New Orleans Restaurants/Stores
with Vegetarian Meal Offerings |
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Restaurant | Location(s) |
Recommended Veggie Items |
Staffing & Service |
Dress |
Cost |
Grocery/Deli | |||||
Whole Foods Market A healthy grocery store |
Uptown: 5600 Magazine St - (504) 899-9119 | Lots of deli department items Many salads Prepared veggies |
Good Usually efficient |
Casual | Medium |
Asian | |||||
Basil Leaf Thai food |
Uptown: 1438 S Carrollton Ave - (504) 862-9001 | Pad thai is great (add tofu!) | Excellent | Casual or better | Medium to high |
Sukothai Thai food |
Just out of the French Quarter 1913 Royal St - (504) 948-9309 |
Many veggie appetizers and entres | Good | Casual or better | Medium |
Pho Tau Bay Vietnamese food |
1. Downtown: Tulane Avenue near Claiborne across from LSU Health
Sciences 2. Mid City: Carrolton near Canal 216 N Carrollton Ave - (504) 485-7687 3. Metairie: 3116 N Arnoult Rd, Metairie - (504) 780-1063 |
Veggie po-boy made with tofu! Veggie soup with tofu and lots of basil and sprouts Other Vietnamese items are available. |
Friendly efficient staff. Fast service |
Casual | Inexpensive |
Italian | |||||
Semolina Pasta Restaurant |
1. 5080 Ponchatrain Blvd -
(504) 486-7448 2. Uptown: 3226 Magazine Street - (504) 895-4260 |
Lots of pasta choices which can be custom ordered | Friendly | Casual or better | Inexpensive to medium |
Louisiana Pizza Kitchen "Gourmet Pizza" |
1. French Quarter
95 French Market Pl -
(504) 522-9500 2. Uptown: Carrolton near St Charles, 615 S Carrollton Ave - (504) 866-5900 |
Many salads, appetizers, and gourmet veggie
pizzas Roasted garlic pizza Margharita pizza Spinach salad Feta cheese salad |
Friendly staff | Casual | Inexpensive to Medium |
Mixed Bag | |||||
Slim Goodie's Diner http://slimgoodies.com |
3322 Magazine Street near the
intersection of Louisiana Ave (504) 891-EGGS |
Non-vegetarian Americana diner-style food with
a vegetarian twist Veggie & vegan breakfast food served all day Veggie burgers |
Friendly Good |
Casual Family Bohemian |
Inexpensive to Medium |
Barracks Street Cafe |
Barracks St at the French Market French Quarter 430 Barracks St (504) 525-0330 |
Eclectic variety of food Tofu quesadillas highly recommended. Also tofu tacos and many other items Under new ownership Oct 2004 |
Friendly. Delivery offered to the French Quarter area. |
Very casual | Inexpensive |
Southwestern U.S. | |||||
Kokopelli's | Off of North Claiborne uptown 3150 Calhoun St - (504) 861-3922 |
Many veggie versions of Southwestern foods: tacos, burritos, and yummy salads | Friendly staff (sometimes they deviate from the recipes of ordered items) |
Very casual | Inexpensive |
Indian | |||||
Tandoori Chicken |
Downtown, just off Canal near the French Quarter 115 University Pl - (504) 299-1926 |
Many veggie items - very, very filling Noon or Sunday night (all you can eat) buffet highly recommended |
Friendly, but quiet | Casual or better | Medium priced |
Nirvana | Uptown on Magazine Street near Jefferson 4308 Magazine St - (504) 894-9797 |
Many veggie items Noon buffet highly recommended! |
Fair service | Casual or better | Medium (noon) to higher (evening) |
Taj Mahal | In Old Metairie on Metairie
Road 923 Metairie Rd - (504) 836-6859 |
Many veggie items including appetizers and entrees Veggie dinner for two people Great rice pudding :) |
Excellent service | Casual or better | Medium |
Middle Eastern / Mediterranean | |||||
Fellini's Cafe | 900 N Carrollton Ave (504) 488-2155 |
Middle Eastern and Italian Foods with several veggie selections including hummus, salads, calzones, sandwiches, and more. | A bit slow | Very casual | Inexpensive |
Mona's Cafe | 1. Frenchman St right outside the French Quarter 504 Frenchmen St - (504) 949-4115 2. Mid City: Banks right off of Jeff Davis 3901 Banks St - (504) 482-7743 3. Uptown off of North Claiborne 3151 Calhoun St - (504) 861-2124 |
Middle Eastern food including tabouli, hummus, falafel, baba ganoush | Friendly | Very casual | Inexpensive |
South of the U.S. Border | |||||
Taqueria Corona |
1. Uptown: 5932 Magazine Street - (504)897-3974 2. 857 Fulton St., (504) 524-9805 Warehouse district |
Latin food including veggie version of California burrito,
taco salad Great pico de gallo! |
Friendly | Casual | Inexpensive to medium |
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