Best plant-based food destinations in North America

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North America has seen one of the fastest growing vegan food scenes anywhere, with plant based options now common well beyond the handful of cities that started the trend.

Major cities across the West Coast and Northeast tend to have the deepest vegan restaurant scenes, with entire strips of cafes, bakeries and full menus built around plant based food. The South and Midwest are catching up more slowly, though even there most bigger cities now have a solid handful of dedicated vegan spots. Mexico adds another layer entirely, since its traditional cuisine already leans heavily on beans, corn and vegetables, making plant based eating easy even outside the vegan focused restaurants popping up in its bigger cities.

Grocery stores and chain restaurants across the continent have also added enough plant based options that self catering or eating on the go rarely feels limiting. The destinations on our list for North America mix longtime vegan strongholds with cities where the scene has grown fast in just a few years.