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Virginia's capital city has a lot to offer for vegetarians. Check out our selected Richmond highlights:

Aladdin Express Restaurant
801 W Broad St
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 359-8500
Lots of Mediterranean with many veg options. Best falafel! Kind of smells of cheap incense as it also is a hookah bar.

Bottoms Up Pizza
Shockoe Bottom
1700 Dock Street
804.644.4400

Busy pizza place. Vegetarian and vegan options.

Café Indochine
2923 West Cary Street
804-353-5799
Vietnamese & French cuisine with vegetarian & vegan options.

Cary Street Café
2631 West Cary Street, in the Carytown district.
804-353-7445
Good amount of vegetarian dishes.

Cous Cous
900 West Franklin Street
Phone: 804-358-0868
Moroccan & Mediterranean food by the makers of Sticky Rice.

Edo's Squid
411 N Harrison St
804-864- 5488
IItalian food served up in a cozy resturant. The pasta & bread are vegan.

Ellwood Thompson's Natural Market and Café

4 North Thompson Street
804-359-7525
Natural Food grocery store with cafe seating. Deli, Salad Bar, Hot Bar, and bakery with vegetarian and vegan goodies.

821 Cafe
821 W Cary Street
Phone: (804)649-1042
Right near VCU campus. Cheap PBR beer. Vegetarian and vegan options including veggie burgers and fries.

Farouk's House of India
3033 West Cary Street
804-355-0378
Has a decent selection of India vegetarian foods including channa masala and samosas.

Good Foods Grocery
Stony Point Shopping Center
3062 Stony Point Road
804-320-6767

Also at:
Gayton Crossing Shopping Center, 1312 Gaskins Road, at Gayton Rd
804-740-3518
Natural Foods grocery store with a deli.

Harrison Street Coffee Shop
402 North Harrison Street
804-359-8060
All vegetarian coffee house with yummy sandwiches, wraps, and breakfast items. Very hip with the VCU crowd.

India K' Raja
9051-5 West Broad Street
804-965-6345
Great Indian food with many vegetarian options. Servers seem knowledgable about what dishes are suitable for vegetarians or vegans.

Indopak Grocery
8121 W Broad St
804-346-4692
Indian grocery store packed with many good vegetarian options. Friendly staff. Cheap ($.75?) vegetarian samosas available daily.

Ipanema
917 West Grace Street
804-213-0170
Hipster college hangout, bar, and restaurant with many vegetarian options included hummus with a side of sweet potato fries.

Kuba Kuba
1601 Park Avenue
(804) 355-8817
Great atmosphere in this cozy and popular cuban restuarant. Deep fried plantains, black bean soup, avocado salad, vegetarian paella make a very filling meal for two vegetarians. To make this meal vegan, ask your server to hold the sour cream on the black bean soup and give the cornbread to a friend.

Mekong
6004 West Broad Street
(804) 288-8929
Vietnamese food with vegetarian options. Nice atmosphere.

Mom's Siam
2811 W. Cary St.
(804) 359-7606
Thai food. Some vegetarian options.

Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
309 N Laurel St
Richmond, VI 23220
804-225-5544
Has a few veg options.

Palani Drive
401 Libbie Avenue, west side of Richmond
804-285-3200
Good selection of wraps and smoothies that can be made vegetarian or vegan.

Panda Veg
900 West Grace Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
Phone: 804-359-6688
Delicious and cheap all vegan chinese food with many mock meat selections. Buffet too. The mock chicken nuggets are a favorite among vegetarians.

Smoothie King
3152 West Cary St
(804) 355-9934
Smoothies with many non-dairy options.

Sticky Rice
2232 West Main St, at Strawberry
Richmond, VA 23220
804-358-7870
Japanese with a twist. Get a bucket o' tater tots with your avocado sushi. Vegetarian sushi and entree options. Often packed with the hipster college crowd after 7pm.

Tan A Grocery Store
6221 West Broad St
804-285-3569
Asian Grocery store. You'll find a mix of fun and unusual foods. Large selection of mock meats.

Taqueria Loco
818 West Broad St
Richmond, VA
(804) 648-5626
Gigantic "mission style" burritos.

TJ's at the Jefferson
The Jefferson Hotel
101 West Franklin Street
(804) 649-4672
Casual dining inside an amazing and historic upscale hotel. A few vegetarian and vegan options.

Vegetarian Dining Guides:

http://www.happycow.net/
http://www.vegdining.com/
The Vegetarian Resource Group Guide