I enjoyed the acai bowl and organic Glorified Latte; espresso, almond milk, nut butter, coconut oil, maple syrup and maca. Yum. Downtown location is on West Hastings Street.

Located in downtown Vancouver, the menu includes a wide variety of organic raw and cooked vegan dishes and desserts.

European Vegan - a great selection of cheeses, chocolates, salads and bowls. Located in North Vancouver across from Lonsdale Quay.

I was at nice shoes in East Vancouver, buying a beautiful pair of red non-leather sandals, when the lovely store owner suggested I try out a cool new vegan restaurant called Virtuous Pie . To be honest I was looking forward to some delicious apple or strawberry rhubarb pie, but I was delighted to find out, with family in tow, that it was a plant based pizzeria.

The food is so yummy. They make their own plant based cheeses onsite and the menu changes periodically with wonderfully unique pizza pie. For dessert, I love their plant based matcha ice cream. You can also quench your thirst with Hibiscus Kombucha.

My rating: 5/5. Two locations in Vancouver, Chinatown and UBC

-Kendyra

As delicious as they are beautiful, this tiny vegan cake store (they sell “Got Almond Milk?” t-shirts) , is delightful. .

This was a delicious raw vegan lasagna. Will definitely go back the next time we’re in New York.

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The best desserts: nanaimo bars and peanut butter cookies. The bowls are delicious and they have kombucha on tap. The North Van location also sells jewelry, perfume, books and other tempting items.

The green Mom’s Grilled Cheese Truck offers Daiya and Chao vegan cheeses for their grilled cheese sandwiches. Served in a paper cone with hardbite potatoe chips, and optional pickles. These are delicious. Usually located beside the Vancouver Art Gallery on Howe Street at Robson.

Customer service is great. She really is a mom, and her name is Wendy. The staff will remember your name too, if you’re a frequenter here. Kinda makes you feel like family.

Nanaimo B.C. Pomme Natural Market Cafe - The yummiest ever key lime based cheeze cake.

Just like home made - vegan treats in my office tower! Donuts, cinnamon buns, white chocolate chip, pretzel cookies. Also savory treats pizza buns and kombucha.

Meatless Tacos and Ukrainian Cabbage Rolls

Mmmm, this place is soo good it was hard deciding just one item, so I got two. The cabbage rolls are perfect. I get them whenever I go because they’re super savory and perfect if you’re looking for a bigger portion of food. Stuffed with brown rice, and lentils, they remind me of Indian cuisine, and lets not forget the best part… its covered with a creamy cashew dressing and fresh dill which is absolutely ahhh-mazinggg!

Secondly, I just had to try the meatless tacos, because who doesn’t like tacos right?! So they have two types you can choose from, one is sweet and savory with pineapple. You can also choose the spicy one, which really hits the spot if you can handle the heat.

A little tip if you haven’t tried the tacos yet, do ask to get both flavors just so you can decide which one is best for you.

My rating:

Cabbage Roll 5/5

Meatless Taco 5/5. One location in Vancouver

-Jasmeen

Coastal Macro Bowl

You can actually taste all the bright colours that come in this beautiful bowl. You get so many different flavours from just one bite! It includes ORGANIC marinated tempeh, edamame hummus, roasted squash, brown rice, so many different vegetables and is covered with this sweet and salty turmeric sunflower seed dressing. OMG the dressing by the way is soo delicious, its got this zesty kick and the best part is it’s made in house. You just really tell when someone makes their food with love, and Kokomo really does, you can just taste the love in every bite.

Kokomo has quite the variety, maybe you might feel like having a cold açaí bowl by the beach or feel like having something hardier on those unpredictable raincouver days. Well whatever you decide on getting just make sure you make room for their yumchous treats.

My rating: 5/5. Two locations in Vancouver, Chinatown and Kitsilano

-Jasmeen

SMAK

Yellow Veg Curry

If you’re looking for some good quality healthy food this is the place for you! They got quite the variety so if you’re looking for sweet or savoury, they’ve got it all. I’ve been to this place a handful of times and the food is always made perfect. I myself prefer hot food so I like to get their hot veg bowls, this time I got the Yellow Veg Curry bowl and it was super yummy! It has a mild coconut taste with a nice spicy kick to it, also includes yam, squash, zucchini, slaw and we can’t forget SMAK’s famous rice. The best part is that you can choose additional toppings to pair with your meal, so personally I always choose avocado because c’mon its just the perfect food.

SMAK not only serves an awesome lunch menu, but they also include breakfast and wait, it gets even better, they include a gluten smart options so no one is left out. SMAK got many locations around Vancouver so next time you’re out and about be sure to check them out.

My rating: 5/5

Locations: Vancouver

Home made raw vegan cookies - my own recipe.