Lov’n It Live is devoted to serving raw foods and dishes made with ingredients from local farms. Start off with a collard roll containing nutmeat, onions, tomatoes, avocado, and field greens or a stuffed avocado filled with nutmeat, peppers, and pico de gallo. Next, order a lentil burger, a slice of lasagne made with zucchini noodles, or a marinated portobello mushroom steak.

The huge success of Slutty Vegan in Atlanta cannot be overstated. Owner Pinky Cole founded the vegan burger business in 2018 as a delivery service, with people contacting her via Instagram to place orders for provocatively named meatless burgers like the One Night Stand and Ménage à Trois. She quickly amassed a large following, eventually leading to a food truck and late night pop-ups around Atlanta University Center. Cole now has four restaurants around Atlanta in Westview, the Old Fourth Ward, in Duluth, and in Jonesboro. She also owns Bar Vegan at Ponce City Market.

Food stall Hippie Hibachi serves hibachi-style dishes with a selection of vegan proteins, including teriyaki chicken and shrimp, tofu, Impossible meat, and mushrooms alongside items like vegetable fried rice. Over at chef and Food Network personality Palak Patel’s food stall, Dash and Chutney, expect vegan takes on Indian street eats, like samosa chaat and sev papdi chaat, vada pav (potato slider), a Mumbai grilled cheese, and charred corn and hanvo (savory muffin with lentils).

Life Bistro serves a variety of foods on its menu, including a seafood gumbo made with konjac shrimp, a portobella mushroom Philly, grilled oyster mushroom carbonara, and a selection of alkaline-only dishes. Weekend brunch is also served here, along with beer and wine, cold-pressed juices, and organic coffee.

Local Green opened on the edge of Vine City and is owned by Atlanta hip hop industry veteran Zachary “Big Zak” Wallace. The food truck-turned-restaurant offers vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian dishes. Look for a quinoa and mixed greens salad named for former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms here and a vegan alternative to a pulled pork sandwich in the barbecue jackfruit slider. There’s also cauliflower and fish tacos, vegan pizza, and a shrimp burger topped with coleslaw, Sriracha mayo, and cilantro lime sauce.

Healthful Essence has taken its vegan and vegetarian menu one step further by infusing the flavors of the Caribbean into meals served here. Diners can expect vegan and vegetarian dishes incorporating jerk spices made with vegetables, lentils, and beans.

Owned by Terry Sargent, the menu at Grass VBQ Joint serves vegan versions of Southern barbecue dishes, including smoked jerk wings and brisket and sandwiches made with smoked pulled jackfruit, a reuben with corned veef, and an oyster mushroom po’boy. Desserts include mini sweet potato pies and vegan cupcakes.

Cafe Sunflower offers dishes influenced by the cuisines of Asia, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the American Southwest. Menu items also indicate whether certain dishes are soy-free, nut-free, or gluten free.

Tan Bowers relocated her Howell Mill Road food truck park earlier this year to Jonesboro, rebranding it as metro Atlanta’s first vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian food truck park. Located in a former mulch yard on Tara Boulevard, Bowers says the move to Jonesboro was a leap of faith centered on a desire to offer more vegan and vegetarian food options on Atlanta’s south side. Veganish ATL now brings a rotating lineup of dedicated vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian food trucks to Jonesboro on the weekends. Look for special events and live music here, too. Follow on Instagram for hours and updates.

Billed as “Atlanta’s first vegan pizzeria,” Plant Based Pizzeria on Barnett Street just off of Ponce de Leon Avenue offers everything from vegan calzones to “meat” lovers and Hawaiian pizzas. Plant Based uses spelt flour for all of its pizza crusts and calzones, and includes a gluten-free crust option upon request. The restaurant features raw vegan pizzas, vegan burgers and sandwiches, and vegan desserts on its menu.

This non-profit Little Five Points vegan and vegetarian restaurant offers diners burritos, burgers, wraps, and subs made with meat-free, organic ingredients.

Dulce Vegan in Kirkwood is a 100-percent vegan bakery with gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free baked goods. The cafe also serves coffee, tea, and espresso drinks and sells cakes in a variety of flavors.

Mamak Vegan Kitchen is owned by the same family behind popular Buford Highway Malaysian restaurant Mamak at Asian Square. The restaurant, located on Chamblee Tucker Road, includes a dedicated vegan and vegetarian menu of select Mamak dishes, like mee goreng noodles tossed with fried tofu, a vegan char kway teow, and spicy rendang made with Beyond Meat. There’s also a selection of vegan soups, such as coconut and the tamarind-based assam, as well as appetizers like fried curry potato pies and Beyond Meat satay skewers.

For over 20 years, this counter-service vegetarian restaurant in Decatur has been serving loyal regulars Indian street eats throughout the day, including generously sized dosas, savory samosas, and a variety of vegetarian biryani. There’s also a selection of thali platters and Indo-Chinese dishes here, too.

This vegan restaurant on Lawrenceville Highway serves all-American comfort food, like burgers, fried “chicken” sandwiches, breakfast plates, and tacos, made with 100-percent vegan proteins.