I had an amazing time eating vegan food in Seattle. This past weekend, a friend and I headed out west to finally visit Seattle. We had originally planned to visit at the beginning of December, but I got COVID right before and had some post-COVID complications, so we rescheduled (and got some future flight credit in the process!) for March. I was really excited to visit because I knew I would have a full range of vegan options and find anything I wanted; I never had to compromise.
I also just want to take a second and shout out all my friends who never mind eating vegan food or making sure we eat at places where I have options: I love you.
Now, on to the vegan food.
I haven’t included any of my eats from Pike Place Market in this post but I have included a full breakdown in this blog post.
Here’s all the vegan food I ate in Seattle:
On our first night in Seattle, we ordered takeout from Urban Sushi Kitchen, which comes with a vege roll, four pieces of vege nigiri, stewed tofu, and salad according to the menu on their website, but as you can see in my picture, that isn’t what I got. Everything was still great except for the veggies in the top right corner that looked suspiciously like okra (I didn’t try it).
On Friday, we visited the Starbucks Reserve Roastery on Pike Street before heading over to Plum Bistro, a fully plant-based bistro, for dinner. We tried the Mac & Yease, the garlic rosemary fries, and sweet and spicy General Tso’s cauliflower. 10/10 would recommend. If I’m ever back in Seattle, I would come here first. Straight from the airport.
Can never say no to dessert. Frankie and Jo’s came highly recommended by a cousin who lived in Seattle for a few years (who isn’t vegan, by the way, as a full disclaimer). So if a non-vegan person is telling you to go eat vegan ice cream, it has to be good. They are a 100% plant-based ice cream shop in Capitol Hill with a variety of flavors. They do also ship! I got the brown sugar vanilla and chocolate tahini supercookie, and they have seasonal flavors that rotate.
On Saturday, we took the ferry across Elliott Bay to Bainbridge Island. Probably wasn’t the smartest idea to go when there was rain in the forecast but we weathered it out. There are a ton of cute shops and restaurants and bookstores, plus a small art museum whose top floor was closed off for renovation. We dined at Ba Sa, a Vietnamese restaurant on one of the main streets. They have a few options labeled vegan but I would definitely ask your server which dishes are actually vegan or can be modified to be vegan. I got the avocado spring rolls with tofu and the chicken buns with tofu instead and no spicy mayo, which were great for a light meal.
For dinner, I had takeout from Ian’s Pizza on the Hill. I ordered the vegan breadsticks, which came with marinara sauce (and they were probably the best vegan breadsticks I’ve ever had), and the vegan mac and cheese pizza. It has a vegan crème sauce, NUMO vegan mozzarella, and macaroni. The sauce was great, and I loved that they didn’t go overboard with the noodles.
Sunday was shot because we ventured south to Mount Rainier National Park and packed Subway sandwiches for the trip. But Monday morning, I got coffee and donuts from Mighty-O Donuts on 2nd Ave. I had a 12 oz. Americano with soy milk, a French Toast donut, and a chocolate peanut butter donut. The chocolate peanut butter donut didn’t have enough peanut butter flavor to my liking, but it was nice and fluffy, and the French Toast donut was so flavorful. Great start for our last day!
We had a late flight, and while my friend headed to a bar and had Beecher’s Mac and Cheese, I got food from Veggie Grill, a vegan fast food chain on the West Coast that I hadn’t had before. I ate the Sante Fe Chick’n Sandwich with fries, mac and cheese, and chocolate chip cookies (as a late-night snack on the flight). Everything tasted great (though the chick’n tasted suspiciously like the Gardein Chicken Fillets), and I am eagerly awaiting the day that the East Coast has options like this.
All in all, it was a pretty successful trip without any major complaints. I still have an entire list of places I have to check out if I ever return to the Emerald City but this was a great start. If you ever visit Seattle, you’ll be in vegan paradise (minus the sunlight, of course).
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