Quick Look: Fine dining is a rare luxury for vegetarians. Beausoliel is a wonderful place with a very veggie friendly chef, great staff and a dinner-party-at-your-friend’s-house (if your friend is a gourmet cook) atmosphere.
Surrey’s Café and Juice Bar
Quick Look : Surrey’s at 1418 Magazine Street has an unconventional menu full of veggie-friendly items and a one-of-a-kind atmosphere. Full Review: When work took me to an unfamiliar part of New Orleans a couple of weeks ago, I was delighted to discover Surrey’s Café and Juice Bar. It was a fair hike from the place [...]
Fresh
Quick Look: Fresh Salads + Wraps has a nice selection of salads and wraps with fresh ingredients and flavorful dressings. Full Review: Fresh Salads + Wraps has a non-mobile kitchen in the Main Street Market, but I sampled their cuisine on wheels. Food trucks are a good idea that have really taken hold, and I’m [...]
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If you have a favorite place that has veggie options, let me know. You can comment on this post or email thomas@brveggie.com EDIT or call me by clicking the Google Voice link in the sidebar.
MJ’s Cafe
Quick Look: MJ’s Cafe at 672 Jefferson Hwy. is an exceptional soup and sandwich place that shares space with a cool furniture shop. MJ’s uses fresh, gourmet ingredients for a delicious result. Full Review: MJ’s Cafe is located in the Goodwood Shopping Center in Mid City. It embraces the Mid City spirit, exhibiting local art [...]
Chelsea’s Cafe
Quick Look: Chelsea’s Cafe at 2857 Perkins is a neighborhood pub, casual restaurant and music venue with a diverse veggie-friendly menu boasting a large selection of terrific food. Full Review: Chelsea’s has a special place in my heart. In its original location near LSU, it played host to my first (pretty terrible-sorry Andrew and Skip) [...]
India’s
Quick Look: India’s at 5230 Essen Lane has a marvelous lunch buffet with a whole section of veggie dishes. Their dinner menu is great, too. Full Review: India’s is Baton Rouge’s original Indian restaurant. It’s a little hard to get to, since Essen Lane is such a busy thoroughfare, but the food is well worth [...]
Our Daily Bread
Quick Look: Our Daily Bread Market at 9414 Florida Boulevard has a large selection of alternative foods and a cafe that serves great meals. They have many vegetarian items on their regular menu as well as a vegetarian daily special at a great price. Full Review: Our Daily Bread is a nondescript building on Florida Boulevard [...]
Serops Express
Quick Look: Serops Express, 712 Jefferson is very veggie-friendly with great Mediterranean food at a very reasonable price. Full Review: It’s easy to find Mediterranean cuisine in Baton Rouge. It’s even easy to find great Mediterranean cuisine in Baton Rouge, but Serops Express on Jefferson has great food and is the veggie-friendliest Greek and Lebanese [...]
Just Who or What is a “Veggie?”
My wife and I have been vegetarians for years. Even before we met, we were exploring the opportunities available for folks uninterested in eating meat or seafood in our hometown of Baton Rouge. Together, and with the addition of our son, we still enjoy finding good places to eat, and revisiting old favorites. We’re enthusiastic [...]
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