PDX Guide

Here’s our attempt at a handy guide to veg*n stuff in Portland. There are other good ones online brought to you by NorthWest Veg, Try Vegan PDX, VegPortland.com, and Stumptown Vegans has loads of good info. Check ‘em all.

Not Food

Akemi Salon
3808 N Williams, Suite D / (503) 542-5246
Cruelty Free Hair care! Suzzette rules (seriously, super good work and it’s her salon), is vegan, and does a lot of pitbull rescue stuff as well. Make sure and ask for SUZZETTE or GUS to cut your hair, they are the vegans there and deserves your money more. Yeah, we said it. So what?

Happy to Listen
Therapy lite. “No interruptions or distractions. No advice. Total confidentiality.”

The Herbivore Store
1211 SE Stark / (503) 281-TOFU
Our neighbors in the Vegan MiniMall. Clothing, belts, wallets, books, and random rad stuff from the fine folks at Herbivore Clothing and Magazine.

Humming Earth Life Coach
“Hey – I want to be listed in your vegan guide. I might be the only vegan life coach in Portland! There is a whole website over at http://www.hummingearthcoach.com to look over. To say my rates are flexible is a bit of an understatement and I love to work with active folk. Finally, I really want to refine my coaching with folks who want to be veg*n – some folks need an extra hand up, y’know? ”

In Defense of Animals Portland
(503) 249-9996
Portland’s office for In Defense of Animals. Very active. Great folks. Very helpful.

Integrated Medicine Group
163 NE 102nd Ave, Building V / (503) 257-3327
Looking for a vegan doctor? Dr. Heitsch and his wife Christy rule. They get the full Food Fight! thumbs up. Be healthy y’all.

Dr. John Collins
Word on the street is he is a vegan naturopath. And can be reached at (503) 493-9155.

Let Live Foundation
Newer Portland area nonprofit focusing on education and outreach. “Building Better Activists.” Let Live sponsors a series of monthly talks/workshops as well as the annual Let Live NW Animal Rights Conference.

Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary
Local (kinda) farm sanctuary located near Salem, OR. Donate or just go lend a hand. Great place, great folks.

Mark Coleman Photography
Long time pro photographer and vegan.

Milan Cole / Vegan Real Estate Broker
“Buy a home, save a life. I’ll sponsor an animal at a sanctuary in your honor.”

Mirador Community Store
2106 SE Division / 503.231.5175
Nice folks. All vegetarian cookbooks. Kitchen, home, and garden supply place.

New Moon Massage Therapy
503-752-8340
The massage therapist is vegan & so are all the massage supplies! New Moon has a space in NE near the 42nd Ave. transit center & can also do chair massage for events, at businesses & parties, etc.

Northwest Veg
Vegetarian education group located here in Portland. Nice folks who organize a lot of pro–animal stuff in the area. Site offers another good resource for eating and living in the Portland area.

Out to Pasture Farm Animal Sanctuary
Another great local sanctuary near Estacada, OR. Get in touch and lend a hand. Or some $$.

The Parlour
7327 N Charleston (St. Johns) / 503.289.0830 (In St Johns)
Vegan hair salon and tattoos.

Portland’s Pampered Pets
4236 SE Hawthorne / (503) 233-2799
Vegan owned and operated pet groomer. Get your pup all nice looking.

Scapegoat Tattoo
1223 SE Stark St / 503-232-4628
Our neighbors and great friends. Brian and crew do great work. All vegan artists. All vegan inks. Pretty great..

Stella’s Barbershop
7618 N Interstate Ave / 503-289-3868
Food Fight customer. No animal product or testing in any of the hair-care products used here. Go get a hair cut.

VeloShop
211 SW 9th Ave / (503) 335-VELO
Portland’s ALL VEGAN bike shop! No leather seats, shoes, gloves. Nothing. Give ‘em your business.

Yvonne LeGrice / Vegan Realtor.
“I’m donating 20% of my earnings on every transaction to non-profits that work to help end the suffering of animals, women and children.”

All Vegan Food

Back to Eden Bakery
(503) 477-5052 / 2217 NE Alberta
Really awesome vegan bakery. Also has soft serve and lots of other random good stuff. Nice folks too. Man, Portland rules.

Blossoming Lotus Irvington
(503) 228-0048 / 1713 NE 15th Ave
Amazing fine dining has come to Portland at last. Good selection for everybody. Raw stuff. Cooked stuff. Great deserts. Just awesome.

Blossoming Lotus in the Pearl
(503) 228-0048 / 925 NW Davis St (Yoga In the Pearl Building)
Good and fresh and makes you feel good. The hours, for now are: 9am-9pm daily. They also have vegan soft serve.

Bye and Bye*
1011 NE Alberta
All vegan bar. No smoking. Nice art. Good music. Great people. “Southern” style food. Stiff drinks. Open 4pm – 2am.

Homegrown Smoker Natural BBQ
***CLOSED FOR WINTER? MOVING?****
All vegan BBQ cart! YEAH!

Open Heart Cafe
NE 23rd and Alberta / 11-7pm daily
All vegan. Healthy and tasty looking.

Papa G’s Vegan Deli
2314 SE Division St / (503) 292-2627 / 11:30am – 10pm
All vegan comfort food. Priced by the pound. Great salad and soup bar too. Worthy of your support.

Portobello
2001 SE 11th Ave. / 503-754-5993 / Wednesday through Saturday 5:30 to 10:30
Probably the best food in Portland. All vegan Italian Trattoria. Not a ton of seating, reservations recommended, or at least be patient and nice if you have to wait a wee bit. Just go and give these great folks some support.

Red & Black Café
(503) 503-231-3899 / 400 SE 12th Ave
Worker owned cafe and coffee place. All vegan and mostly organic. Beer and wine too. Just around the corner from us.

Sip
3029 SE 21st Ave / 503-308-3581 /Hours vary, check their webpage, closed Tuesdays
All vegan milkshakes and smoothies and juices. Sitting right outside of People’s CoOp. So damn good.

Sonny Bowl
SW 3rd and Stark/Washington / 11:30am to 3:30pm.
“I serve rice and quinoa bowls, with organic vegetables, beans and different sauces. ”

SweetPea Baking Co.
1205 SE Stark / 503-477-5916 / 7am to 8pm (Monday – Friday) and 9am to 8pm (Saturday and Sunday)
The ONLY vegan bakery and coffee shop on the West Coast. F’ing rad. Get down here and eat something.

All Vegetarian Food

Asaase Ital Palace
(503) 851-2511 / SW 4th Ave and Hall St, Portland
Almost vegan (stupid honey) African-Caribbean cart by PSU. Menu looks amazing. Open weekdays 9am-6pm, and on Saturday, 1-5pm.  ***Rumored to be switching from honey to agave making it all vegan. Somebody tell us when it’s for real.****

Bay Leaf
(503) 232-7058 / 4768 SE Division, Portland
Pretty damned good. Mostly vegan, just make sure and tell your waitstaff to hold the eggs. And they have a couple of desserts from SweetPea, like vegan cheesecake and cake.

Milky Way Tea & Pastry
(503) 652-7875 / 9895 Se Sunnyside Rd / Clackamas, OR 97015
Super nice folks. Funny place. All vegetarian bagel and bubble tea / coffee shop. The highlights are the bagel sandwiches, made with all kinds of fake meats. MIght want to double check to make sure all the meats are vegan, and watch the extra toppings. It’s just across HWY 205 from Clackamas Town Center, so if you’re ever out there, go say hi. They could use the support.

People’s Co-Op
(503) 232-9051 / 3029 SE 21st Ave
All vegetarian (except for pet food and the folks they allow to sell meat at their farmer’s market) co-op.

Proper Eats
(503) 445-2007 / 8638 N. Lombard Ave / St. John’s
Great spot. Open later than most too. Healthy style home-cooking kinda stuff. Really nice folks run it, and they have a small market in the front. Sometimes live music, sometimes movies. Check their site for more info.

Shelly’s Garden Burritos
Pioneer Square / SW Broadway & Yamhill St / Portland, OR 97255
“They are all vegetarian and offer a vegan discount if you leave off the cheese and sour cream.”

Sweet Lemon Vegetarian Bistro
4888 NW Bethany Blvd. K6 / Portland, OR 97229 / 503-617-1419
Mostly vegan. Nice folks. Delicious.

The Tao of Tea
(503) 736-0119 / 3430 SE Belmont St
Guess what? They have lots of tea! And some tasty simple meals too. Get the miso flatbread.

Van Hahn
(503) 788-0825 / 8446 SE Division
Cheap vegetarian Vietnamese food run by Buddhist volunteer folk.

Valhalla Sandwich Co
3279 SE Hawthorne Blvd. (behind Dollar Scholar) / Closed Monday, we think
Awesome sandwich cart. They seem to add more vegan options everyday. Nice bloke runs it too.

Vege Thai
(503) 234-2171 / 3274 SE Hawthorne
We almost live here. Mostly vegan, just make sure and tell them to leave out the egg here and there. Pete and Nikki, the owners, are some of the nicest folks around. Chicken nuggets. Thai iced tea with soy milk. Curry with pepper steak. I’m starving. ***Make sure and ask which of the fake meats are vegan, sometimes it changes.***

Vegetarian House
(503) 274-0160 / 22 NW 4th Ave
All vegetarian chinese food. Lots of fake meats. Make sure to stress that you are vegan to avoid the dreaded whey-chicken. Has an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet during the week.

The Whole Bowl
4411 SE Hawthorne (and a few other locations, look it up)
All vegetarian cart. They only serve one thing, but it’s good. Bowl or rice and beans with special sauce. Tell ‘em to make it vegan.

Good Vegan Options

Arabian Breeze
3233 NE Broadway St / (503) 445-4700
Good Lebanese food, vegan options aplenty and well marked menu.

Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave / 503.248.2900 / Mon-Fri 7am-2am, Sat-Sun 10am-2am
Game room and art space and hangout get coffee and sandwiches spot. Almost all the menu can be made vegan. So that’s cool.

Bella Faccia
2934 NE Alberta / 503) 282-060
Great pizza, even by the slice. Always has vegan slices available, sometimes with tempeh and other stuff.

Bete-Lukas
2504 SE 50th Ave (upstairs) / (503) 477-8778
Best Ethiopian food in town, we think. The veggies are actually organic which is a huge plus. The food is a bit lighter and less greasy than other spots. Super funny owner to top it all off.

Black Sheep Bakery
833 SE main st. / 523 NE 19th ave at glisan
“we serve all vegan baked goods and veg-friendly breakfast and lunch options at our cawfee shop”

Chen’s Dynasty
(503) 439-8898 / 4840 NW Bethany Blvd., out by Beaverton
They can replace most meat items for fake meat items. So f’in good. And open pretty late too. Good change of pace.

Cup & Saucer Café
(503) 236-6001 / 3566 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Good breakfast spot. Vegan cornmeal pancakes and good tofu scrambler. Good coffee too.

Dalo’s Kitchen
4134 N Vancouver Avenue / (503) 808-9604
Great cheap Ethiopian food.

Dot’s Cafe
(503) 235-0203 / 2521 SE Clinton St
Bar food with a few vegan options. Great spicy fries with tofu sauce. Open late. Mmmm, smoke.

El Nutri Taco
(503) 788-3492 / 8438 SE Woodstock Blvd
Another great taco truck with tons of vegan options, including chimichangas and tortas. Yay for Portland.

Fat Straw
4258 SE Hawthorne Blvd / (503) 233-3369
Giant selection of vegan (coconut based) bubble teas. Also has vegetarian (contains whey) turkey and ham for their bagels, and tofutti cream cheese.

The Farm Café
(503) 736-3276 / 10 SE 7th Ave
Limited vegan options, but they are super good. Kinda fancy. Good place to bring parents. Fresh local NW foods. And, conveniently located if you are cruising for prostitutes or crack.

Flavour Spot
2310 North Lombard between Greeley and Denver — in the Videorama Parking Lot.
Vegan waffle sandwiches. Nuff said. A cart.

Hungry Tiger Too
207 SE 12th / 503-238-4321
Greasy spot. Seperate vegan menu. $1 vegan corndog Wednesday nights.

It’s a Beautiful Pizza
43342 SE Belmont / 503-233-5444
Pizza place. Vegan cheese available. By the slice too. Go get all hippy’d out.

Junior’s Café
(503) 467-4971 / 1742 SE 12th Ave
Good breakfast spot. Vegan spuds! Awesome scrambles!

La Bonita
(503) 281-3662 / 2839 Ne Alberta St
Vegan taco plates and tamales and nice folk.

Laughing Planet Café
(503) 235-6472 / 3320 SE Belmont St + several others (check their site)
Burritos and soups and a few baked goods. Plenty to choose from. Several other locations too.

LaurelThirst Public House*
(503) 232-1504 / 2958 NE Glisan
Portland’s best breakfast, or so we think right now. Been eating there a ton. But, go on the weekdays, they have more stuff. Go figure. Best vegan pancakes, man (again, only on weekdays). With walnuts and bananas and stuff. And the vegan breakfast burrito with their homemade sausage and salsa, can’t be beat. Not even with the stick that is stuck up your uptight vegan butt. Make sure and bug them about vegan biscuits and gravy. They don’t have it, but maybe if we’re all REALLY annoying about it…..

Mash Tun Brew Pub
(503) 548-4491 / 2204 NE Alberta, Portland
A cool bar. Good vegan options. Great fries. Vegan burgers. Tempeh buffalo wings. Free pool and darts and jukebox.

Nicholas Restaurant
(503) 235-5123 / 318 SE Grand Ave, Portland
Great lebanese food. Vegan mezza feed plenty! $1 spinach pies!

Paradox Palace Café
(503) 232-7508 / 3439 SE Belmont St
Great. Sometimes. They’d be in the “all vegetarian” section of this if they had some guts, dropped the burger and the sausage and stopped with the “we’re a community restaurant, we need something for everyone” bullshit.

Pizza Fino
(503) 286-2100 / 8225 N Denver
Italian spot with several vegan options. Word on the street is that they are “very accommodating.”

Queen of Sheba*
(503) 287-6302 / 2413 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Oh hell yes. Some of the best Ethiopian food we’ve had anywhere. Veggie sampler platter is the way to go.

Taqueria Los Gorditos
SE 50th and Division / 503-875-2615 / M-Sat 11am-9pm
“Gladly serving carnivores, vegetarians, and vegans.”
Super great. 3/4 of the family that runs this taco stand is vegetarian. Vegan burritoes with soyrizo. Tofu enchiladas. Onion tacos. We love these folks so f’ing much. They keep adding more and more vegan stuff. Damn. Give ‘em a hug for us.

Thai Food Cafe
833 N Killingsworth Ave / (503) 285-8745
Kurt says: “Way awesome good, and super friendly- all you say is vegan and they get it. 12 veggie specials everyday, and yummy coconut milk thai iced teas. Open awful late, past their posted hours everytime we go.”

Tube
18 NW 3rd (just north of Burnside)
Good bar food. 5pm – 2am. Vegan ham and cheese sammys. Vegan White Russians. Good music too. Sometimes the other customers will even make you want to put a bullet in your own head!

Vita Café
(503) 335-8233 / 3023 NE Alberta St
Another great “almost vegetarian” place from the people who own Paradox. Vegan chicken fried steak, biscuits and gravy, and a few more sophisticated meals too. Really good, but they keep adding more meat stuff to the menu and pissing us off, so…

Voodoo Doughnut
(503) 241-4704 / 22 SW 3rd St. or 1501 NE Davis St.
A little nook-of-a-donut shop. It’s become a tourist attraction for those going downtown. They usually have a big plate of vegan donuts to choose from. One even with Chick-o-Stix on the frosting. And you can even have your wedding there.

Whiffies
SE Hawthorne @12th / Open super late, Wednesday – Sunday (we think)
Another awesome food cart. Fried pies. Fruity dessert ones and usually at least one vegan savoury pie. ***Make sure you request they fry your stuff in the all vegan fryer.****

Wild Abandon
(503) 232-4458 / 2411 SE Belmont
Has a section on its weekend brunch menu called “Hurray for the Vegans.” Haven’t been there yet, but it’s in our food que.

Ya Hala Restaurant
(503) 256-4484 / 8005 SE Stark St
Probably our favorite Lebanese place. Vegan kibbeh!