- The Lodge Cafe
- Siam Garden Thai Restaurant
- Yiros Stop
- Walton Pantry
- Charlie’s Raw Squeeze
- Two Charming Finches
- VeganYumm
- Pizza Capers
- The Gap Loco (Local Organic Co-op)
- The Produce Wholefood Pantry
- Biome Eco Store
- Other stuff to Help Out
The Lodge Café
Chow down in this elegant yet relaxed vegetarian delight. Not just a healthy heaven with a variety of lighter meals of scrumptious salads and smoothies, there’s beaut burgers, breakfast burritos and locals say the best coffee you can come by. There’s an all-day menu to satisfy the most wicked cravings, a kid’s menu and one for snacks. Of course, let’s not forget the desserts, so if you can’t fit it in, take some home for later. Friendly staff top it off greeting you with smiles any time of day.
Where you’ll find them: 976 Waterworks Rd, The Gap.
Siam Garden Thai Restaurant
A popular choice with over 10 veggie options plus soups, salads and sides, curries, noodles and rice combos. It’s one of the most popular restaurants in the area and with such a great range you’ll never go hungry.
Where you’ll find them: 1122 Waterworks Road, The Gap
Yiros Stop
The place to geek out on Greek. Fresh, delicious and conveniently located, you can find this gem at the local Gap Shopping Centre to stop off for a bite when you do your grocery shopping. Locals agree the coffee and baklava are amaaazing and friendly welcoming staff are happy to cater to every tastebud.
Where you’ll find them: The Gap Shopping Village Shopping Centre – 1000 Waterworks Road, The Gap
Waltons Pantry
For a more relaxed breakfast or lunch café style with outdoor seating and great big kid friendly area (think football field not tiny courtyard), head to Waltons Pantry for some veggie and vegan treats. The wee ones are thoroughly entertained so you can relax under umbrellas deck-top dining while enjoying the scenic mountain views.
Where you’ll find them: 25 Glenaffric Street, The Gap (overlooking the local soccer fields)
Charlie’s Raw Squeeze
Can satisfy the strongest thirst, those ‘green goddess’ smoothie cravings and an assortment of vegan snacks and sweet treats. Nice cream, Acai bowls, smoothies and don’t forget the gelato, it’s more than a juice bar.
Where you’ll find them: 486 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove.
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Two Charming Finches
Catering to all of the veggie-saurus’ with over half their menu being vegetarian and vegan. Enjoy breakfast, lunch or take away. If you’re planning to dine there it fills up fast so you may want to make a booking, and feel free to take the whole family including Fido because it’s pet friendly and your furry friends are welcome.
Where you’ll find them: 47 Blackwood Street, Mitchelton
VeganYumm
Satisfying even the sweetest tooth cravings right alongside your savoury ones. Brisbane’s first entirely vegan bakery, it’s a chocoholics dream, has gluten free options and caters for any occasion. Parties, birthdays, weddings, you name it, they can help you out. Rows upon rows of sweet treats will delight your eyes and you may need to take out a bank loan because you’ll want to buy everything in this place.
Where you’ll find them: 473 South Pine Road, Everton Park
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Pizza Capers
There are a few veggie and 3 vegan pizzas including the popular Vegan Satay Tofu in their wide range. Alternatively you can design your own pizza and choose your base so go crazy and get as creative as you like. Veggie friendly salads and wraps are on offer as well to satisfy those Friday night ‘pick something up on the way home’ junk food night demands.
Where you’ll find them: Shop 9/974 Waterworks Road, The Gap
Where to Stock Up, Refill and Find the Goodies
The Gap LOCO (Local Organic Co-Op)
The place to go to stock up on your fresh fruit and vegetables, with the great news that if you can’t make it to the store they’ll come to you making deliveries every Monday. An all organic store with fair trade coffees and teas, whole foods, tofu & tempeh and range of vegan products it’s a vegetarian and vegans dream. Even if you’re not a veggie-saurus it’s a great place to go to resupply and stock the panty with all of those everyday eats like nuts, grains and seeds, and let’s not forget the chocolate!
Where you’ll find it: 98 Yoorala St, The Gap.
The Produce Wholefood Pantry
With a café offering great organic coffee and cakes or grab a smoothie as you make the most of the zero-waste option and go about your shopping refilling your own containers, bags and sacks stocking up on those pantry and every day essentials.
Where you’ll find them: 230 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove
Biome Eco Store
This is full of zero waste, cruelty free, toxin free and supports ethical production companies to help our environment and wonderful planet. Here you can stock up on your beauty products with honesty in labelling alongside some foodstuffs and cleaning products. Where you’ll find them: 2 Latrobe Terrace, PaddingtonOther Stuff to Help You Out
Brisbane Vegan Markets
This is on every fortnight so you can grab a bus, train, or bike to enjoy the relaxed vibe, inexpensive vegan foods and their massive range of goodies. Not just for the veggie-saurus’ its popular with omnivores, vegetarians and even your carnivorous friends love this place to explore, grab something to eat and soak up the chilled vibe. Environmentally friendly, sustainable products available and everything else you’d expect to find at a market. Where you’ll find them: on the corner of Boundary Road & Russell St, BrisbaneHandy to know...
You can check out local restaurants near you (anywhere in the world) with a great app called Happy Cow that lists all the restaurants, cafés, grocery stores and places near you to eat, buy and browse vegetarian and vegan products.
A collection of the best vegan and vegetarian inner city suburb plant based dining restaurants and cafés can be found at Zomato.