Vegan

• Squeg + Bonez to bring plant-based dishes and natural wines to Hackney

  Two friends, Holly and Alice, are behind the new launch, bringing with them experience at Cornerstone and in the coffee world at AllPress and Monmouth.

• Plant-based pizzas come to King's Road with Humble Pizza

  Vegan and vegetarian pizzas are the order of the day at this very pink Chelsea plant-based pizza palace. 

• St John’s Wood​ ​is getting their own The Gate, and that means vegan brunch

  Given they’ve been in business since the 80s, it’s no surprise The Gate know a thing or two about veggie and vegan cooking. Now they’re taking their plant-based knowhow to St John's Wood, with a new restaurant that’ll have brunch, lunch and a newly extended menu.

• Vegan afternoon tea is now a thing thanks to by CHLOE

  

  We've had vegan burgers, vegan fish and chips and vegan cocktails, so it was only a matter of time before London started seeing vegan afternoon teas on offer. One of the first we've heard of is from US import by CHLOE, which is launching their afternoon tea next week.

  As you'd expect from any trad tea set, there'll be teeny sandwiches including 'tuna' salad, 'egg' salad and smoked 'salmon' with cream cheese. That 'salmon', for example, will be made by

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• We Are Vegan Everything vegan cafe opens in Hackney

  Comfortably riding the vegan wave, We Are Vegan Everything is a vegan cafe in Hackney from the same people behind Camden Market vegan bakery, Cupcakes and Shhht.

• Test Driving Gizzi Erskine's Filth popup in Shoreditch - fast but guilt-free food

  Gizzi Erskine and Rosemary Ferguson have taken their dream to open plant-based burger shop Filth a step further with a three-month popup in Shoreditch. We went to check it out. 

• Gizzi Erskine's FILTH veggie burger joint pops up in Shoreditch

  Gizzi Erskine and Rosemary Ferguson team up to take on the fast food giants with their vegetarian burger chain

• Those bleeding plant burgers are getting a place of their own at Halo Burger in Pop Brixton

  

  They've been growing in popularity recently and now the bleeding plant burger - aka the Beyond Burger - is getting a place all to itself in Brixton, thanks to Halo Burger. The Beyond Burger is meant to be as close to looking at tasting like a real beef burger as possible - even with beetroot juice to represent, let's say a "rare" beef burger's look.

  They'll have a simple menu

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• Honest Burgers rolls out its Plant Burger everywhere

   

  Honest Burgers have fully embraced the vegan and vegetarian market. They'd previously been offering the Plant Burger (which uses Beyond Meat's burger which has a "bleed" effect thanks to the beetroot) only in King's Cross - but that's now rolling out to all of their branches across the UK.

  That Plant Burger features: "Beyond Meat’s plant-based patty and Rubies in the Rubble’s vegan chipotle ‘mayo’ (made with

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• Stem + Glory vegan restaurant comes to Barbican via Cambridge

  The popular Cambridge vegan restaurant Stem + Glory has completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to launch in London. Expect new dishes on the London menu as well as special dinner events.  

• Vegan influencer Loui Blake is opening Kalifornia Kitchen in Fitzrovia

  An all-day vegan cafe in Fitzrovia, eschewing junk food in favour of healthy, nutritious dishes.

• Biff's Jack Shack brings deep-fried jackfruit burgers and more to Boxpark Shoreditch

  Summing it all up: A permanent set up for Biff’s Jack Shack at Boxpark Shoreditch, with a range of deep-fried jackfruit burgers, wings and sides.

• Redemption Bar brings their health-conscious food and drinks to Covent Garden

  This is the third Redemption Bar to hit London, which focuses on healthy eating, including lots of vegan and gluten-free options. And there's an alcohol-free cocktail bar on top of that. 

• Wild Food Cafe is bringing its vegan delights to Islington's Upper Street

  Plant-based menus and vegan pizzas will feature at this new Islington outpost

• Sutton and Sons goes vegan with its Hackney restaurant (and opens a bigger one down the road too)

  Sutton and Sons are lauded as among the best fish and chip restaurants in London. And now they're embracing the vegan market by opening a vegan-only restaurant in Hackney.