If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to eat a more plant-based diet, then you’re in luck. Diana Edelman, founder of Vegans, Baby, recently published the fifth edition of Las Vegas Vegan Dining Guide, featuring more than 100 dining recommendations in nearly 50 categories, along with information on every vegan restaurant in the city.
The standout category this year is pizza, Edelman says. “The vegan pizza scene in Las Vegas has gotten huge over the last couple of years. Guerilla Pizza is the best vegan pizza I’ve ever had. Good Pie and Guerrilla are tied for best pizza—Vincent [Rotolo’s] pieces are so good, so if you don't want Detroit deep dish, then you go to Good Pie, but hands down, Guerrilla is my favorite.”
Other personal favorites for Edelman include Paradise City Creamery, which specializes in plant-based ice cream, EDO Gastro Tapas & Wine and the newly opened Yu-Or-Mi Sushi Bar in the Arts District. “They're making really nice vegan sushi, really fresh,” she says.
The guidebook is meant for everyone, not just for vegans, Edelman says, so omnivores need not be intimidated. “It's for anybody who wants to try really good vegan food, like for people who are like, ‘Oh, I don't think I like vegan food. Well, here's their guidebook. Go to any one of these places, and you're going to like it.’”
January is also Vegan Dining Month (now in its fourth year and coincides with the international monthlong challenge Veganuary), in which Vegans, Baby partners with restaurants that offer special vegan menus. The idea is to give vegan and vegan-curious diners the opportunity to learn more about the city’s plant-based dining scene, and for chefs to expand their vegan options.
More than 20 Las Vegas restaurants are participating, including Honey Salt, Bronze Café, the Juice Box, Guerrilla Pizza, Hussong’s Cantina, Lucino’s Pizza, Tacotarian and more. For a full list, go to Vegans, Baby. The 2021 Las Vegas Vegan Dining Guide is available to purchase for $7 as a pdf or as a print edition on Amazon for $15.
