• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
    • Bloglovin
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

Espresso and Ambition

A not-so-serious gal with some serious dreams.

  • Food
  • Fitness
  • Organization
  • Productivity
  • Etc.

Vegan Restaurants in DC

July 28, 2017 by Taylor 1 Comment

Vegan Restaurants in DC - Espresso and Ambition

Ever since I stopped eating meat, I’ve always adopted this dichotomy in my eating habits, in which I eat vegan when I’m cooking for myself at home but I allow myself to only stick to a vegetarian diet when I go out to eat. This is largely done because sometimes it’s just way too difficult to find food that’s vegan at a restaurant that isn’t a house salad with balsamic dressing. However, when I can find a place that serves vegan food that’s tasty and filling, I’m all for it. So today, I’m rounding up some of the best vegan restaurants I’ve found in DC.

 

Busboys and Poets

Vegan Restaurants in DC: Busboys and Poets - Espresso and Ambition

Technically this place isn’t strictly vegan, but they have a ton of vegan-friendly options. Busboys and Poets is a coffee bar/restaurant/bookstore/event venue combination that’s perfect for satisfying a variety of interests. They host a ton of interesting events – particularly slam poetry, as you’d expect based on the name – and have a great menu of food and drinks. I’ve actually only been for breakfast, but I’m definitely hoping to make it over there for lunch or dinner at least once before I leave.

Vegan Restaurants in DC: Busboys and Poets - Espresso and Ambition
Restaurant and bookshop portions featured, coffee bar and event venue not shown.

 

Fare Well

Vegan Restaurants in DC: Fare Well - Espresso and Ambition

This cute place is nestled up on H Street and is actually a spin-off of Sticky Fingers, which is also mentioned later in this post. They’ve got a ton of really awesome vegan options – I ordered the barbecue seitan sandwich, which was phenomenal (I’m a huge fan of anything barbecue, if we’re being honest). They’ve also got a sweet collection of vegan desserts, and I couldn’t resist. I got a salad instead of fries as my side so I could feel justified in ordering a slice of chocolate chip cookie dough cake (yes, you read that right).

 

Fruitive

Vegan Restaurants in DC: Fruitive - Espresso and Ambition

My go-to for acai bowls. They’ve got a ton of bowls, as well as smoothies, toasts, salads, and juices. Everything’s organic too, so while that’ll definitely be apparent in your price tag, it’s also cool to know that you’re getting really good ingredients. This place is right around the corner from my office, which is so tempting in the best/worst way.

Vegan Restaurants in DC: Fruitive - Espresso and Ambition

 

HipCityVeg

Vegan Restaurants in DC: HipCityVeg - Espresso and Ambition

I actually didn’t find this place on my own: one of my professors recommended it to me and described it as “vegan comfort food.” I’d 100% agree with that assessment – they have a crispy “chicken” sandwich that’s basically everything I miss about eating meat, and they have both banana nice cream (which I always order topped with brownies) and a variety of milkshakes. I took my parents here when they visited and my dad genuinely thought his wrap had chicken in it until I told him it was a soy substitute. They’re that good.

 

NuVegan Café

Vegan Restaurants in DC: NuVegan Cafe - Espresso and Ambition 

If HipCityVeg can be described as vegan comfort food, then NuVegan Café is “vegan soul food.” They have everything from mac and cheese to wings to collard greens. Basically, the epitome of Southern food, done vegan style. They have a restaurant somewhere up in Northeast DC, but their food truck makes appearances much closer to downtown. It’s my favorite place to grab lunch during the week. Also, Kanye West went here one time, so you know it’s legit.

 

Sticky Fingers

Vegan Restaurants in DC: Sticky Fingers - Espresso and Ambition
This is not a picture of the cupcake, because for some reason taking a picture of the cupcake didn’t occur to me. Whoops.

Vegan cupcakes. That’s really the most important thing you need to know about Sticky Fingers. Vegan cupcakes that won Cupcake Wars – that’s a major accomplishment. They also have a full meal menu as well, and I got a buffalo wrap that rocked my socks off. But yeah, the cupcakes are definitely the star of the show. This little place is up on 14th Street and U, which is prime location if you’re living up in northern DC or if you just want an excuse to make a Target run (the only Target in the District is right across the street).

 

Have you been to any of these places? Did I miss one of your favorites? Let me know!

 

xo, Taylor

Related Posts

Filed Under: Food, Travel

Comments

  1. Andie says

    July 28, 2017 at 10:20 am

    Going vegan has always seemed so hard to do and intimidating but your post makes it look awesome! The acai bowl looked amazing and I think there’s definitely a shift in restaurants becoming more vegan friendly. Great post 🙂

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow

Meet Taylor

A real-life combination of Elle Woods and Hermione Granger. Recent graduate of the University of Georgia, currently living and working in DC. New blog posts every Monday, new YouTube videos every Thursday. Subscribe by clicking the link below for post updates and exclusive content!

Instagram

tayy_kay

📍 dc
🔥 nasm certified personal trainer
✨ self-love + balance
🎥 2 new workouts per week!

tayy_kay
without heavy weights, it’s sometimes a little c without heavy weights, it’s sometimes a little challenging to really feel like i’m working at my full potential on leg days 😶 enter: single-leg movements. since all the weight is in one leg, you’re putting way more emphasis on it than you do during two-leg movements - and you’ll definitely feel that 🔥 you also get some added bonuses in the form of ensuring you’re working each side of your body equally AND a balance challenge!!
.
you can add in weights or bands to up the challenge level, or do it all bodyweight like i am here!
.
1️⃣ 15 single-leg box squats per leg (use other leg as a kickstand for an easier modification!)
.
2️⃣ 15 bulgarian split squats per leg
.
3️⃣ 15 single-leg hip thrusts per leg
.
4️⃣ 15 single-leg deadlifts per leg
.
throw on at the end of a longer leg day workout or do it 3-4 times as a workout all on its own!!
.
👚 @girlfriend 🎧 numb - neffex
🖤 go easy on yourself 🖤 this is a weird time 🖤 go easy on yourself 🖤 this is a weird time to be alive, and it’s more important now than ever to listen to your body and stop being so hard on yourself. motivation is a fickle thing and working out when you don’t have all the equipment you love is weird. give yourself permission to take a break when you need it. don’t beat yourself up for missing workouts - exercise should be something you do because it makes you happy, not because you feel like you have to punish yourself. if it doesn’t make you happy that day, that’s okay. give yourself a break, come back and try again tomorrow. 💪🏼
circuit-style upper body workout 🖤 honestly not circuit-style upper body workout 🖤 honestly not kidding about how much i love this long resistance band, it’s so versatile! definitely worth getting your hands on one for home workouts 😊 (although almost all of these can be completely with dumbbells or heavy objects if that’s what you’ve got in hand)
.
also please watch to the very end of the fourth video for quality footage of greg 😂
.
1️⃣ 12 long band shoulder presses to standing chest presses
.
2️⃣ 12 upright rows to bicep curls
.
3️⃣ 12 overhead triceps extensions per arm (the one leg stance is some bonus balance work!)
.
4️⃣ 12 rear flies, featuring greg trying to fight my shadow
.
5️⃣ 12 commandos
.
6️⃣ 12 side-to-side pushups
.
repeat 4x total!!
.
👚 @underarmourwomen
🎧 best of me - neffex
giveaway 🔥 we’re all handling this weird, cra giveaway 🔥 we’re all handling this weird, crazy time in the world a little differently, and for me, it’s looked like a lot of establishing to and sticking to routines (seriously, sometimes it feels like my skincare routine and workout split are the only thing still giving meaning to days of the week, lol). my morning smoothies have been another important one - there’s a recipe in my story highlights and surprise surprise it uses this protein powder 😛
.
anyways, onto the real reason you’re here! i’m giving away 25 $20 giftcards for @310nutrition with NO STRINGS ATTACHED 🤯 you hear that? you ain’t gotta do a thing to win - the first 25 people to use the code KAYGC20 on their order automatically win. get your hands on some fire plant-based protein powder, courtesy of me and 310 😋 (p.s. if you’re still seeing this caption, there are still giftcards available!!)
.
#310gc20 #310shake
sometimes you just gotta get hella dressed up and sometimes you just gotta get hella dressed up and hold a fake photo shoot just to prove to yourself that you’re still a real human
posted a new youtube video. this picture is tangen posted a new youtube video. this picture is tangentially topical. link in bio.
upper body circuit ‼️ i’ve been gravitating upper body circuit ‼️ i’ve been gravitating towards circuit-style workouts lately, because they really work up a sweat and home workouts just don’t feel as legit to me unless i’m hardcore sweating 🤷🏼‍♀️ i don’t mind not breaking much of a sweat at the gym, but it feels weird not to when i’m working out at home - anyone else feel this or am i just weird?? 😅
.
do all exercises back to back with no rest in between!
.
1️⃣ 10 push-ups to renegade rows
.
2️⃣ 12 alternating bicep curls
.
3️⃣ 12 diamond front raises
.
4️⃣ 8 sets of 3 tricep pulses to this lil cross-body weight move that doesn’t have a name {keep your core tight to feel it on your obliques!}
.
5️⃣ 15 bent-over rear delt rows
.
6️⃣ finisher!! 🥵 10 burpees with 2 shoulder taps and 2 toe taps in the middle of each rep
.
repeat 🔁 for a total of 3 rounds!!
.
👚 top from @gymsharkwomen, shorts from @nike 🎧 dangerous - neffex
would be nice if both sides of my head could agree would be nice if both sides of my head could agree on whether my hair is wavy or straight, but apparently that’s a little too much to ask of it 😂
got a circuit-style leg workout for you today! 🥳 there are 3 sets of 3 exercises that you’ll complete back-to-back - once you’ve done those three moves, rest for 30 seconds before repeating them all over again 2 more times! rest for 1-2 minutes in between each circuit - keeping your heart rate up is the goal here, i was driiiiiiipping sweat by the end of this one 🥵
.
circuit 1️⃣: 10 step-ups to reverse lunges per leg
10 reverse lunges to curtsy lunges per leg
20 lateral lunges
.
circuit 2️⃣:
10 squats to surrenders (stop in a squat position before standing up at the end to really feel this one)
10 stagger-stance rdls
20 criss-cross squat jumps
.
circuit 3️⃣:
15 leg lifts per side
10 single-leg glute bridges per side
15 frog pumps
.
👚 top from @fabletics, joggers from @gymsharkwomen
🎧 watch me - neffex
Load More... Follow on Instagram
This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Search


Disclosure

Some of the links featured in my posts may be affiliate links. The links and the products they lead to come at no additional cost to you but help this gal continue to make Espresso and Ambition happen. Your support means the world to me! <3

Pages

  • About
  • Contact
  • Espresso and Ambition
  • Subscribe
  • Disclosures and Privacy Policy

Blog Design by TinselPop