With a surprise victory, Brighton has been crowned the “vegan capital of the world” for the first time in history. The iconic coastal city surpassed plant-based powerhouses such as Seattle and Berlin to secure its first place in the world rankings. People often call Berlin the vegan capital of the world and with good reason. Like London, not only does it have a large number of vegan restaurants (although per capita they are not enough to make the list), but also many, many restaurants that offer vegan options.
It was discovered that the city in the United Kingdom had the most Google searches related to veganism than anywhere else in the world. Brighton dethroned Portland, Oregon, the former vegan capital of the world, to take first place. Portland is known around the world for its thriving vegan scene and is considered the best vegan city in the U.S. UU.
The other aspect (more on this later) is that the list does not and cannot take into account restaurants with vegan options, but London has a lot of them. However, I didn't want to determine the best vegan cities based solely on the number of vegan restaurants. Pancho's Vegan Tacos, as you might have guessed, is a vegan taco place with three locations (two in Las Vegas and one in Henderson). From classic vegan restaurant food at Wayward Cafe to the Instagram-ready Plum Bistro (and its most famous dish, spicy Cajun macaroni and cheese), Seattle has vegan spots for all tastes.
This list shows cities that have a high proportion of vegan restaurants compared to the population, which also means that you're likely to see a lot of vegan restaurants just walking around. And compared to its population, it just doesn't measure up to the vegan restaurants per capita in Portland, Vancouver, or Warsaw. Many have vegan options marked on the menu or separate vegan menus, and when walking around there are always a lot of signs announcing new vegan ranges. The 9th arrondissement has even received the nickname Veggietown in Paris because of the concentration of vegetarian and vegan restaurants in this place.
I calculated the number of vegan restaurants per capita (that is, the number of 100% vegan restaurants listed on Happycow per 100,000 people in the city). One of the best cities to be vegan in North America, Portland's well-deserved and enduring reputation as a vegan paradise continues in this city, where nearly every restaurant offers plant-based options. Of course, as mentioned above, this list only takes vegan restaurants into account, and if it included restaurants with vegan options, London could rank much higher (since virtually every chain and many independent restaurants in London now have vegan options). Listening to their descriptions of all the varied and inventive vegan food in the city, I'm not at all surprised to find it again in major vegan cities.
For a more exclusive meal, the Acorn vegetarian restaurant is one of Vancouver's favorite places to enjoy more sophisticated vegan food, serving seasonal food with produce from local farms. While they may not have as many restaurants dedicated to vegan food (they do have a lot), you'll be hard pressed to find a restaurant in the city that doesn't have vegan options.
