When Honeybee Burger moved into the former WKNDR space in 2019, they hoped to make a mark in LA’s expanding vegan fast food scene. The menu is completely meat-free with burgers, sweet potato fries and tots, shakes, and soft serve in a sleepy corner of Los Feliz.

Frogtown’s cozy bakery/cafe Just What I Kneaded gets points for a punny restaurant name, but owner and head baker Justine Hernandez prepares fantastic galettes, cookies, and scones until everything is sold out. Grab coffee too.

Bulan Thai sits a few blocks in from Silver Lake’s busy Sunset Junction, where traditional Thai dishes simply exempt any animal products. The mock duck curry or the thinly sliced snap peas with toasted coconut, cashews, and chili tamarind topped with coconut cream and crispy shallots are staples.

Tal Ronnen elevates vegan fare to an art form at Crossroads. The restaurant has been turning out some of the most inventive and thoughtful meat-free food in Los Angeles since opening in 2013. Crossroads can please any type of diner with a vegan carbonara (with hand made pasta), and a recent menu addition: thick crust pizza.

Souley Vegan started out of Oakland, and its soul food favorites like cornbread, gumbo, and (seitan) chicken and waffles are available for pickup out of East Hollywood, or via delivery app.

As LA’s oldest vegan restaurant, Real Food Daily cranks out an all-day menu featuring chocolate chip and banana pancakes or the creamy alfredo pasta recipe with cashew “cheese” sauce that’s been tested and perfected over the decades.

Monty’s classic burger could please any type of diner, simply because the technique is strong. The kitchen uses an Impossible Burger patty, plant-based cheese, locally-sourced ingredients, and house-made sauces on a Bosch Bakery bun. Try the dairy-free milkshakes, especially the salted caramel.

When a Vietnamese restaurant can make nuoc cham without traditional fish sauce, it’s safe to say that the remaining menu will impress. Try the broken rice and classic noodle soups. The formica tabletops are plentiful, so sit back and watch the gorgeous dishes arrive at everyone’s tables.

Venice’s Butcher’s Daughter opened the mostly-vegan De Buena Planta last summer where the very beachy vibes are met by gorgeous cocktails, mezal, aguas frescas, gluten-free options, and tacos. Plenty of tacos like the cauliflower, potato, or mushroom tacos.

Chef Babette Davis’s Inglewood run began nearly two decades ago, where her restaurant brings plant-based options to historic Market Street. Step up to the counter for ordering, then wait for staff to bring out soulful dishes like greens, mac and cheese, yams, quesadillas, and a hearty tamale pie.

Chicana Vegana settled nicely into Downtown Fullerton during the pandemic. This family-run business offers some of the region’s best plant-based food with dishes like the massive loaded nachos, taquitos, street tacos, burgers, and sopes.