My family and I are all vegetarians, and although I love cooking, and generally provide home-cooked meals for the family, I still enjoy a nice restaurant once in a while.
It can be challenging to find high quality vegetarian food in our area, so my goal with this lens is to provide a useful guide for vegetarians in the Northeastern Ohio area. The lens will include listings for vegetarian restaurants, stores, and related local vegetarian-friendly links.
I would greatly appreciate your comments and suggestions.
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Sweet Potato Crisp
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Whenever I'm invited to a holiday party, they always ask me to bring my Sweet Potato Crisp. I could be concerned and wonder if they only want me for my food, but I don't mind because it is a super easy casserole to bring to parties. I...
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Vegetarian Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving may seem like a challenging holiday for vegetarians, but it can be a fun adventure. This is an opportunity to enjoy a variety of great dishes, and at the same time, share the bounty of vegetarian food with your non-veggie friends a...
Local Vegetarian Friendly Restaurants
- Aladdin's Eatery
Aladdin's has fantastic Mediterranean cuisine, with several vegetarian dishes on the menu. They have several locations all over Northeastern Ohio. - American Harvest Health Food
13387 Smith Road, Middleburgh Heights, OH
(440) 888-7727
American Harvest is a vegetarian deli and health food store. - Dish Global Deli
1834 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH
(216) 589-9700
They have a nice little menu with several vegetarian and vegan items loaded with healthy ingredients. - Grand Rodeo
They have a nice Mexican vegetarian menu to choose from. The food is tasty and the service is wondeful. - Johnny Mango's
3120 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH
(216) 575-1919
Casual restaurant with several vegetarian dishes. They are located on Bridge Avenue in the Ohio City neighborhood. - Lago
2221 Professor Avenue, Cleveland, OH
(216) 344-0547
Beautiful restaurant in Tremont, featuring Northern Italian Cuisine. They have Vegetarian Mondays from 5-10pm where the chef prepares ten gourmet vegetarian dishes. - Melt Bar and Grilled
14718 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH
(216) 226-3699
For vegetarians that still do dairy, they have several sandwiches, soups, salads, vegetarian chili, and other goodies to choose from. - Panera Bread
I really enjoy this place for lunch. They always offer a few vegetarian soups, and they have yummy salads and a few vegetarian sandwiches, as well as a wide variety of coffee and pastries. - Pearl of the Orient
20121 Van Aken Blvd., Shaker Heights, OH
(216) 751-8181
They have a fantastic vegetarian menu and many vegetarian dishes offered throughout the rest of the menu. - Skyline Chili
They have a really tasty vegetarian beans and rice bowl and you can also swap it out for any of the regular chili in any of their menu items to make it vegetarian friendly. They also have two vegetarian burritoes that are fantastic! - Teahouse Noodles
They serve healthy New Asian cuisine that includes several vegetarian options. Teahouse Noodles is located in Little Italy and Downtown Cleveland. - Tommy's
1824 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH
(216) 321-7757
They have a fantastic selection of reasonably priced vegetarian and vegan dishes to choose from. Tommy's is located in Coventry, so it can be very busy at times. - Udupi Cafe
6339 Olde York Rd., Parma Hts., OH
(440) 743-7154
They serve all-vegetarian Indian cuisine. - The Vegiterranean
21 Furnace Street, Akron, OH
(330) 374-5550
Chrissie Hynde's Vegan Italian restaurant in Akron, Ohio. They have one of the best vegetarian menus available in Northeastern Ohio. - The Web of Life
25923 Detroit Rd., Westlake, OH
(440) 899-2882
They have a grocery store, a deli, and a yummy juice bar with plenty of great vegetarian and vegan options for both people and pets. - Yours Truly
They have quite a few different garden burgers to choose from, and they will make them any way you like. They also have a few other vegetarian options on the menu. They have several locations in our area.
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Vegetarian-Friendly Markets
- Aladdin's Baking Company
- They have the most amazing bakery. They also sell carry out prepared foods, with plenty of vegetarian goodies to choose from.
- Farmers Markets in Northeastern Ohio
- We have a nice variety of farmers markets in our area.
- Danny's Organic Marketplace
- This is a fantastic little market in Willoughby, Ohio. Everything is color coded, so one can easily find the vegetarian or vegan items.
- Whole Foods and Wild Oats
- I love this store. It's a bit of a drive for our family, so we don't shop here every week, but we love to go there and stock up from time to time. They have a fantastic selection of organic and vegetarian food. They have a few locations in Northeastern Ohio now.
- West Side Market
- The West Side Market is an amazing source for fantastic locally grown fruits and vegetables.
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Please tell us about your favorite Vegetarian restaurant in Northeastern Ohio.
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- Lisa Lisa Jul 27, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
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Blessings to you all
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- Melissa Melissa May 1, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
- Thanks for this list!! I have trouble finding places that have a good selection of foods that I can eat, so seeing this helps a lot! Mustard Seed Market, which is in the Montrose-Fairlawn area (near Akron), is good. They have a lot of foods in their grocery store, as well as a cafe inside the store. It's not completely vegetarian, but there are a lot of options for Vegetarians and Vegans. When I graduated from highschool my parents took me there for a garden burger and a hazelnut flavor soy shake, and it was great!
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- prayingmother prayingmother Dec 11, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
- Wish there was a lens like this for I live. This is cool!
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- spirituality spirituality Jun 20, 2008 @ 5:17 am
- Great idea for a lens. You may like these lenses of mine:
http://www.squidoo.com/vegetarian-health
http://www.squidoo.com/why-vegetarian
http://www.squidoo.com/comfort-food
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Northeastern Ohio Vegetarian Links
- Veg Ohio
- This is a wonderful resource for Ohio vegetarians.
- Vegetarians in Cleveland
- Vegetarian Restaurant listings from my site, Cleveland Cafe.











