My wife and I will be in Portland the second week in March and are on the lookout for an outstanding vegan/vegetarian restaurant. My wife is a vegan and really wants to find a special place to have a birthday dinner while we%26#39;re in Portland. Any suggestions?
Gourmet Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurant(s)?
I don%26#39;t know any personally but while you wait for an answer, try looking at www.portlandfood.org.
They are always discussing vegans and vegetarian restaurants..
Hope this helps..and welcome to Portland. ( my birthday is in March too..happy day to your wife :)
Gourmet Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurant(s)?
I am not sure about Portland, but if you are out exploring the valley try ';Marco Polo'; in downtown Salem. While not strictly vegetarian, they have many wonderful vegetarian/vegan offerings.
Blossoming Lotus in the Pearl district. It%26#39;s in the same space as Pearl Yoga. It%26#39;s a completely vegan restaurant, and it%26#39;s quite popular with the locals. I%26#39;m not a vegetarian myself, but I%26#39;ve been there a few times with my husband and it%26#39;s quite good!!! They have a website and you can peruse the menu.
The only thing is that because it shares the same space as a yoda studio, I wouldn%26#39;t call the atmosphere romantic, esp for a birthday.
Blossoming Lotus makes the best salads!
But I don%26#39;t see it as a ';special place for a birthday dinner';...
I have a feeling that there might be more vegan places on the Eastside. I never hear anyone in our neighborhood mentioning them here on the NW side.
Other than those, the only true Vegan place I know of is Pirates Tavern, but I don%26#39;t know if that would meet the ';gourmet'; criteria.
http://www.piratestavern.com/
Andina, in The Pearl, has several nice vegetarian offerings. I don%26#39;t know about the vegan part.
You%26#39;re in luck if you%26#39;re coming to Portland. You actually don%26#39;t have to go to a ';Vegan/Vegetarian'; restaurant to get a great vegetarian meal. We have such a large vegetarian population that almost all the top restaurants have vegetarian options. An old fashioned BBQ Grill place near my house even does bbq tofu in order to cater to everybody.
Have fun!
Romantic, nice cocktails, great food that is veggie and/or vegan is on SE Division at about 43rd, called Kalga Kafe. I%26#39;m taking a date there tonight, in fact!
Try their Thai Basil Martini, it%26#39;s yummy! Food is ';spice route'; in influence.
Farther down on Division, is Bay Leaf, a new Chinese place that is ALL vegetarian. Great place. Try the garlic eggplant w/brown rice.
Super romantic, special occasion place, but expensivie, and is Italian, so you will find veggie options, esp in the pasta menu, is Genoa. Also in SE.
check out this food blog, it%26#39;s very helpful and I read it all the time, even though I am local. Portland%26#39;s eating out scene changes rapidly!
http://www.portlandfoodanddrink.com/
Read their review of Lovely Hula Hands, it might be the place for that special dinner!
cheers!
Hi twirlgirl, is portland food and drink Epicurious?
I used to get the best ideas from reading his site and portlandfood.org.
Hi- one way to approach this is to look through the restaurants and go to their website and see their menus. City Grill has the ';veiw'; and is a lot of fun, though can get noisy. They make their own sushi-I order the vegies- and so on. I do not eat any meat but we typically check the menu out ahead and pick that way. Also, if you call ahead many of the smaller gems will make something for your wife. If $$$ is not an issue, we just had a glorious meal at Georgio%26#39;s in the Pearl. I would also call Genoa. Happy Birthday celebration.
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