Bay Area Vegetarians

Global Vegetarian Bistro has closed.  A new restaurant (new ownership) has opened in its place, the Dandelion Vegetarian Cafe serving vegetarian and vegan Asian food.  Thanks to Andy and Shalabh for the update.

Dandelion Vegetarian Cafe is the third successive vegetarian restaurant opening in this location since Good Karma moved to First Street.

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Two new veg restaurant openings to report:

Royal Indian Cuisine – Dublin

Welcome to the first vegetarian restaurant in Dublin, especially notable since they switched from being a mixed restaurant.  Check ’em out.

Cafe Gratitude – Healdsburg

Cafe Gratitude continues to expand, adding a location in the “Olive Leaf” in Healdsburg, to its family of locations in San Francisco, San Rafael and Berkeley.

Seed of Life is a new vegan restaurant in Berkeley.  Inspired by world cuisine, the menu currently features soups, green and grain salads, entrees including noodle dishes, wraps, and burgers.

Seed of Life shares the location with Vital Ital Calabash; they open when Vital Ital closes.

Thanks to Greg for the update.

Ultimate Guide – Seed of Life: read it, rate it, review it!

Vegi Garden, an all vegetarian Chinese restaurant in Sunnyvale, is now closed. This was one of the few veg restaurants serving dim sum.

Sunnyvale currently has 10 vegetarian restaurants now.

The Ultimate Guide Top Ten is based on user ratings from BAVeg members and the general public.  Merit Vegetarian (Sunnyvale) and Happy Bamboo (San Jose) are the newest additions to the Ultimate Guide Top Ten.

The South Bay now dominates with 70% of the Top Ten restaurants to the East Bay’s 30% with 0% to San Francisco, which has 20 vegetarian restaurants within its city limits. Read the rest of this entry »

Loving Hut, which describes itself as international fast food, opened its first Bay Area restaurant in Milpitas in July. They held their Grand Opening for the second restaurant opening in Palo Alto on Saturday, October 4th, and the Grand Opening for its 3rd location in San Francisco’s Chinatown is next weekend, Saturday October 11th.  The activities include a lion dance at 11 a.m.

Once Loving Hut opens its SF location, it will join Lucky Creation as the second vegetarian restaurant in Chinatown.

The Bay Area is now home to a vegetarian Himalayan fusion restaurant, Karma, in the Richmond district of San Francisco.  After several recent closures of veg restaurants in SF, it’s great to welcome KARMA to the Bay Area.  They opened on Sept. 8th, and are a small restaurant with very limited seating inside and a bench outside.  Their focus is primarily on takeout.

Thanks to Winnie and Nadine for the update.

Karma: Ultimate Guide – read it, rate it, review it

We remain convinced that the San Francisco Bay Area is one of the best places to live as a vegan.  Come Hither Cupcakes is proof of that.

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Loving Hut, which recently opened its vegan kitchen in Milpitas, is working to open a location in Palo Alto. Thanks to Elizabeth for the update!

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Souley Vegan in downtown Oakland is CLOSED until Sept. 28, 2008, for interior remodeling.

Thanks to Rachel for the update.