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Veggie Love

The Food Lover's Guide to Portland's Epic Vegan Scene

What makes this city such a capital for plant-based eats? The answer, naturally, includes punk rock, soy curls, a guerrilla farm, Gregory Gourdet, and dazzling arrays of bounty.

Edited by Kelly Clarke

Farms. Tables. No city can match Portland's obsession with its glorious homegrown bounty.

Above: Vegan and gluten-free haven Harlow’s signature Betty Bowl, heaped with Oregon-grown kale, a rainbow of roasted roots and veg, and sunflower chile cream sauce. (Image: Michael Novak)

In This Feature:

How the Vegans Conquered Portland

Our city is America’s meat-free Shangri-la, built one vegan cronut and jackfruit wrap at a time.

08/14/2017 By Tuck Woodstock

The Soy Curl Was Born in Oregon

"I think we’re converting people to veganism because of the soy curls.”

08/14/2017 By Kelly Clarke

5 Must-Eat Vegan Dishes in Portland

From ramen to pizza to doughnuts, here’s a handful of the city’s essential plant-based eats.

08/14/2017 By Kelly Clarke

Taste the Rainbow: Oregon Farms Show Off Their Dazzling Bounty

From mountain spinach to radish flowers to Attika red cherries, here are the fruits and veggies most coveted by Portland chefs.

08/14/2017 By Kelly Clarke Photography by Isabella Cassini

The Definitive Guide to Portland's Vegan Pizza

From cashew cheese to tofu ricotta, seitan sausage to buffalo jackfruit, Portland offers plenty of plant-based pie options.

08/14/2017 Research by Anyi Wong-Lifton Edited by Tuck Woodstock

6 Essential Portland Salads

Dig into these bountiful bowls, from vegan tosses and veggie riots to ocean wonders.

08/14/2017 By Kelly Clarke

Vegan? Carnivore? Gregory Gourdet's Summer Salad Satisfies All Eaters

Departure's Top Chef celeb pulls out all the stops for this equal-opportunity stunner.

08/14/2017 By Benjamin Tepler

3 Amazingly Weird Things Chef Aaron Adams Does with Plants at Farm Spirit

The modernist chef is fearless when it comes to vegan ferments.

08/14/2017 By Liz Crain

How Chef Stacey Givens Transformed a Side Lot in Cully into a Booming Urban Farm

The Side Yard Farm & Kitchen is a destination for everything from celtuce to shiso, bike-in movie nights to grief groups.

08/14/2017 By Chad Walsh

Portland's Vegan Push Pop Invasion Is Nigh!

Push it. Push it real good.

08/14/2017 By Karen Brooks

17 Standout Vegan–Approved Restaurants in Portland

From cashew mozzarella pizza to soy curl shawarma fries to coconut-milk fro-yo, we round up the city's top plant-based spots.

08/14/2017 By Eat Beat Team

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