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Vegetarian restaurants in Orange County

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  1. Old Vine Cafe

    2937 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626

    This tiny eatery impresses with an affordable small-plates menu, breakfast-through-dinner hours and a wine list that belies its claustrophobic dining room. Not all the... More »

  2. Avanti Cafe

    259 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627

    While the Avanti menu is strictly vegetarian, with faux meats and cheese, the steak-and-potatoes crowd will hardly notice or care. Every entree, appetizer and dessert... More »

  3. Au Lac Vegetarian Restaurant

    16563 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley, CA 92708

    Inconspicuously located at the center of a Fountain Valley strip mall, this restaurant has been dishing out delectable vegan cuisine for more than 13... More »

  4. Rutabegorz

    264 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866

    According to lore, four hippie entrepreneurs opened this joint in 1970 with a menu of "health conscious" salads, soups, sandwiches and meatless entrees. Get a delicious... More »

  5. Veggie Grill

    81 Fortune Drive, Irvine, CA 92618

    Veggie Grill has the right formula: uncomplicated, crowd-pleasing food by chef Ray White; a color-splashed, sit-yourself dining room that feels like a classed-up Jamba... More »

  6. BCD Tofu House

    9520 Garden Grove Blvd., Garden Grove, CA 92844

    There are other things to munch on at BCD Tofu besides its namesake-a limited barbecue selection, bibimbap (a spicy noodle salad) and succulent chunks of raw crab... More »

  7. Zen Vegetarian

    9329 Bolsa Ave., Westminster, CA 92683

    Sitting cross-legged at the epicenter of Little Saigon's meat-loving foodculture is Zen Vegetarian, a temple to soy protein. A golden Buddha greets youat the... More »

  8. Native Foods

    2937 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626

    Screw the hippy-dippy milieu: Native Foods is about chow as welcoming for your senses as it is for your health. Sure, their mission statement-"a prosperous lifestyle in... More »

  9. Cafe Lucca

    106 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866

    Gourmet paninis are the jewels here, from hot sopresata and pepper-studded mortadella glued together by provolone and luscious red pepper pesto to a chocolate rendition... More »

  10. Veggie Grill

    4213 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA 92612

    Veggie Grill eschews fancy entrees or obscure Asian specialties in favor of sandwiches-classic, old-school, glorious American sandwiches, completely vegan but good... More »

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  • OC Weekly EDWIN GOEI writes for OC Weekly on Soy Tofu

    It's cold out. Rainy, in fact. The wind pricks at your face as though made of daggers of ice, and you can't remember the last time your toes moved. What you crave is what you want every winter: soft tofu soup, or soondubu. The antidote. The cure.

    This soup—what's perhaps the best-known Korean dish after barbecue—is the food equivalent to warm socks, a crackling fireplace...

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  • I respect the dietary choices made by all vegans and vegetarians, but I'm particularly in awe of the commitment required by the raw-food movement. As if avoiding all meat and animal products isn't already challenging, it takes a certain kind of tenacity to voluntarily deprive yourself of the one thing that has defined the act of cooking since the cavemen rubbed two sticks...

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  • Born in Boston, raised in Alaska and back in Beantown by the time she was 12, Katherine "Kat" Secor took a job in the snack bar of a paintball field that opened next door. After being "thrown into the wolves," as Secor put her first experience firing paintballs, she became so hooked that by 17, she convinced her parents to let her move across the country to play on all-female Team Destiny of...

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