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North Shore plant-based options dangle the carrot toward veganism

Guildhall’s Hummus appetizer ($12 lunch/$14 dinner) is a vegan sharable plate that is served with pita bread, rolled out and grilled to order, and an array of seasonal vegetables. Alex Ivanisevic/22nd Century Media
Thai Inbox’s vegan Pad Thai ($10) features almost a dozen vegetables cooked in a sweet, sour and salty sauce over a bed of rice noodles. Jason Addy/22nd Century Media
The Mean Wiener’s veggie burger ($7.50) is a vegan patty that can be topped with ketchup, mustard, relish, onion, lettuce, tomato and a pickle. Erin Yarnall/22nd Century Media
The vegan gyro bowl ($8.50) at Forest Greens Juice Bar in Lake Bluff includes chickpeas, quinoa, cucumbers, tomatoes, pickled onions and the restaurant’s freshly-made tzatziki sauce. Peter Kaspari/22nd Century Media
The vegan chorizo tacos ($3.50 each) at Kenilworth’s Great Coast Commons feature hand-made blue corn tortillas, guacamole and toasted pumpkin seed. 22nd Century Media File Photo
Spirit Elephant’s mac ’n’ cheese ($12) has gluten-free roasted panko and polenta with pickled Fresno peppers. Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media
Staff Report
2:32 am CST February 26, 2020

For the past six years, more than half a million people have spent the month of January abstaining from not only meat, but dairy as well, cutting all animal products out of their lives to take part in an all-vegan January.

According to a study completed at Oxford University in 2018, avoiding meat and dairy is the “single biggest way to reduce your impact on Earth,” leading many people to make the switch to a vegan diet.

It’s no longer January, but that doesn’t mean there’s not delicious vegan dining options throughout the North Shore.

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