Vegetarian cuisine is based on food that meets vegetarian standards by not including meat and animal tissue products.
A veggie burger or meatless burger is a hamburger made with a patty that does not contain meat, or the patty of such a hamburger. The patty may be made from ingredients like beans, nuts, grains, seeds, or fungi such as mushrooms or mycoprotein.
Gardenburger is the brand name of a veggie burger sold in the United States. It was developed in the early 1980s by Paul Wenner, the owner of the Gardenhouse, a vegetarian restaurant in Gresham, Oregon. It is currently owned by Kellanova.
Ovo vegetarianism is a type of vegetarianism which allows for the consumption of eggs but not dairy products, in contrast with lacto vegetarianism. Those who practice ovo vegetarianism are called ovo-vegetarians. "Ovo" comes from the Latin word for egg.
Vegetarian and vegan dietary practices vary among countries. Differences include food standards, laws, and general cultural attitudes toward vegetarian diets.
Rynn Berry was an American author and scholar on vegetarianism and veganism, as well as a pioneer in the animal rights and vegan movements.
Veggie Grill is a fast-casual vegan restaurant chain that operates in California, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York. After first being opened in Irvine, California, it already had 29 restaurants across the United States in February 2018.
VeganBurg is the world's first 100% plant-based burger joint in the fast casual scene, established on October 10, 2010. A vegan fast casual chain of restaurants, which currently has two outlets in Singapore and one outlet in California, United States. The product range of VeganBurg includes vegan burgers, sides and desserts.
The Saturn Cafe is a vegetarian diner in Oakland, California, with former locations in Berkeley, Los Angeles, and Santa Cruz. Its original Santa Cruz location was established in 1979 and closed in 2021; the Los Angeles restaurant opened in 2020. The Santa Cruz location has been variously owned by Don Lane, a husband and wife team, and former employees of the diner. The Berkeley location of Saturn Cafe was open from 2009 to 2018.
The McVeggie is a veggie burger sold by the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's. It was introduced in 2012 in India when McDonald's opened its first vegetarian-only restaurant in the country.
The Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro is a vegetarian restaurant serving Thai cuisine in Portland, Maine, that opened in 2007 in the city's Arts District. A second Green Elephant restaurant is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Both have received critical attention for their vegetarian dishes.
Çiğköftem is a Turkish fast food chain and franchise that mainly sells vegan çiğ köfte. The chain also sells products with cow's milk dairy and is overall certified with the vegetarian V-Label. In 2020, the brand encompassed around 130 restaurants.
Baby Blue Pizza was a vegan pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. The restaurant operated from July 2019 to January 2022, closing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mis Tacones is a Chicano and queer-owned vegan taquería in Portland, Oregon.
Harlow is a small chain of gluten-free and vegetarian restaurants in Portland, Oregon. Britt Galloway and Karen Pride opened the original cafe on Hawthorne Boulevard, in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood, in 2013. The business was purchased by Adam and Jackie Sappington in 2018. The couple opened a second location in northwest Portland's Northwest District in 2021, followed by a third location on Alberta Street in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood. The original cafe relocated within Richmond in 2024. Harlow has garnered a positive reception.
