Five favorite vegetarian meals at nonvegetarian restaurants

Meatless euphoria compliments of Lula Cafe’s chickpea tagine, Nhu Lan Bakery’s banh mi, and more

Meatless euphoria compliments of Lula Cafe’s chickpea tagine, Nhu Lan Bakery’s banh mi, and more

“If you want to get me started on a sandwich rant, the shit they do with tofu on the Banh Mi at Nhu Lan Bakery is positively psycho. Plus they have amazing smoothies.” —Trevor Shelley-de Brauw, local musician in Pelican, Chord, and Let’s Pet
“The Chickpea Tagine at Lula Cafe. We have also had amazing meals at Boka, Girl and the Goat, and Schwa. I feel that more and more restaurants are catering to vegetarian/vegan diets.” —Paul McGee, co-owner/head bartender of the Whistler in Logan Square
“The veggie tacos from Irazu: corn tortillas, black beans, vegetable rice, lettuce, tomato, and avocado. A basket or two of chips and salsa, mandatory side of yuca fries, and an oatmeal shake.” —Dan Staackmann, founder of Upton’s Naturals
“The Purple Pig has a surprising amount of delicious vegetarian dishes. Whipped feta smear for sure. Their brussels. A farro dish. Beets with goat cheese and pistachios.” —John Honkala, ChicagoGluttons.com
“Wishbone‘s stuffed zucchini or eggplant. Their black-bean cakes [above] are pretty awesome too.” —Karen Yates, associate artistic director, Chicago Opera Vanguard