition.

Features

25 Ways to Get Your Vegan Mexican Food Fix Across the US

From local pop-ups working to decolonize the food system to inventive, decadent dishes (hello, pumpkin flower tacos!) at taquerias, plant-based Mexican food is taking over the nation.