BOA Steakhouse clearly wants vegetarians to feel welcome. In 2017, the company expanded its menu to include both vegan and vegetarian options. The latest addition is the wild mushroom burger with a Beyond Meat patty, truffles, and arugula on a potato bun. 

Walk into any Plan Check and all burgers can use Beyond Meat. They recently added a new item, the Plan(t) Check Burger which comes with melty swiss, butter lettuce, fried onions, tomato, and mayo. An especially nice addition is the Portuguese milk bread bun, also known as a crunch bun.

Founders Ale House has one of LA’s most vegetarian-friendly menus. Like most participating restaurants, Founders lists a basic burger, but ups its game with a Southwest Beyond Burger with tomato, cayenne vegan cheese, a spicy aioli, and finishes with a corn and black bean salsa on a brioche bun. There’s also the piled-high Beyond barbecue burger with a Beyond Burger patty, cayenne cheese, onion rings, and barbecue sauce on a brioche bun.

Crossroads Kitchen has a very simple Impossible Burger on the menu, but the real star is the innovative vegetarian kitchen’s Impossible Cigars, which have Impossible Burger meat wrapped in crispy dough with an almond yogurt dipping sauce. If dining at Crossroads during early hours, try the Impossible breakfast sausage sandwich.

The Southern California vegan chain solely uses Beyond Meat, and is one of the few to offer the Beyond Meat sausage. The VG Beyond Burger is the traditional bestseller, but the more adventurous can opt for the lucky star with smoked gouda vegan cheese, balsamic onions, vegan blue cheese sauce, arugula, and sriracha ketchup on a pretzel bun. Veggie Grill added two new items to the menu this year, including the steakhouse burger and the wunderbrat. The latter puts a Beyond Meat bratwurst on a pretzel bun with Sierra Nevada cheese sauce, caramelized onions, mustard, and pickled red cabbage.

Tony’s Darts Away is an established craft beer and game bar, offering a menu is very vegan-friendly with the presence of two Impossible Burgers. The traditional Darts Away junior burger adds thousand island dressing and vegan cheese to the patty. But the Bulls-Eye Burger is a bold vegan experiment starting with a donut croissant bun, two Impossible Burger patties, vegan bacon, vegan provolone, barbecue sauce, and frizzled onions.

Downtown’s Dankness Dojo by Modern Times probably has the highest stacked Beyond Burger on the map, with two patties of Beyond Meat, smoked mushrooms, shallot jam, roasted tomato spread, American cheese made of coconut, pickles, and pickled onion rings on a house made bun.

Umami can create any existing burger with Impossible Burger “meat.” With vegan buns as an option, there is the Trufflemaker which oozes truffles, or the Impossible VBQ with grilled onions, barbecue sauce, and jalapeño. For the more reserved eaters, try the Impossible classic.

Local chain Slater’s 50/50 made its bones by creating a burger with 50 percent beef, and 50 percent bacon. So it came as a surprise when this meat-loving restaurant added two Impossible Meat options to the menu. The OG Impossible Burger uses a brioche bun and chipotle mayonnaise with a single patty, pepper jack cheese, avocado, and a sunny-side up egg. The Impossible Meatball slider is Slider’s vegetarian tribute to an Italian sub, with a garlicky marinara sauce, burrata cheese, and basil pesto on a toasted brioche.