Voting Vegan!

You’ve probably seen a lot of requests via Facebook or Twitter to vote for some of your favorite places in King 5's Best of Western Washington annual popularity contest. Many vegan joints are in mainstream categories because they are SO GOOD. To make sure you don’t miss voting for them, I’ve made a list of the ones that I know about.

• Oh, HELLO! Best Food Blog: Vegan Score: http://best.king5.com/seattle-vegan-score/biz/581268
  
• Best Neighborhood Bar: Highline: http://best.king5.com/highline-bar/biz/581464
  
• Best Breakfast: Wayward Vegan Café: http://best.king5.com/wayward-vegan-cafe/biz/497617
• Best Pizza: Pizza Pi: http://best.king5.com/pizza-pi/biz/123947
• Best Gourmet Grocery Store: Sidecar: http://best.king5.com/sidecar-for-pigs-peace/biz/507340
• Best Winery: NW Totem Cellars: http://best.king5.com/northwest-totem-cellars/biz/500559
• Best Art Gallery: Flatcolor Gallery: http://best.king5.com/flatcolor-gallery/biz/582359
  
• Best Dance Studio: Skin Deep Dance: http://best.king5.com/skin-deep-dance-studio/biz/492763
  
• Best Donut: Mighty-O Donuts: http://best.king5.com/mighty-o-donuts/biz/18672ng5.com/mighty-o-donuts/biz/18672
• Best Charity: You decide: There are a TON of animal charities including Pasado’s Safe Haven, PAWS, Old Dog Haven, etc. http://best.king5.com/contests/best-of-western-washington/4779/local-services/favorite-local-charityfavorite-local-charity

Pics left to right: Sidecar, cinnamon roll from Wayward Cafe, Salad from Pizza Pi

Some Vegan Friendly Joints
There are also some places up for voting that have great vegan options and really make it easy when you frequent their places. Here are a few that I know about. If you vote for one of these, be sure to post a note about voting because of their vegan goodies.

• Best Thai: JhanJay (all vegetarian, lots of vegan): http://best.king5.com/jhanjay/biz/13391433914
• Most Romantic: Sutra (I think they are 95% vegan) http://best.king5.com/sutra/biz/135754
• Best Vietnamese: Moonlight Cafe (huge vegan menu): http://best.king5.com/moonlight-cafe/biz/138376
• Best Brunch: Flowers Buffet (I think the brunch is 100% vegan): http://best.king5.com/flowers-bar-and-restaurant/biz/492084
• Best Toy Store: Izilla Toys: (Dad owner is vegan): http://best.king5.com/izilla-toys/biz/18184
• Best Burrito: Bimbo’s Bitchen Burrito Kitchen (they have Follow Your Heart vegan cheese that you can get on many items like nachos and burritos): http://best.king5.com/bimbo-s-bitchin-burrito-kitchen/biz/491144
• Greasy Spoon: 5-Point Café (lots of vegan breakfast items): http://best.king5.com/five-point-cafe/biz/202908
• Best Hot Dog: Cyber Dog (all vegetarian with lots of vegan options): http://best.king5.com/cyber-dogs/biz/18874
• Best Italian: Amore: (they have a vegan menu): http://best.king5.com/amore/biz/500185
• Best Sushi: Mashiko (they have a HUGE selection of vegan sushi) http://best.king5.com/mashiko/biz/17910
• Best Chocolate: Theo Chocolate (vegan chocolate, yum): http://best.king5.com/theo-chocolate/biz/65379
• Best Ice Cream: Full Tilt Ice (way more vegan flavors than any other place): http://best.king5.com/full-tilt-ice-cream/biz/133534st.king5.com/full-tilt-ice-cream/biz/133534
• Best Tattoo: Choice of 3 place with vegan tattoo artists: Under the Needle (EGO); Super Genius (Big Heidi); Apocalypse Tattoo (Shawn the African):
• Best Indie Theater: Central Cinema: (vegan grub on purpose, and advertised) http://best.king5.com/central-cinema/biz/1838018380
• Best Waxing: Kandice Kelly (vegan skin care line, all vegan sugaring): http://best.king5.com/kandice-kelly/biz/491832

Pics left to right: Me and Big Heidi the vegan tattoo artist, vegan nachos from Bimbo's, vegan vermicelli bowl from Moonlight.

I am sure there are more, so let me know! We can vote for all of these vegan and vegan-friendly places and show Seattle how freaking huge the vegan community is here. As I like to say, vegans are EVERYWHERE (see vegan of the week).