A killer pizza parlor with a fully separate—and fully delicious—vegan menu? Yes, really. With locations in Brookline and Harvard Square, Stoked Pizza Co. gives old school pizza-party vibes but with 100% more vegan comfort food. Most Stoked pizzas have a vegan cheese alternative, including the cult-favorite Cheeseburger topped with tangy pickles, chipotle aioli, and ground Impossible meat. Along with the crushable pies, Stoked also dishes up meat-free apps, like Carolina BBQ Cauliflower Bites and Chili Cheese Fries topped with spicy beans, barley, and vegan queso. 

Ethiopian restaurant Blue Nile delivers tons of flavor and plenty of vegan options. At the Jamaica Plain nook, meals center on tangy injera, a springy sourdough flatbread meant for sopping up all the goodness of dishes like Misir Wat, split red lentils cooked in spicy berbere sauce seasoned with ginger, garlic and cardamom; and Tikil Gomen, a stew of cabbage, onions, potatoes, and chili peppers. We love the colorful combo plate, which comes with four veggie options, so we can get a taste of everything. 

Over in Bow Market, Saus is the ultimate destination for plant-based comfort food. The menu at the Somerville outpost is 100% vegetarian with vegan options for everything upon request. The Freedom Trail restaurant also has plenty of vegan options on the menu. Famous for hand-cut fries and signature dips, Saus’s scratch-made condiments are largely vegan-friendly, too. For the main event, we love the Saus Veggie Burger and the Cauli-Falafel, a sandwich made with herbaceous veggie fritters and zesty toppings like pickled cabbage and garlic-chickpea mayo.

Descendent of a fine-dining forebear called Sally Ling’s, Dumpling Daughter is a modern-day Boston Chinese eatery with a few fast-casual restaurants plus frozen dumplings sold in stores. Combining classic dishes with easy-to-love homestyle fare, the menu offers several vegan options such as Mixed Vegetable Dumplings filled with an umami mix of shiitake mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, and vermicelli noodles; and a crispy scallion pancake wrap loaded with braised tofu and spicy cabbage slaw. Dumpling Daughter has outposts in Coolidge Corner, Brookline; South Boston; and suburban Weston.

What began as a food truck is now one of the coolest vegan restaurants around (and is now accessible from the Green Line, to boot). Taco Party in Somerville’s Ball Square is like an ’80s rec room in decor and atmosphere, with a bar and an entirely plant-based menu. While the namesake dish may be the initial attraction (we love the spicy Lentils Al Pastor Taco with grilled pineapple), the tortas are equally as tasty. Cocktail fans, don’t overlook the slim list of drinks, including a strong and salty house Margarita and a boozy, creamy Horchata.

Nestled between Somerville’s Union and Porter Squares, Koshari Mama serves up vegan-friendly Egyptian street food. Mother-daughter duo Sahar Ahmed and Dina Fahim have diners coming back for their unique-to-Boston vegan fare, like the namesake Koshari, a bowl of lentils, rice, pasta, chickpeas and crispy fried onions; and sandwiches such as an earthy Mushroom Shawarma. Pro tip: do not skip the house-made sauces like the mild tomato garlic El-hady and the super-spicy Narr.