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A list of awesome vegetarian-friendly restaurants in SF

Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants in San Francisco

Sandwiches

• Jay's Cheesesteaks (many seitan flavors)
• Ike's Place (tons of amazing veggie sandwiches)
• Toaster Oven (Potbelly's clone)
• Freddie's Sandwiches (in north beach if you don't want to go all the way to, or wait in the line at, Ike's; get the jalapeno spread)
• Rhea's Deli (Great seitan BBQ Chicken sandwhich, and cheese sandwhiches of the highest quality)
• Love n Haight (lots of veggie meat options and open late)

Mexican

• Papalote (their house salsa is the best IN THE WORLD)
• El Buen Sabor (my favorite super veggie burrito)
• Taqueria Cancún (classic mission burrito; open till 2am on fri/sat, 1am other days, I think)
• Weird Fish (seitan tacos and sweet potato fries. yum!)
• Gracias Madre (Vegan mexican food)
• La Palma Mexicatessen (fresh hand-made tortillas)
• El Tonayense (amazing southwestern grilled veggie burrito. There may be gristle, but it's amazing.)

Sushi

• Tsunami (awesomest veggie rolls and sake selection)
• Chaya (all vegan japanese and sushi)
• Minako (huge veggie & vegan menu, home-style japanese)

Ethiopian

• Cafe Ethiopia (Veggie combo with #13, #16, #19, and a full order of #23)
• Axum Cafe

Thai

• OSHA (Tom Ka and Veggie Spring Rolls are to die for)
• Tara (not too busy usually, great Pad Ke Mao)
• Tuk Tuk Cafe (cheap and good veggie options)
• Thep Phanom
• Dara Thai-Lao (plenty of options, Lao is less sweet than Thai)

Chinese

• Yum Yum Hunan (get the Veggie Potstickers, General Tso Meatless Chicken, and Szechuan String Bean. Order outside of this selection at your own peril)
• Golden Era (excellent selection of seitan fake meat dishes)
• Big Lantern (Good selection of seiten fake meat)
• Jasmine Tea House (veggie meats)

Indian(ish)

• Pakwan (amazing Paneer Tika Masala, and many other veggie dishes)
• Udupi Palace (all vegetarian south indian)
• Kasa (indian food wraps. sounds weird; tastes good!; several locations)
• Vik's Chaat (all veg south indian. amazing and authentic. check hours.)
• Dosa (high-ish-end south indian. vegetarian-friendly. mission location more relaxed than fillmore.)

Burmese

• Burma Superstar (get the samosa soup and rainbow salad. it'll blow your mind)

Vietnamese

• Sunflower (the best lunch special around. delicious soup and egg rolls)
• Slanted Door ( The Lemongrass Tofu is so good that it was all I ordered there for years. )

Cambodian

• Angkor Borei

Burgers and Fries

• Barney's Gourmet Hamburger (big selection of awesome veggie burgers. get the curly fries and a turkish coffee shake to round it out!)
• Metro Cafe (Veggie Burgers & Cheese Steaks)

German

• Suppenküche (not tons of veggie options, but they're all great, especially brunch)
• Rosamunde Sausage Grill (tofurky sausage next to Toronado)

Pizza

• Marcellos (best thin crust)
• Golden Boy (thick crust, good during a night of drinking up in North Beach)
• Patxi's Pizza (best chicago style deep dish in the city)
• Flour + Water
• South Beach Cafe
• Tony's Pizza Napoletana
• Zero Zero (when it opens later this year. i'm assuming it'll be awesome because Picco's in Sausalito is awesome)
• Pauline's

Breakfast

• Tartine (super famous bakery. try the morning buns!)
• Mama's (holy crap so amazing, get here if you can!)
• Butler and the Chef (Veggie Eggs Benedict rules)
• Dottie's (black bean cakes, zucchini cakes are good additions to the standard brunch fare)
• Fatoush (the perfect brunch spot, especially on their back patio when it's nice out)
• Pork Store Cafe (veggie brunch stuff including vegan option)
• Mission Beach Cafe (daily brunch, great vegetarian options)
• St Francis Fountain (diner-style breakfast / brunch, lots of veg options)
• Boogaloo's (hipster delight, tofu scram)

New American

• Greens
• Millennium (Vegan. Fantastic use of fungi)
• Restaurant Gary Danko (if you ask for it beforehand, they have an amazing vegetarian prix fixe menu)
• Cafe Gratitude (vegan raw food - [much] better than you'd expect)

Italian

• Emmy's Spaghetti Shack (wait in the bar next door)

Bars

• Gestalt Haus (veggie sausages)
• Zeitgeist (Veggie burger, cheese tamales)
• Monk's Kettle (house vegan chilli, house? veggie burgers, giant pretzels!)
• Beretta (veg/vegan pizza options and plenty of other veg friendly dishes)

Wine and Tea Bars

• Samovar (enjoy an exotic kettle of tea made by professions. grab a snack too)

Ice Cream!

• Bi-rite Creamery (right next to the park and they offer 2 or 3 vegan options usually)
• Humphrey Slocombe (bourbon and corn flake ice cream = secret breakfast!)
• Maggie Mudd's (best vegan ice cream pretty much ever)
• Mitchell's (ice cream the way you remember it from your childhood. tons of flavors)
• Xanath Ice Cream (from the people who brought you the yellow gate that never opens, but smells of saffron and vanilla)