I'm a vegetarian who has subjected friends to many meat-free establishments; I can say with complete confidence from that experience, a vegetarian or vegan dish will rarely leave an omnivore unsatisfied unless it is poorly imagined, executed, or both. I would encourage you to steer towards vegetarian dishes wiith eggs or cheese, or vegan dishes will have mushrooms or squash if you're an omnivore.
Often times the mark of a good establishment for a vegetarian is not that the menu is completely free of meat, but that it simply has more than 2-3 options without it. A few of my favourite places are Afghan Horseman, The Acorn, The Naam, Nuba, and Chutney Villa.
My current favourite, Heirloom Vegetarian, opened in October, I've been twice to date, and will be many more times in the future. There's not one thing on the menu I've not found to be outstanding, a few photos from
their facebook page.
Creamy sunchoke, butternut squash baked mac & cheese
Beautiful fresh chard, roasted peppers & shallot frittata, with manchego cheese, seeded baguette and little greens salad.
Avocado Frites with house made smoked tomato ketchup.
White chia pudding, Greek yogurt, hemp hearts, bee pollen, pink pepper corns, simmered plums, tarragon
Warm spice cake, gingerbread anglaise, quince jam, candied ginger, maple
