🥦 Best Vegan & Plant-Based in Chicago

10 vegan & plant-based spots in Chicago, scored and ranked for 2026.

Top 10 Vegan & Plant-Based Spots

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Vegan / Plant-Based · Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park plant-based restaurant that makes vegan food genuinely exciting. The cauliflower wings come out properly crisp, the jackfruit tacos are convincing, and the smoothie bowls are worth a pho...

Demera Ethiopian Restaurant

Ethiopian · Uptown

Uptown Ethiopian serving traditional dishes on injera bread for over a decade. Doro wat, tibs, and an excellent vegetarian combo make it one of Chicago's best Ethiopian restaurants. The communal eatin...

Handlebar

Vegetarian / Bar · Wicker Park

Wicker Park vegetarian bar and restaurant that has been feeding the neighborhood since 2003. The black bean burger is one of the best veggie burgers in Chicago, the beer selection is solid, and the pa...

Chicago Diner

Vegan / Vegetarian · Lakeview / Wrigleyville

Long-running weekend brunch destination where everything on the menu is either vegan or can be made vegan. The vegan shakes are thick and creamy, the country fried seitan is a revelation, and the brun...

Hema's Kitchen

Indian · West Rogers Park

Devon Avenue BYOB with home-style cooking across both South and North Indian traditions — dosas, butter chicken, biryani. Bring wine, skip the delivery markup, and eat well for very little. The kind o...

Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen

Mediterranean / Lebanese · Hyde Park

Hyde Park Lebanese counter a few blocks from the University of Chicago, pulling shawarma, falafel, and hummus that hold up to real scrutiny. Quick, affordable, vegetarian-friendly — the kind of neighb...

Soul Vegetarian South

Vegan / Soul Food · Chatham

Chatham's vegan soul kitchen rooted in African Hebrew Israelite tradition. Kale patties and tofu BBQ hold their own against any meat-based competition. The neighborhood spot that proved plant-based so...

Soul Veg City

Vegan / Soul Food · Chatham

Chatham vegan soul food spot where cauliflower wingz and vegan gyros are the regulars' order. Tofu Tidbits round out a menu that's genuinely rooted in Black culinary tradition, not just trend-chasing....

Annapurna Indian

Indian Vegetarian · Devon Avenue

Devon Avenue's vegetarian Indian anchor, pulling from a deep well of South Asian vegetarian tradition. Dosas, chaat, and thalis at prices that make the neighborhood's restaurant row feel like a deal. ...

Ethiopian Diamond

Ethiopian · Edgewater

Ethiopian Diamond on N Broadway has been anchoring Edgewater's Ethiopian scene for years — family-run, slow-simmered stews, and a vegetarian platter spread across injera that converts skeptics at the ...

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