Vegetarian restaurants in Costa Rica
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Veronica's Place
This delightful vegetarian cafe along the main road through town offers fresh, healthy interpretations of Caribbean food, using fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as soy products. Veronica rents cabinas, has a macrobiotic health-food store onsite and runs a volunteer work exchange on her organic farm.
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Restaurante Shakti
This informal neighborhood health-food outpost has simple, organic-focused cooking as well as freshly baked goods. Favorites include veggie burgers, along with various fish dishes, but most people arrive for the casado of the day – which is always vegetarian.
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Vishnu
You’ll find a rainbow of fresh local produce, vegetable stews and well-rendered soy burgers at this informal chain of vegetarian cheapies. Most folks pile in for the inexpensive lunch specials, which generally include salad, fresh juice and dessert. There are a few vegan specialties as well. Vishnu has several branches dotted around downtown.
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Comida Para Sentir
This informal, bustling student spot serves an international menu of veggie everything including curried rice with cashews, vegetable casado and whole-grain sandwiches. Don't miss the tardes de maíz (afternoons of corn), from 3pm to 6pm, featuring delicious corn-based treats like pupusas and tamales.
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Vishnu Mango Verde
This branch of the famous San José chain is the top spot in town for vegetarian fare, including a wide array of colorful salads and cheap, gut-filling casados.
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Flying Tomato Cafe
An exclusively veggie kitchen, serving pasta, veggie burgers, stir-frys and soups. It's the only place in Fortuna to offer soy milk for espresso drinks and batidos (fruit shakes). Hours can be iffy.
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Diveno Natural
Run by a friendly Adventist family, this bright, clean macrobiotic restaurant serves daily specials and a rotating selection of dishes that are always vegetarian. Casados (set meals) make use of soy-based mock meats, while fresh tamales and other specialties are often on the menu.
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Ahora Si
A Venetian-owned, vegetarian restaurant and all-natural cocktail bar, they do smoothies with coconut milk; gnocchi with nutmeg, sage and smoked cheese; soy burgers and yucca fries; wok stir-fries; and thin-crust pizzas too. All served on a lovingly decorated tiled patio.
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Restaurant Bionatura
In a town where everything seems to be deep-fried, this restaurant shines for its focus on healthy vegetarian cuisine, including fresh fruit salads, veggie burgers and bistek de soya (soy steak) casados.
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