Vegan in South Florida

8271 Sunset Strip Plantation

954-742-8344

Burgers, Cafe, Greek, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Vegan, Vegetarian, Best Of, Sponsor

Any health-food store can sell stuff that claims to be good for you. But go to the counter at Simply Natural in Sunrise and you're liable to find Richard or Shahrooz, the husband-and-wife owners who are not just selling healthy stuff, but creating a community of wholesome living. Together, they have been known to offer free meditation classes, free guest lecturers, and even free samples of vegan foods. They can draw upon their vast expertise on all matters health to recommend an herbal remedy or nutrition supplement for whatever ails you. Or they can set you up with one of the many practitioners who rotate through the shop's back office: an acupuncturist, masseuse, reflexologist, iridologist, or CardioVision analyst. Plus, it's a short walk next door to the Simply Natural Café, which boasts the area's cheapest and most truly organic menu around. The meat is grass-fed and hormone-free, and even the beer and wine are organic.

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Cyth & Co.

3446 N.E. 12th Ave. Oakland Park

954-999-0662

Coffeehouse, Vegan

Cyth & Co. is a specialty coffee shop, cafe, and bar serving a variety of waffles, empanadas, quiches, flatbreads, baked goods and vegan options.

Green Bar & Kitchen

1075 SE 17th St. Fort Lauderdale

954-533-7507

Vegan, Health, Critics' Pick, Best Of, Menu

When Green Bar & Kitchen Owner Elena Pezzo's brother Anthony suffered a stroke and coma, doctors told the family to "pull the plug." Yet Pezzo, a nutritionist, refused to give in and fed her brother superfoods like Omega 3 fish oil intravenously. Slowly but surely, he began to improve, talking and even beginning to walk again. The experience transformed Pezzo, who moved to South Florida in 2010. She and her life partner Charles Grippo opened the Zenergy truck and began rolling around town serving up green shakes and plant-based snacks infused with superfoods. They quickly developed a following and in early 2013 opened Green Bar & Kitchen in Fort Lauderdale. Green Bar serves such fresh, filling food that even a meat-obsessed man could eat it and be satisfied.

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J's Garden Cafe

7908 Pines Blvd. Hollywood

954-893-9935

Smoothies, Vegan, Vegetarian, Best Of

Whoever said vegetarian food was all raw veggies and tasteless tofu was eating at too many corporate chains. For those truly talented in the culinary arts, vegetarian meals can yield incredible variety and fabulous flavors. Enter J's Garden Cafe. This mother-daughter effort in Hollywood offers Haitian-Caribbean fare and a holistic approach to eating. It's not all veggies, either. They offer meat in the form of slow baked chicken, lemon-butter salmon and turkey griot. For the herbivorous, the options include everything from spicy ginger tofu and tabouleh salad to veggie lasagna and coconut black bean soup. There are desserts, too, like pineapple upside down cake. Healthy and delicious can go hand in hand in hand, after all.

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Low Fat No Fat Cafe

1703 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd. Hallandale Beach

954-874-0322

Vegan, Vegetarian, Best Of

Anthony DiCarlo's Low Fat No Fat Café is winning converts even among slobs who thrive on regular doses of animal fat. The sophisticated décor -- polished wood floors, stainless-steel and bamboo accents, 30-foot ceilings -- is a deliberate snub to the dowdy health-food restaurants of yore. Organic fruits and veggies, lean beef and chicken, fresh fish, organic eggs, and whole-grain baked goods deliver a flavor punch that happens to be healthy too. Chow down on a dish of spicy jambalaya, a "tofu club" layered with grilled vegetables and brown rice, or a plate of seared sea scallops (dinner entrées run $8.95 to $18.95). For lunch: sandwiches, salads, and smoothies made to order.

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Pizza Fusion

1013 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale

954-358-5353

Pizza, Vegan, Vegetarian, Best Of, Menu, Readers' Choice

Started in 2006 by two Fort Lauderdale school buddies, Vaughn Lazar and Michael Gordon, Pizza Fusion opened in Deerfield purveying organic pizza. But the guys pushed their concept right to the cutting edge: delivering those organic pizzas in Prius hybrids, powering their website with wind, printing their menus and boxes on recycled paper, using biodegradable flatware, and even taking your order with pens made of recycled cardboard. Their oblong, thin-crust pies - baked with organic white, whole grain, or gluten-free crusts and topped with combinations like Key West shrimp and pesto (yummy) or chopped plum tomatoes, red onions, fresh basil, and balsamic vinegar and olive oil (fantastic) - are damned well worth picking up the phone for. All their vegetables, chicken, tomato sauces, and oils (and even most of their beer and wine) are 100 percent organic. Prices start at $13 for a medium and $16 for a large, ranging up to a $48 surf and turf topped with organic strip steak, shrimp, and lobster. A second store opened in Fort Lauderdale in March, and the boys have already begun to take the concept on the road. They say they're "saving the Earth, one pizza at a time," but they may well save our stomachs and our consciences too.

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Sara's

3944 N. 46th Ave. Hollywood

954-986-1770

Kosher, Vegan, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

A kosher and vegan heaven, Sara's is home of some downright satisfying, cruelty-free pizzas, subs, burgers, and sandwiches, including a sauerkraut-laden Reuben with faux-corned beef good enough to turn heads at any Jewish deli. It also offers hummus and falafel, stuffed cabbage, and mushroom-barley soup that all have two things in common: they're meat-free, and they're fantastic. Complimentary egg bread with entrée is a challah of a good time. Bagels and bread are baked fresh daily.

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SoBe Vegan

401 N. FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH BLVD Fort Lauderdale

954-368-4640

Vegan, Health, Menu

SoBe Vegan serves health-conscious vegan meals in a whimsical, fast-casual setting.

Sublime

1431 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale

954-615-1431

Contemporary, Organic, Vegan, Vegetarian, Recommended, Slideshow

Gourmet diners in Fort Lauderdale have long had Sublime as their go-to, a restaurant founded by animal rights activist Nanci Alexander and serving an entirely vegan, and partly organic, menu. Sublime has always been beautiful, with its water wall and open brick oven and its inventive list of "healthy" cocktails and organic wines. The food lives up to the name, from a delicious tempura-battered cauliflower "frito misto" to a gorgeous sublime roll wrapped in grasshopper-greensoy paper. Classic margherita pizza from the wood-burning oven could totally go crust-to-crust with the best brick oven pizzas in South Florida. And a braised spinach, wood-fired artichoke, and roasted shallot "quiche" lacking either eggs or cream is a knockout. Presentation is exquisite.

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The Hummus House

900 NE 20th Ave. Fort Lauderdale

954-314-7686

Vegetarian, Mediterranean, Vegan, Menu

This laidback vegetarian counter-serve spot offers Middle Eastern and Israeli hummus bowls, pita, falafel, salads, and more.

Udipi Cafe

2100 N. University Dr. Plantation

954-748-5660

Indian, Pakistani, Vegan, Vegetarian, Recommended, Menu

Our version of the national South Indian chain, Udipi serves exotica like the mildly sour iddly, steamed rice and bean-flour cakes dipped in yogurt/coconut chutney and lentil sauces; the vada, fried lentil doughnuts; and paneer pakoras, fingers of homemade cheese in chickpea sauce. There's "street food" like stuffed puris filled with potatoes, rice, onion, tomatoes, and cilantro and a full list of dosai, some as long as a grown man's arm - enormous rice, bean flour, and cream-of-wheat crepes to pull apart and eat with sambar and chutney. You'll see the gigantic puffballs of filled baturas going by and the house specialties, like pesarat uppuma made of ground moong dal, rice, and cream of wheat with onions and chilies. It's almost impossible to stagger away from Udipi having spent more than 15 bucks, making it one of Broward's most interesting cheap-grub destinations and an absolute paradise for teetotaling vegetarians.

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Zen Mystery Tea House

56 N Federal Highway Dania Beach

954-241-4655

Appetizers, Vegan, Vegetarian

This spiritual boutique with a vegan cafe & tea lounge sells incense, candles & unique home goods.

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