Restaurant chains found all over the states
(Please email me with any suggestions!)
Taco Bell
At some of these you can still get the Veggie Fajita burrito. Quite delicious if you are in a hurry! It contains rice and grilled veggies. My favorite is the 7-layer burrito: Beans, rice, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole. Also, the Pintos and cheese burrito: beans, cheese, onions and red sauce. The pinto beans are made with vegetable shortening, not lard. All Taco Bells have stopped using animal lard in their cooking.
Find a taco Bell near you
Pizza Hut
Although you can order a cheese pizza and think you are doing well here, their pizza sauce contains meat so I cannot reccomend this. I used to love their cheese pan pizza until I found out this! Yuk!
Your local Mexican Restaurant
Ask how they make the beans before ordring anything with them. Many are cooked with pork products like
salt-pork for flavoring.
Old Country Buffet
Many vegetarian and vegan friendly items can be found here! For around $6.00 fill up your plate as many times as you want with fresh salad, veggies, pasta, breads and desserts. You know you are getting a good meal when you see lots of seniors inside. They dont like to eat junk and are on a limited budget, so follow the blue hair to good cheap eatin!
Old Country Buffet is a subsidiary of Buffet's Inc.:
Find a Buffet restaurant near you
TGI Fridays
Has an awesome veggie burger! Thank you!
Find a Fridays near you
Chili's
Has an awesome veggie burger! Thank you!
Find a Chili's near you
Applebee's
Has an awesome veggie burger! Thank you!
Find an Applebee's near you
Vegetarian friendly stores and restaurants
in the Illinois Northwest Suburbs
(I'm relatively new to this area so this list is short, please email with any suggestions!)
The Indian Garden ***** (5 Stars!)
855 E Schaumburg Rd.
Schaumburg, IL. 60195
Phone 847-524-3001 Fax 847-524-0778
Not completely vegetarian, but Indian restaurants have the best selection of exotic vegetarian dishes. This is The Best Indian food in Illinois. Dinner is on the expensive side, but they have an all you can eat lunch buffet for $6.95. Highly reccomended. I eat there 2-3 times a week for lunch since my office is right down the street. Lucky me!
El Taco Grande
6 N River St.
Batavia, IL 60610
630-406-8415
Vegetable tacos and burritos, avocado tacos and tortas, chile relleno tacos and burritos, quesadillas, and delicious chips and salsa. Try the Pipila burrito (ask for no steak) it's made with cactus, or the La Malinche (cold cactus and salad, ask for it without chicken) for something really different.
They willingly make any combination because everything is made to order.
The staff are also very friendly here. And they serve beer, which is always a good thing!
Erik & Me
1 W. Illinois St
St Charles, IL.
630-443-7572
Veggie burgers, large salad bar. Outdoor seating available on the deck during warm summer months, which overlooks the Fox River.
Schlotzsky's Deli
2002 W. Wilson
Batavia, IL.
630-761-0202
Awesome veggie sandwich, on nice hot bread. Try it on sourdough, it's quite delish!
Subway
2540 E Main St.
St Charles, IL.
630-377-0677
Awesome garden veggie patty sandwich.
The Filling Station Pub & Grill
300 W Main St.
St Charles, IL.
630-584-4414
Veggie burgers. Outdoor seating on the street.
ZaZa Trattoria
Northern Italian Cuisine
1st Street
St Charles, IL
I reccomend the Bruschette alla Spinaci.
On the expensive side and has a rather snooty atmosphere, but not as bad if you sit in the smoking section which is in the bar, hidden away on the lower floor. On weekends they are lined up out the door, so go during off times or make a reservation beforehand.
Soup To Nuts
716 W. State St.
Geneva, IL.
630-232-6646
Not a restaurant but a natural foods store. Opening a juice bar soon.
Downtown Chicago
Gaylords
678 N. Clark St
Chicago, IL.
312-664-1700
Meals freshly prepared. Vegan Options.
What you can do to help
If you think a restaurants menu does not have
enough vegetarian selections, fill out a comment card at each visit. Have your friends fill them out too.
If the company receives enough of these, they may decide to follow up on them.
Here's a good vegetarian Restaurant Guide which covers U.S. & Canada
(From Amazon.com - $10.36)
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150 Great Recipes
Easy to find ingredients and delicious, easy to prepare recipes
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Vegetarian Delights
CD ROM Cookbook
Teaches basics of healthy eating while providing over 200 delicious recipes. Includes over 160 videos with sound.
($14.99 at Amazon.com)
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