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Veganuary 2027: where to eat vegan in January

Veganuary is the pledge to eat vegan for the month of January. Cooking at home is the easy part. Eating out is where most people get stuck, so this page is about that: where to go, and how to order when you get there.

Start with a 100% vegan kitchen

The easiest first meal out is at a place where everything on the menu is vegan. There is nothing to ask about and nothing to check. The Vegaholic directory has 509 fully vegan kitchens in 198 cities, each one marked 100% Vegan on its listing.

Browse every 100% vegan kitchen, or search for your city from the home page.

The cities with the most fully vegan kitchens

Counted from the directory today. Each link opens that city’s list filtered to 100% vegan places.

  1. 1New York, New York51 fully vegan kitchens
  2. 2Seattle, Washington29 fully vegan kitchens
  3. 3Philadelphia, Pennsylvania25 fully vegan kitchens
  4. 4Chicago, Illinois22 fully vegan kitchens
  5. 5Austin, Texas16 fully vegan kitchens
  6. 6Portland, Oregon15 fully vegan kitchens
  7. 7Atlanta, Georgia14 fully vegan kitchens
  8. 8San Diego, California10 fully vegan kitchens
  9. 9Los Angeles, California10 fully vegan kitchens
  10. 10San Francisco, California9 fully vegan kitchens
  11. 11Charlotte, North Carolina9 fully vegan kitchens
  12. 12Denver, Colorado8 fully vegan kitchens
  13. 13Baltimore, Maryland7 fully vegan kitchens
  14. 14Salt Lake City, Utah7 fully vegan kitchens
  15. 15Boston, Massachusetts7 fully vegan kitchens

These are counts of what is mapped, not of everything that exists. If a vegan place near you is missing, add it.

When there’s no vegan restaurant nearby

Most of the directory is restaurants marked Vegan Options: places that aren’t fully vegan but have plant-based dishes on the menu. Browse them by city. When you order at one, a few habits help:

  • Read the menu online first. Many places mark vegan dishes, and it saves asking at the table.
  • Ask about the hidden ingredients, not just the obvious ones: butter, cheese, egg in a batter or a bun, and fish sauce or chicken stock in sauces and soups.
  • Ask for a dish to be made without cheese or butter. Many kitchens will.
  • Check the hours on the listing before you go. Many listings show whether a place is open right now.

Our guide How to Find Great Vegan Restaurants Anywhere goes further, for travel and for small towns.

City guides

Neighborhood-by-neighborhood write-ups, for when you want to know what to order as well as where.

Where vegan dining is densest

Which states and cities have the most fully vegan kitchens per resident? See the State of Vegan Dining report.