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Whether a longtime devotee of vegetarianism or simply looking for a meatless meal, Atlanta offers a slew of dining options where vegetables, hearty grains, and other forms of protein like tofu and paneer are stars on the menu. Here’s where to head for a vegetarian meal in and around Atlanta, including Indian, Chinese, and Caribbean restaurants.

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For nearly a decade, this Lithonia restaurant has been serving up a popular veggie burger made from carrots, peas, and broccoli, a jerk barbecue mushroom sandwich, and its spicy kale spinach wrap tossed in Thai peanut sauce. The vegetable plate here is hard to beat, which comes with a choice of yellow or white rice and three daily vegetables. The vast majority of dishes are vegetarian or vegan, but Green Love Kitchen does include a couple of pescatarian offerings, like the coconut curry salmon. Make sure to order one of the freshly made smoothies.

While not totally vegetarian, this Grant Park restaurant is dedicated to the Mediterranean diet and promoting a gluten-free lifestyle without sacrificing flavor. That means many of the dishes on the menu happen to be vegetarian. This includes the spinach mushroom lasagna, involtini rolled in pan-fried haloumi over a bed of rice and quinoa, vegetable-laden pizzas, and the maple butternut squash and arugula risotto. Mediterranea’s kitchen and bakery are 100-percent gluten-free, and many dishes are vegan.

Healthful Essence has taken its vegan and vegetarian menu one step further by infusing the flavors of the Caribbean into meals served here. Diners can expect vegan and vegetarian dishes incorporating jerk spices made with vegetables, lentils, and beans.

Located in West End, Tassili’s is a haven for people seeking raw and vegan food dishes that not only taste good, but are filling and satisfying. Owned by Tassili Ma’at, the restaurant offers various wraps and salads, including a wrap boasting Southwestern flavors made from chiles stuffed with black-eyed pea puree, couscous, tomatoes, and avocado. The Tassili original kale salad comes with red onions, sun-dried tomatoes, and spices, paired with freshly pressed carrot juice.

Local Green opened on the edge of Vine City and is owned by Atlanta hip hop industry veteran Zachary “Big Zak” Wallace. The food truck-turned-restaurant offers vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian dishes. Look for a quinoa and mixed greens salad named after former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms here and a vegan alternative to a pulled pork sandwich in the barbecue jackfruit slider. There’s also cauliflower and fish tacos, vegan pizza, and a shrimp burger topped with coleslaw, Sriracha mayo, and cilantro lime sauce.

This vegan restaurant in Midtown features a selection of Asian-style dishes on its menu. Many lunch and dinner items are also gluten-free, like the glazed crispy king oyster mushroom. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Chai Pani offers plenty of vegetarian options for both lunch and dinner. Try the famous kale pakoras, any of the daals (lentil stews), gobi 65 (fried cauliflower bites), samosa chaat, potato vada pav, and bhel. The lunch buffet is a great option to try many vegetarian dishes, including the south Indian vegetable uttapam, chaat (Indian street food snacks), and saag paneer. Be sure to wash it all down with fresh ginger chai.

For over 20 years, this counter-service vegetarian restaurant in Decatur has been serving loyal regulars Indian street eats throughout the day, including generously sized dosas, savory samosas, and a variety of vegetarian biryani. There’s a selection of thali platters and Indo-Chinese dishes here, too.

For more than 35 years now, R Thomas on Peachtree Street has been serving up healthy and hearty breakfast and brunch fare all day long. Most of the dishes here are vegetarian or pescatarian, including the breakfast quinoa bowl with scrambled eggs, the salmon omelet, the portobello linguine, and the magic quesadilla stuffed with white cheddar cheese, marinated portobello mushrooms, zucchini, and peppers and onions encased in a spinach tortilla. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free dishes are marked on the menu.

Madras Mantra features many south Indian vegetarian dishes like spicy rasam soup, its popular lentil stew sambar, chili paneer, and dosa and uttapam variations. The menu also includes familiar north Indian entrees like dal palak — a spinach and lentil stew — choley masala — a stew of garbanzo beans — and south Indian regional fare such as the fiery hot gutti vankaya curry made with banana peppers and peanuts. Chutneys are available in takeout containers. Madras Mantra includes two locations in Decatur and Marietta. Vegan and gluten-free dishes are marked on the menu.

Though not fully vegetarian, Daily Chew offers plenty of vegetarian and vegan options. This cafe from chef Julia Kesler Imerman features coffee, protein breakfast bowls, and bakery goods in the morning, followed by hearty pitas and salad and grain bowls in the afternoon, all leaning into Imerman’s Jewish and South African roots. For lunch, order the grain bowl, made with hummus, quinoa, greens, broccoli, asparagus, house pickles, shut, and lentil salad. Make sure to order the za’atar fries and one of the cafe’s fresh-pressed juices.

Cafe Sunflower offers many vegetarian and vegan dishes influenced by the cuisines of Asia, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the American Southwest. Open for lunch and dinner throughout the week, stop by on Saturdays for brunch to dine on blueberry pancakes topped with almond butter, maple syrup, and blueberry coulis with vegan whipped cream and a loaded tofu scramble breakfast burrito. Menu indicates whether dishes are soy free, nut free, or gluten free.

While not a dedicated vegetarian restaurant, most of the menu at this Oprah favorite leans vegetarian, pescatarian, and gluten-free. Try the quinoa burger with hummus, tzatziki, tomato, butter lettuce, cucumber, red onions, and avocado topped with feta cheese or the spaghetti squash casserole mixed with DiNapoli tomatoes, caramelized onion, zucchini, and mozzarella. There’s also a spinach and mushroom pizza and flourless chocolate cake or strawberry cake and ice cream for dessert. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free dishes are marked on the menu.

Harmony Vegetarian in the Orient Center on Buford Highway includes an entire menu filled with vegan and vegetarian Chinese dishes, including lo mein, hot pots, Kung Po “chicken”, and Moo Shu “pork”. The restaurant also lists several steamed and pan-fried dumplings on the menu, like vegetarian soup dumplings. Don’t be fooled by the “meats” listed on the menu here — it’s all vegan.

For nearly a decade, this Lithonia restaurant has been serving up a popular veggie burger made from carrots, peas, and broccoli, a jerk barbecue mushroom sandwich, and its spicy kale spinach wrap tossed in Thai peanut sauce. The vegetable plate here is hard to beat, which comes with a choice of yellow or white rice and three daily vegetables. The vast majority of dishes are vegetarian or vegan, but Green Love Kitchen does include a couple of pescatarian offerings, like the coconut curry salmon. Make sure to order one of the freshly made smoothies.

While not totally vegetarian, this Grant Park restaurant is dedicated to the Mediterranean diet and promoting a gluten-free lifestyle without sacrificing flavor. That means many of the dishes on the menu happen to be vegetarian. This includes the spinach mushroom lasagna, involtini rolled in pan-fried haloumi over a bed of rice and quinoa, vegetable-laden pizzas, and the maple butternut squash and arugula risotto. Mediterranea’s kitchen and bakery are 100-percent gluten-free, and many dishes are vegan.

Healthful Essence has taken its vegan and vegetarian menu one step further by infusing the flavors of the Caribbean into meals served here. Diners can expect vegan and vegetarian dishes incorporating jerk spices made with vegetables, lentils, and beans.

Located in West End, Tassili’s is a haven for people seeking raw and vegan food dishes that not only taste good, but are filling and satisfying. Owned by Tassili Ma’at, the restaurant offers various wraps and salads, including a wrap boasting Southwestern flavors made from chiles stuffed with black-eyed pea puree, couscous, tomatoes, and avocado. The Tassili original kale salad comes with red onions, sun-dried tomatoes, and spices, paired with freshly pressed carrot juice.

Local Green opened on the edge of Vine City and is owned by Atlanta hip hop industry veteran Zachary “Big Zak” Wallace. The food truck-turned-restaurant offers vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian dishes. Look for a quinoa and mixed greens salad named after former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms here and a vegan alternative to a pulled pork sandwich in the barbecue jackfruit slider. There’s also cauliflower and fish tacos, vegan pizza, and a shrimp burger topped with coleslaw, Sriracha mayo, and cilantro lime sauce.

This vegan restaurant in Midtown features a selection of Asian-style dishes on its menu. Many lunch and dinner items are also gluten-free, like the glazed crispy king oyster mushroom. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Chai Pani offers plenty of vegetarian options for both lunch and dinner. Try the famous kale pakoras, any of the daals (lentil stews), gobi 65 (fried cauliflower bites), samosa chaat, potato vada pav, and bhel. The lunch buffet is a great option to try many vegetarian dishes, including the south Indian vegetable uttapam, chaat (Indian street food snacks), and saag paneer. Be sure to wash it all down with fresh ginger chai.

For more than 35 years now, R Thomas on Peachtree Street has been serving up healthy and hearty breakfast and brunch fare all day long. Most of the dishes here are vegetarian or pescatarian, including the breakfast quinoa bowl with scrambled eggs, the salmon omelet, the portobello linguine, and the magic quesadilla stuffed with white cheddar cheese, marinated portobello mushrooms, zucchini, and peppers and onions encased in a spinach tortilla. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free dishes are marked on the menu.

Cafe Sunflower offers many vegetarian and vegan dishes influenced by the cuisines of Asia, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the American Southwest. Open for lunch and dinner throughout the week, stop by on Saturdays for brunch to dine on blueberry pancakes topped with almond butter, maple syrup, and blueberry coulis with vegan whipped cream and a loaded tofu scramble breakfast burrito. Menu indicates whether dishes are soy free, nut free, or gluten free.

While not a dedicated vegetarian restaurant, most of the menu at this Oprah favorite leans vegetarian, pescatarian, and gluten-free. Try the quinoa burger with hummus, tzatziki, tomato, butter lettuce, cucumber, red onions, and avocado topped with feta cheese or the spaghetti squash casserole mixed with DiNapoli tomatoes, caramelized onion, zucchini, and mozzarella. There’s also a spinach and mushroom pizza and flourless chocolate cake or strawberry cake and ice cream for dessert. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free dishes are marked on the menu.

Harmony Vegetarian in the Orient Center on Buford Highway includes an entire menu filled with vegan and vegetarian Chinese dishes, including lo mein, hot pots, Kung Po “chicken”, and Moo Shu “pork”. The restaurant also lists several steamed and pan-fried dumplings on the menu, like vegetarian soup dumplings. Don’t be fooled by the “meats” listed on the menu here — it’s all vegan.