New Guide: Plant-Based Columbus Dining
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood map of all-vegan kitchens and vegetable-forward restaurants, published two days after council endorsed the Plant Based Treaty. Status: Live on site.
Columbus City Council endorsed the Plant Based Treaty on October 26, and two days later we published the guide that answers the obvious next question. Our plant-based dining guide runs past 2,800 words and is sorted by neighborhood, so you can find a meatless meal near home or the office.
The guide splits every stop into two groups: kitchens with no animal products anywhere on the menu, and restaurants that serve meat but cook vegetables well enough to order on purpose. North High Street in Clintonville gets the longest section, starting with Portia's Cafe on Indianola Avenue, where nothing on the menu uses animal products or gluten and breakfast starts at 8 a.m. Parsons Avenue gets its own chapter for Two Dollar Radio Headquarters and Comune, and there are stops Downtown, in Northwest Columbus for South Indian vegetarian cooking at Dosa Corner, and in the suburbs.
Two sections go beyond addresses. One lays out a full Saturday of plant-based eating across town, breakfast to a reserved dinner, in about twelve hours. Another explains how to order well at places with meat on the menu, plus a plain explanation of why a vegetarian dish can still hide butter, eggs or ghee. A short section flags Power Plant Kitchen, a Black-owned vegan soul food caterer and food truck that pops up around town without a dining room of its own.
The resolution is nonbinding, though it calls for a citywide vegan dining week, and we will add those dates to the guide if the city schedules one. Background on the vote is in our council story. Hours came from each restaurant's own site in late October. For dessert, Pattycake on our new Best Bakeries list is vegan top to bottom.
