Living the vegetarian life is not always easy, but in a city like San Francisco, it can be. Check out some
vegetarian and vegan-friendly eateries on and off campus.
Cesar Chavez Center
Self-serve salad bar
Green salads, pasta salads
$3.75/lb
Baked Potato Bar
Topping selections include baked potato basics like
butter and sour cream and extras like spinach and
avocado.
$1.20-2
Gold Coast Grill
Breakfast: veggie and tofu scrambles, omelets, French
toast
$3.50-5.45
Sandwiches like the Grilled North Beach with eggplant,
roasted peppers, tomato, basil, pesto sauce and
provolone cheese, $4.50
Garden Burger with avocado and cheese, $4.75
Falafel wraps $2.95-3.45
Taqueria Girasol
Burritos like the Diego Rivera with beans, rice, salsa, cheese, sour cream and guacamole, $3.95
Tacos, quesadillas, nachos and fried plantains,
$2.50-5
Natural Sensations
Corn on the Cob, $1.25
A variety of bagels starting at 75 cents with a selection of additions like pesto, hummus, avocado and falafel, 35 cents extra for each
Vegetarian wraps, $2.55-2.75
Vegetarian pies $2.55
Salads $2.25
New York Minute Deli
Pre-made sandwiches include avocado, egg salad and supreme veggie
Potato, macaroni and green salads
Specialty sandwiches like Steven’s Special with roasted red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes and provolone cheese, $3.55
Pizza and Pasta
Vegetarian toppings include pesto, feta, tomato, artichokes, olives and eggplant
Also, available by the slice $1.80-2.60
Asia Express
Menu changes but has at least 5 vegetarian options daily, including spring rolls, soups, fried rice and main entrees.
Combos $3.35-5.95
The Pub
Vegetarian selections make up nearly 70 percent of the menu
Curry vegetables over rice, vegetable lasagna, tabouli salad, falafel sandwiches, spinach, pickles and feta calzone
San Francisco
Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant
572 O'Farrell Street
415-673-3136
Vietnamese Cuisine
Sweet & Sour Chicken - Pineapple, onion, bell pepper, batter-fried veggie "chicken" $6.50
Spicy Lemon Grass Tofu - Braised tofu, onion, bell pepper, lemongrass $6.50
11 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
9 Miles
Millennium Restaurant in the Savoy Hotel
580 Geary St.
Gourmet Dining
Pecan Crusted Portobello - creamy roasted garlic polenta, sauté of mixed chicories & black olive-leek confit, Syrah reduction, gypsy pepper cream $20.95
Black Bean Mole Torte - whole wheat tortilla, caramelized plantains, smoky black bean puree, rich pecan mole, cashew sour cream, carrot-onion escabeche
$8.95
Sun-Thu 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Fri-Sat 5:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.
415-345-3900
10 Miles
Greens Restaurant
Bldg A, Fort Mason Center
415-771-6222
Portobello Sandwich on grilled focaccia with roasted peppers, arugula and asiago cheese. Served with fingerling potato salad.
Filo Pastry filled with artichokes, crimini mushrooms, leeks and pecorino cheese. Served braised French lentils and sauteed rainbow chard and dinosaur kale.
Mediterranean, Mexico and American-Southwest
influenced cuisine
9 Miles
Bay Area
Vege House
369 12th Street, Oakland
510-465-4713
Chinese Cuisine
$1-7
20 Miles
Vegan -
Manzanita Restaurant
1050 40th St, Emeryville
(510) 985-8386
Mon-Fri 11:30 - 2:30 p.m.; 5:30 – 9 p.m.
Sat-Sun 11:30 – 9 p.m.
17 Miles