All restaurants on these pages have committed to serving exclusively vegetarian foods (no meat, fowl, or fish). Many are vegan (no dairy, eggs, or honey) and are noted with our vegan icon.
Call or check their websites to confirm current hours, and for any menu or other details that may have evolved during the pandemic.
North of Boston
Bayberry Café
Closed as of May, 2023
502 Main St.
Woburn, MA 01801
(781) 935-1288
All vegan Pan-Asian cuisine, this attractive, spacious restaurant consistently racks up 5-star reviews on all of the restaurant ratings platforms. The food is fresh, flavorful, and full of eye appeal. Six different sushi rolls and great appetizers like diced mango and avocado tartar, scallion pancakes, and pan-fried dumplings, and an awesome pumpkin soup make it hard to save room for the entrees. Main dishes come with miso soup or a mixed green salad topped with angel-hair beets and carrot dressing. The Malaysian Curry draws lots of fans. The cheerful, helpful owners experiment with different desserts in addition to their vegan tiramisu, cheese cake, house-made ice cream, pumpkin cream cheese roll, and other regulars. BYOB, and free parking lot adjacent, plus easy street parking. Bayberry has it all.
Green Street Natural Food
164 Green St., Melrose
781-662-7741
This is a small family operation giving a personal touch to their all-vegetarian market since 1975. With an emphasis on customer service and extensive product knowledge, the Cantin family offers a wide variety of natural foods and supplements. Their produce is all organic. Their grocery section offers frozen, refrigerated, packaged and canned foods that are organic whenever possible. Their bulk section includes beans, grains, nuts, seeds, herbs, dried fruits, and pasta. Their personal care products are organic whenever possible and never tested on animals.
IndianStyle
880 Boston Road
Billerica, MA 01821
978-584-3187
Authentic Indian vegetarian and vegan cuisine made from fresh ingredients. The menu offers main dishes made with back beans, yellow lentils, black lentils, garbanzo beans, vegetables, herbs and spices. Scratch-made vegan Aloo Tikki Burgers, vegetable samosas and pakoras, wraps, and lunch specials fill out the menu.
Life Alive
194 Middle Street
Lowell, MA
978-453-1311
With a mission to feed the mind, body, and spirit, this small, bright space is used to the max. Lowell is the original location of what is now nine Life Alive restaurants. A menu of colorful, vibrant, therapeutic whole foods offers unprocessed, organic grains and vegetables in dishes that are made fresh to order. Varied grain bowls, salads, soups, sides, rejuvenating live juice blends, and sumptuous smoothies round out the offerings. Strives for health-promoting and earth-friendly practices.
Revitalive Café and Juice Bar*
*This location is closed during the pandemic.
93 Main Street at Andover Village Square, inside the courtyard with the outdoor fireplace
Andover, MA 01810
855-584-2328
See description below.
Revitalive Café and Juice Bar*
*This location is closed during the pandemic.
50 Water Street, located inside the Tannery Marketplace
Newburyport, MA 01950
855-584-2328
All vegan, this café in Andover Village Square is sister to their original Newburyport location. Food is raw and free of gluten/soy/dairy, with a focus on using locally grown and organic ingredients. Salads include a seed-based “un-tuna” salad, and creative Bowls-served-cold include a house burger with quinoa, and an almond-based falafel bowl with hummus and veggies. A varied selection of Bowls-served-hot includes curry, Asian, Macro, sweet & sour, and three-bean chili with avocado. Soups and grab-n-go items, plus a selection of rich raw chocolate desserts cover all the bases with flair. Add to this an extensive menu of fresh pressed juices with four to six ingredients in each one, and their Mega-Meal Super Food Smoothies of six to nine ingredients each, with the option of add-ins. Their name says it best — revitalize at Revitalive!
Squeeze Juice Co.
850 Market Street in the MarketStreet Shopping Center
Lynnfield, MA 01940
Udupi Bhavan
1717 Middlesex Street
Lowell, MA 01851
978-654-6653
Specializing in authentic South Indian specialties like dosas, the paper-thin crepes made from a slightly fermented batter of protein-rich split peas and rice. Cooked on a hot griddle and rolled into a crispy tube, they are served plain or filled. Another specialty is Uthappams, the rice and lentil pancakes served with various vegetable fillings and toppings. A full menu of exquisite offerings.
Veggie Crust
1740 Middlesex Street
Lowell, MA 01851
978-674-5536
With their own house-made dough, sauces, and pesto, plus Italian/Indian fusion topping choices, this is a pizza lovers dream come true. All pies can be made with vegan cheese, and you can split half and half with two different toppings, such as cauliflower Manchurian, garden veggie, coconut corn, and curry leaf pesto portobello. Their good-sized salads provide your healthy greens, such as arugala with avocado, fresh strawberries and corn freshly cut from the cob. Noodles Manchurian and House-made Kabobs add to the choices. Fresh-squeezed fruit juice blends, and a FoMu dairy-free ice cream bar complete the meal. Generous portions, friendly staff, modern and pleasing decor. Sister restaurants in Somerville, Brookline, and Norwood.
Wild Garlic
13 Friend Street
Amesbury, MA 01913
978-388-0072
This little shop gets rave reviews for its home-style cooking and friendly, family-feel atmosphere. The menu varies daily, with their spicy noodles and tofu being regular favorites, along with soups, salads, pasta, and desserts. Sandwiches are served on house-made focaccia bread. Rotating menu items include such items as Chickpea and Rice Burgers, Red Lentil Soup, and Sweet Chili Rice Noodles with Broccoli. May close early if the food sells out, so call. Business is mainly take-out, with four seats inside, and a lovely park with waterfall and benches around the corner.
North Shore
Adea’s Mediterranean Kitchen
90 Lafayette Street
Salem, MA 01970
978-594-4271
Family-run restaurant with a no-frills decor puts the emphasis on friendly atmosphere and flavorful, authentic Israeli cuisine. Beans are cooked and spiced to perfection in such dishes as Jerusalem Soup made of slow cooked lima and cannellini beans in a tomato base. Their Masaveha is a flavorful combining of warm fava beans, chickpeas, lemon, garlic, parsley and tahini served on hummus. The Israeli Salad is a refreshing mix of finely chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, romaine lettuce, purple cabbage, chickpeas, and tahini. Kosher.
Beraka Juice
46 Woodside Avenue
Winthrop, MA 02152
617- 207-1163
All vegan. Fresh organic ingredients are the foundation for delicious and nutrient-rich beverages and light meals. Raw, cold-pressed, unpasturized nut mylks, smoothies, juice cleanses and wellness shots fortify and satisfy. Organic granola with fruits and superfood add-ons compose a variety of acai and pitaya bowls. Organic sprouted-grain bread topped with local almond butter and fruits, or with hummus, cukes and sprouts, provide a solid nutrition boost. Leave feeling energized and uplifted.
Jodi Bee Bakes Bakery and Café
Closed September 3, 2023
282 Derby Street
Salem, MA 01970
978-594-8555
All vegan. Uses local, seasonal, organic ingredients to make hand-crafted baked goods with many being gluten-free. Their varied vegan sandwiches and wraps include chickpea salad, and cornmeal crusted tempeh with maple mustard sauce, spinach, and ginger turmeric kraut. Inventive lunch offerings such as baked potato with pumpkin chili, and vegan pizza bagel keep the menu lively.
Life Alive
281 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970
Commuter Rail: Take Newburyport/Rockport Line to Salem Depot. Then walk 1.5 blocks.
978-594-4644
Sister site to locations in Lowell, Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge, this restaurant has a mission to feed the mind, body, and spirit. A menu of colorful, vibrant, therapeutic whole foods offers unprocessed, organic grains and vegetables in dishes that are made fresh to order. Varied grain bowls, salads, soups, sides, rejuvenating live juice blends, and sumptuous smoothies round out the offerings. Strives for health-promoting and earth-friendly practices.
Mandarava
46 Inn Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-465-7300
Hours change seasonally. Please check website.
All vegan, ingredients are free of animal products, refined flour and sugar, and are at least 90% organic. Cooking from scratch, this cafe puts the emphasis on whole foods nutrition. A Daily Bowl at lunchtime contains a grain, legume, and savory vegetables or salad, and the soup of the day may be a chunky stew or a brothy blend. A mufti-course dinner is by reservation only. Freshly squeezed juices and smoothies, and To-Go meals round out the offerings.
Organic Garden Café
294 Cabot Street (next to Cabot Cinema, opp. Hess gas station)
Beverly MA 01915 (Rt. 62 off Rt. 128)
Commuter Rail: Take Newburyport/Rockport Line to Beverly Depot. Then a 10 minute walk to restaurant. Walk up the hill from Rantoul St., turn left on Cabot St. and walk approx. 1/3 mile.
978-922-0004
All vegan, with a focus on the restorative power of nutrient-dense and often enzyme-rich raw and cooked whole plant foods cuisine. When it comes to gourmet “live” cuisine, nobody does it better. No artificial or processed ingredients of any kind are used in their dishes. Try vibrant, living food versions of everything from pizza, falafel, and cheeseburgers to a full Thanksgiving dinner (in season.) Imaginative dishes are created with complex blending of many raw ingredients and are artfully presented. Entrees, bowls, salads, wraps, soups made with raw almond cream, bagels (choice of homemade “live” bagel or standard whole wheat) with a wide array of spreads and fillings, smoothie and juice bar. Save room for dessert such as a raw tiramisu that includes superfoods, a like-you’ve-never-had-it-before apple pie, raw chocolate truffles, and more. Get a thick date smoothie for the road. Cozy, gracious decor.
Revitalive Café and Juice Bar*
*This location is closed during the pandemic.
The Tannery Mall
50 Water Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-462-0639
All vegan, raw, and free of gluten/soy/dairy, with a focus on using locally grown and organic ingredients. Salads include a seed-based “un-tuna” salad, and creative Bowls-served-cold include a house burger with quinoa, and an almond-based falafel bowl with hummus and veggies. A varied selection of Bowls-served-hot includes curry, Asian, Macro, sweet & sour, and three-bean chili with avocado. Soups and grab-n-go items, plus a selection of rich raw chocolate desserts cover all the bases with flair. Add to this an extensive menu of fresh pressed juices with four to six ingredients in each one, and their Mega-Meal Super Food Smoothies of six to nine ingredients each, with the option of add-ins. Their name says it best — revitalize at Revitalive!
The Juicery
40 State Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-255-2652
This café offers classic and specialty smoothies, fresh organic fruit and vegetable juice blends, shots such as wheatgrass, ginger, tumeric root with lemon and black pepper, and a house-brewed herbal infusion fire tonic. Açaí bowls with granola toppings and some grab-and-go food items round out the menu.
The Juicery
83 Washington Street
Salem, MA 01970
978-224-2120
In the heart of historic Salem, this café offers specialty smoothies, fresh organic fruit and vegetable juice blends, shots such as wheatgrass, ginger, tumeric root with lemon and black pepper, and a house-brewed herbal infusion fire tonic. Açaí bowls, oatmeal bowls, and sourdough toasts with nut-butters or avocado, and soups such as white bean & kale, or bean & corn veggie chili with a kick, complete the menu.
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