Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal and kosher options across Brooklyn, including where to go and what to order.

  • RAS Plant Based

    RAS Plant Based on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, is a fully vegan Ethiopian-inspired kitchen with tibs, lentil sambusas and a sampler plate.

  • HAAM Caribbean Plant Cuisine

    HAAM Caribbean Plant Cuisine, or Healthy As A Motha, is a vegan Dominican and Trinidadian-inspired restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a full bar.

  • Le Botaniste

    Le Botaniste on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a fully vegan cafe and wine bar that opened in 2025, with mezze, fusion bowls, soups and salads.

  • Jajaja Mexicana Williamsburg

    Jajaja Mexicana Williamsburg on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn is a fully vegan Mexican restaurant with tacos, gorditas, chile relleno and weekend brunch.

  • Electric Beets

    Electric Beets on 7th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, is a vegan shop for prepared bowls, wraps, soups and baked goods, with gluten-free and oil-free menus.

  • Seitan's Helper

    Seitan's Helper on Morgan Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn, is a vegan deli that hand-makes seitan cold cuts for deli sandwiches, cold salads and daily specials.

  • Casanara

    Casanara on Fulton Street in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, is a cocktail bar and social club with a fully vegan menu, weekend DJs and live jazz on Sundays.

  • Aunts et Uncles

    Aunts et Uncles in Flatbush, Brooklyn, is a vegan Caribbean-influenced cafe on Nostrand Avenue with a plant-based smash burger and mushroom lobster roll.

  • Chun Vegetarian

    Chun Vegetarian on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn is a Chinese vegetarian restaurant with mock meats, sandwiches and smoothies, serving Crown Heights.

  • Zen Vegetarian House

    Zen Vegetarian House on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn serves Chinese vegetarian dishes, including mock meats such as General Tso's chickn and roasted veg duck.

  • Tofubox

    Tofubox on Grand Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, serves vegetarian Chinese dishes such as ma po tofu, Buddha's Delight and General Tso's tofu for takeout.

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  • WILD Park Slope

    WILD Park Slope on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn is a gluten-free Italian restaurant with gluten-free pizza, pasta and a raw bar, and a daily happy hour.

  • Sixteen Mill Bakeshop

    Sixteen Mill Bakeshop on Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, is a gluten-free, plant-based, refined-sugar-free bakery selling sourdough breads and muffins.

  • Uzuki

    Uzuki on Guernsey Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a buckwheat soba restaurant with a gluten-free menu section, plus soba and pottery classes.

  • Al Badawi

    Al Badawi on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, is a Palestinian restaurant listed as fully halal, with ouzi lamb and flatbreads.

  • Karam

    Karam on 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is a family-owned Lebanese counter listed as fully halal, with falafel, shawarma and pizza-oven flatbreads.

  • Kashkar Cafe

    Kashkar Cafe on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn is a Uyghur and Uzbek restaurant listed as fully halal, with lamb kebabs, lagman and shurpa soup.

  • Lahori Chilli

    Lahori Chilli on Coney Island Avenue in Midwood, Brooklyn, is a Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi restaurant and sweet shop listed as fully halal.

  • Bison & Bourbon

    Bison & Bourbon on 7th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, is a Glatt kosher steakhouse in a renovated 1920s warehouse, with bison, steaks and a courtyard.

  • Izzy's Brooklyn Smokehouse

    Izzy's Brooklyn Smokehouse on Troy Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, is a kosher barbecue spot under OK supervision, known for brisket smoked for 18 hours.

  • Boeuf & Bun

    Boeuf & Bun on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, is a kosher burger restaurant under the Crown Heights Vaad (CHK), with beef ribs and sliders.

  • Malka Dumbo

    Malka Dumbo is a kosher Israeli restaurant in Dumbo, Brooklyn, from chef Eyal Shani, known for a schnitzel filled with mashed potatoes and dips.

Dietary in Brooklyn, FAQ

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TableJourney's Brooklyn dietary chapter covers vegan, vegetarian, gluten_free, halal, kosher venues, each editor-picked with what to order and how to ask.