Vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Seattle

You can get veggie food all over the place in Seattle - especially if you want to go through the trouble of making substitutions and specifications on your order - but vegetarians and vegans can be at home in these places, and enjoy more than one menu item. Look on. less You can get veggie food all over the place in Seattle - especially if you want to go through the trouble of making substitutions and specifications on your order - but vegetarians and vegans can be at home in ... more Photo: File Photo: File Image 1 of / 62 Caption Close Vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Seattle 1 / 62 Back to Gallery

If you're going to be a vegetarian hippie anywhere in the country, it might as well be in Seattle.

After all, we're home to the great Plum Bistro and popular faux meat, Field Roast.

We're quite sensitive to vegetarians and vegans around here -- dietary acceptance is as Seattle as reusable coffee mugs and public radio tote bags. And it's easy to find veggie options at any omnivorous restaurant. Even dive bars keep frozen veggie patties in the kitchen.

But sometimes you just don't want to worry about choosing between a lettuce and tomato sandwich and a plate of french fries. And let's face it, dry toast isn't the most titillating breakfast.

So here's a selection of places where unintrusive vegetarians and vegans can be unabashedly at home.

Lynsi Burton can be reached at lynsiburton@seattlepi.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LynsiBurton_PI.