Coconut Rosemary Cookie at Breads on Oak. (Photo by Andrew Evans, National Geographic Travel)

New Orleans: Top Ten Vegetarian Eats

ByAndrew Evans
June 02, 2014
5 min read

No other city in America calls you to the table like New Orleans—the city lives and breathes great food and without question, the Big Easy offers my favorite destination dining in the entire US of A.

Though I will be the first to rave about the oysters and po’ boys, duck sausage gumbo and the mighty meaty muffuletta, I am well aware that not all of us eat meat. Some of you just want to sit down and dine on something amazingly scrumptious that does not involve cows or turtles or goats or birds—I get it.

What few of you may know that I was a strict vegetarian for seven years, and that the good city of New Orleans is our friend. What matters most in this town is eating well, and no matter your allergy or dietary preference, New Orleans delivers.

Though NOLA’s vegetarian landscape extends well beyond my own petite list, the following ten spots are my favorites (in no particular order):

Street food in New Orleans. These noodles were nowhere close to being vegetarian, but they were good, and it's a decent picture showing me eating in the streets of New Orleans, so I'm going with it. (Photo by Andrew Nelson, National Geographic Travel)
Street food in New Orleans. These noodles were nowhere close to being vegetarian, but they were good, and it’s a decent picture showing me eating in the streets of New Orleans, so I’m going with it. (Photo by Andrew Nelson, National Geographic Travel)

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