Vegan and gluten free restaurants in Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, has 16 kitchens cooking vegan and catering for gluten free diets, and three of them are fully vegan.

Start with Alice and Friends' Vegan Kitchen on North Broadway, Arya Bhavan on West Devon Avenue and elephant & vine on North Lincoln Avenue: the whole menu is vegan at all three. Community Tavern on N Milwaukee Ave has Vietnamese Crepe (vegan, gluten free) on the menu.

Catering for gluten free is not the same as a dedicated kitchen. If it is coeliac disease or an allergy, ring ahead and ask how they handle it.

Where to go

Alice and Friends' Vegan KitchenFully vegan
5812 North Broadway, Chicago
Asian
Outdoor seating
Arya BhavanFully vegan
2508 West Devon Avenue, Chicago
Indian
Takeaway · Delivery
elephant & vineFully vegan
2315 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
Burger
Bombay WrapsHas vegan options
3149 1/2 North Broadway, Chicago
Indian
Burger PointHas vegan options
1900 South State Street, Chicago
Burger
Delivery
Falafel & GrillHas vegan options
1433 West Montrose Avenue, Chicago
MediterraneanMiddle Eastern
Delivery
Kite String CantinaHas vegan optionsBar
1851 West Addison Street, Chicago
Mexican
Kopi CafeHas vegan optionsCafe
1553 North Clark Street, Chicago
AsianCoffee shop
Takeaway · Outdoor seating
Left Coast Food + JuiceHas vegan options
2878 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
Lincoln Cafe and MarketHas vegan optionsCafe
3720 North Lincoln Avenue
Coffee shop
Loaves and WitchesHas vegan optionsCafe
6034 North Broadway
Coffee shopPastry
MunchHas vegan options
104 North Marion Street
American
The Chicago DinerHas vegan options
3411 North Halsted Street, Chicago
Takeaway · Delivery
True Food KitchenHas vegan options
1 West Erie Street, Chicago
American
Wheat's End CafeHas vegan options
543 West Diversey Parkway, Chicago
BakeryBreakfast
Wheelchair accessible
Community TavernHas vegan options
4038 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
AmericanBarbecue
On the menu: Vietnamese Crepe (vegan, gluten free)

Each place's status comes from a local mapper or from its own menu, and its page says which. How we know

Questions people ask

Where can I eat vegan and gluten free in Chicago?

Alice and Friends' Vegan Kitchen on North Broadway, Arya Bhavan on West Devon Avenue and elephant & vine on North Lincoln Avenue are good places to start, and all 16 are listed above.

Are any of them fully vegan?

Alice and Friends' Vegan Kitchen, Arya Bhavan and elephant & vine: everything on their menus is vegan. Everywhere else here keeps vegan dishes on a wider menu.

Which of them deliver?

Arya Bhavan, Burger Point, Falafel & Grill and The Chicago Diner.

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