Awesome Veganism

A curated list of awesome resources, pointers, and tips to make veganism easy and accessible to everyone.

Veganism is a plant-based lifestyle, avoiding animal products as much as possible. This list is an attempt to create a community driven approach to guarantee no-nonsense content, 100% aligned with the vegan lifestyle, in order to minimise the effort needed for an awesome experience.

Contents

• Books
• Shoes
• Bakeries
• Restaurants
• Shops
• Brands
• Websites

Books

• Happily Ever Esther - Wonderful true life tale, with a lot of love and compassion, and it's hilarious.
• That's Not My Momma's Milk! - Really simple book, really easy to grasp and makes anyone of any age think, by exploring the animal kingdom and where baby animals get their milk from.

Shoes

• Adidas Superstar Vegan - New and vegan version model of old school skater shoes.
• Etnies - Light and very comfortable shoes.
• Vegano Shoes - Boots, shoes and sneakers reference in Brazil.

Bakeries

This category is strictly limited to fully vegan / 100% plant-based bakeries.

• Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Vegan Sugar Mama's - Delicious vegan treats in various colors, and even cookies with a personalised picture.

• Berlin, Germany

  • Brammibal's Donuts - The most tasty high quality vegan donuts in Berlin.

• Monster, Netherlands

  • My Cakes - Amazing selection of cakes, macarons, dutch specialties, and more.

• Zaandijk, Netherlands

  • Vegan bakery - Dutch vegan bakery with a big selection of vegan cakes, muffins, and other awesomeness.

• Portland, OR, USA

  • Shoofly bakery - Vegan items delivered.

Restaurants

This category is strictly limited to fully vegan / 100% plant-based restaurants.

• Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Deer Mama - Mylkshakes, burgers, nice food, and colorful cakes.
  • Koffie Ende Koeck - Small vegan cafe, with nice brunch, and awesome vegan high tea.
  • Loving Hut - Cozy and family friendly with Asian kitchen and some dutch classics.
  • Mooshka - Stylish place with nice atmosphere, and a great variety of tasty dishes and drinks.
  • Mr. & Mrs. Watson - Relaxed atmosphere, nice drinks, and great dishes.
  • TerraZen Centre - Chill vibe and mouth-watering dishes with Caribbean and Japanese influence, really close to central station.
  • Trevi's Plant Based Italian Food - Cozy Italian, lovely vibe, amazing and authentic food, feels and tastes like in Italy.
  • Vegan Junk Food Bar - High quality burgers, fancy hotdogs, Dutch specialties like Bitterballen, cocktails, and more.
  • Yemayá's Vegan Corner - Super tasty food driven by sustainable local community efforts.

• Berkeley, CA, USA

  • The Butcher's Son - Comfort food spilling off of your plate. Grab a main, a couple of sides and a plenty of napkins.

• Bonn, Germany

  • Kaiserhüttn - Eat like in Austria.

• Eindhoven, Netherlands

  • Bar Bistro Calypso - Cosiest livingroom in town, with tasty no-nonsense dishes and good drinks.
  • Bij Albrecht - Vegan and organic food experience with seasonal produce.
  • Jungle Café & Catering - Vegan coffeebar & lunchroom for young and old. Also offers catering & take away.
  • Vegan Heroes - Great vegan fast food, smoothie bowls, snacks, and desserts.

• Hilversum, Netherlands

  • Mr. Vegan Foodbar - Amazing selection of delicious soups, bowls, curries, quality junk food, and tasty snacks.

• Köln, Germany

  • Sattgrün - Buffet with great varieity and quality.

• London, UK

  • Eat By Cloe - For the mandatory fish and chips this place is definitely worth visiting.

• New York, USA

  • Berben & Wolff's - Easygoing counter-serve deli with a cheerful vibe specializing in vegan light fare & desserts. Locations in Albany and Troy, New York.

• Oakland, USA

  • Millennium Restaurant - Far cry from your ordinary vegan spot in that it takes a hands on, from scratch approach to food which assures a fresh, local, organic and homemade product every time.

• Ashland, OR, USA

  • NW Raw - Juices and snacks, vegan ice cream.

• Utrecht, Netherlands

  • Oproer - Local brewery with tasty beers and vegan street food.

Shops

• VEGA-LIFE - Shoes, fashion, lifestlye products, 20+ years around.
• Vegabond - Fully vegan store, in-house deli, and catering in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Vegan Mission - Online store for Belgium and the Netherlands.
• veggie4u - Dutch webshop with big selection of food.
• veganized - Spanish (Malaga) store with mens, womens and children clothes.

Brands

This category is stricly limited to fully vegan / 100% plant-based brands.

• AlPro - Big variety of plant-based products.
• Bedda - Whole selection of nice non-milk cheese slices and blocks, shreds to melt, as well as sauces, and cream cheese.
• Beyond Meat - Very convincing burgers, sausages, meatballs, and more, all based on plants.
• Dandies - Delicious, soft, melting, and all natural marshmallows with vanilla, pumpkin, or peppermint taste.
• Daiya - Amazing cheesecakes, frozen pizzas, various cheesy products, and more desserts.
• Eat Real - Snacking galore with chips, sticks, and puffs; offering tastes like sour cream & chives, paprika, chilli cheese, mediterranean, and others.
• Happy Cashew - Creamy, delicious cashew based milk product alternatives, with a big variety of brie style cheeses and more.
• Nurishh - Great selection of different cheeses with various tastes.
• Oatly - Amazing range of oat based products from Sweden.
• Peas of Heaven - Wide range of tasty products based on peas, from cocktail sausages, over bratwurst, to slices.
• Petit Veganne - Amazing French artisanal cheese, soft and creamy brie with different flavours.
• Provamel - Delicious organic and biological plant-based yogurts, milky drinks, and soy desserts.
• Tofuture - Awesome tofu press, super easy and reliable to use, and can be placed in the fridge.
• Tofurky - Delicious sausages, deli slices, burgers, roasts, and other plant-based protein products.
• Valsoia - Absolutely amazing Italian ice cream, ice cones, hazelnut spread, and other food products.
• Vantastic Foods - Massive selection of plant-based products, including their own brand with different types of delicious sausages, slices, and more.
• Vega - Big selection of plant-based protein powders, power bars, vitamins, and supplements for bodybuilders and fitness people.
• Vegafit - Broad and tasty selection of plant-based meat products.
• Vego - Super delicious chocolate bars with hazel nuts, as well as crunchy chocolate spread, and white almond chocolate.
• Vegusto - Unbelievable good swiss vegan cheese (No-Muh), plant-based meats, as well as vegan animal food.
• Violife - Really good plant-based cheese products that actually melt as well.

Websites

• /r/Vegan - Largest vegan community on the internet.
• Gewoon Vegan - Really useful website showing a lot of regular vegan products that can be found in Dutch supermarkets.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Veganisme - Dutch association for veganism, running a magazine, giving yearly vegan awards, supporting the community, and various other projects.
• Vegan Wiki - Wiki from the Dutch association for veganism with a huge collection of products available in the Netherlands.

Contributing

Everyone is welcome to contribute to this list - read the contribution guidelines and the code of conduct to find out how.