vegan-friendly breakfast?

Do you have any suggestions for a weekday breakfast that has vegan options and would still satisfy a meat-eater? Public transportation accessible would be good. My friend has tried Victory's Banner and didn't like it much, so that's out.

Hi,

I don't know if it is open for breakfast though it does cater to vegans:

Chicago Diner
3411 North Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60657
http://www.veggiediner.com
773-935-6696

They used to have a location in Highland Park, which I visited a few times. Not my cup of tea, but to each his own.

One obvious, excellent choice:

Blind Faith Cafe
525 Dempster St.

www.blindfaithcafe.com

I'm a confirmed carnivore, but I've had a number of excellent vegetarian and vegan dishes there. It's about 1 1/2 blocks east of the Dempster St. El stop on the purple line.

Lula Cafe is a great cafe that is vegan/veggie friendly while still serving meat products.

While their dinners are more diverse, their breakfast options may be limited for vegans (one or two options). They are known for being very vegan/veggie friendly and will do things like "hold the cheese" on the breakfast burrito.

Lula is convenient to the Logan Square stop on the Blue Line (right across the square)

Lula Cafe
2537 N. Kedzie
Chicago, IL 60647
773.489.9554
http://www.lulacafe.com/

Best tofu scramble in town!

I do not have personal experience with this, but I thought I have seen mention of Chinese and Mexican places open early.I think they would offer vegan options.Maybe some of the places Cathy2 mentioned for dead early breakfast.

I like the Heartland Cafe for breakfast, and they serve meat as well as vegetarian, vegan and even macrobiotic items. It's an old neighborhood hippie sort of place right off the Red Line at Morse.

The Heartland Cafe
7000 North Glenwood
773-465-8005
http://www.heartlandcafe.com/

Thanks for the great suggestions! The online menus for Lulas and Blind Faith look really good. We're going next week, so I'll report back on where we go.

Jim's Grill
1429 W. Irving Park Rd.

as far as i know it's still open and vegan-friendly.

Anyone who has been to Amitabul?

Amitabul
6207 N Milwaukee
Chicago,Il.
773-774-0276

Amitabul is fantastic.

This past summer, my husband's vegan cousin came for a visit. We tried most of the recommended vegan/vegetarian places in town (Victory's Banner, Lula Cafe, Green Zebra, et al.), and, with the exception of Green Zebra, I wasn't overly impressed.

Our visit to Amitabul was almost an afterthought - we had some time before her flight, so we stopped off. I was really blown away, and have been meaning to post about it. The details are pretty fuzzy by now -- the fact that we ate in a booth under a picture of the Dalai Lama and Richard Gere is about the only thing I can be absolutely sure of, but the food was very good. I had a large bowl of very spicy noodles with vegetables (I requested tofu be added, and it was no problem); my husband and his cousin had very similar items. I recall a good plate of potstickers as an appetizer, as well.

Service was very friendly, and I got the impression that our waiter was also doing at least some of the cooking. It's a small, homey place.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but I really felt it was great, and have been meaning to go back ever since. I live on the opposite side of the city, so I haven't had a chance, but I do highly, highly recommend it.

(I should add that my husband is a voracious carnivore, and he genuinely didn't mind the lack of meat products. It's such a cliche when talking about vegan/vegetarian restaurants, but you really don't even notice you're not eating any animal products -- it's just that good.)

i think karyan's on halstead just n of n does it raw as well

Thanks again for all your suggestions. My friend and I had breakfast this morning at Blind Faith Cafe in Evanston (Lula's is closed Tues and Chicago Diner doesn't open until 11).

We both had chilaquiles, mine with eggs, hers with tofu. The portions are enormous (I have plently leftover) and come with sides of black beans and brown rice, with a dollop of guacamole. The chilaquiles were tasty- I liked that the corn chips were still crisp- and the sauce is mild and tomato-y. I loved the guacamole.

However, I didn't feel like it was worth the price ($8.50), especially for a self-service restaurant (wipe your own table???). I glanced at the lunch menu and it looked like you could get more interesting items for just a dollar more. Alternatively, I would have preferred half the size of my breakfast for half the price.

We enjoyed meeting up and talking, and I'm glad we were both able to find appealing things on the menu, but next time I'll probably skip the commute and just go to Orange for $9 eggs.

Has anybody ever gone to Udupi or Woodlands and asked that their Dosai be cooked w/o ghee? I've got a veggie friend who recently graduated to vegan, and the move wiped out South Indian from our repetoire.

Thanks,

Alex

Earwax Cafe has tons of vegan options on the menu, and also a decent set of choices for meat eaters. They serve a pretty good breakfast, and are about a half block from the Damen blue line stop.

Earwax Cafe
(773) 772-4019
1561 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622