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Find your next vegan meal in Calgary
Looking for vegan restaurants in Calgary? Choose plant-based comfort food at Vegan Street, Thai-inspired dishes at Hearts Choices, a vegetarian dinner with vegan options at The Coup or an earlier breakfast at Red’s Diner on 58th. This guide helps you decide where to eat vegan in Calgary without confusing a fully vegan menu with a few suitable dishes.
Each stop serves a different purpose. Vegan Street and Hearts Choices offer plant-based menus; The Coup is vegetarian, and Red’s is a mixed-menu diner. Use the address, service times and ordering notes in each card to build a food plan that fits your visit.
Vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in Calgary
A useful Calgary dining plan starts with two questions: how early do you need to eat, and do you want an entirely vegan restaurant? The answers lead to different places. This shortlist combines dedicated vegan kitchens with clearly identified vegan options in other restaurants. It is an editorial selection based on published menus, not a complete directory or a ranking from personal visits.
For a vegan weekend brunch
Vegan Street serves a dedicated Saturday and Sunday brunch, with tofu breakfasts and plant-based bennies.
For Thai-inspired comfort food
Hearts Choices Café Market offers vegan noodle dishes, curries and sandwiches.
For an earlier breakfast
Red’s Diner — 58th opens at 7am and lists a vegan Harvest Hash. It is a mixed-menu restaurant.
Restaurants in this guide
Editorial selection · not a rankingVegan Street — Inglewood
Inglewood · 9 Avenue Southeast
A plant-based choice for tacos, comfort food and a proper weekend brunch.
Vegan Street gives familiar dishes an entirely plant-based preparation. Its No-Fish taco uses battered palm heart, while the Beaf Dip centres on mushroom-and-black-bean seitan. At brunch, choices include a tofu breakfast skillet, a black-bean-and-tofu burrito and VS Bennies made with Just Egg. Choose this stop when you want a broad vegan menu rather than a conventional dish with several ingredients removed.
Before you order The brunch menu is limited to Saturday and Sunday, 11am–2pm. The restaurant is closed Monday. Its allergy guidance also distinguishes vegan food from an allergen-free kitchen: discuss nuts, soy, gluten or other individual requirements with staff.
Highlights: Fully vegan comfort food, dedicated brunch and an Inglewood address.
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Vegan status | The operator confirms that all menu dishes are vegan. |
| Address | 1413 9 Avenue Southeast Calgary, Alberta T2G 0T4 |
| Current hours | Tue–Thu 11:30am–9pm; Fri 11:30am–10pm; Sat 11am–10pm; Sun 11am–9pm. Closed Monday. Brunch Sat–Sun 11am–2pm. |
| Best fit | A weekend vegan brunch, casual dinner or comfort-food meal. |
Sources: Official restaurant, address and opening information · Food, brunch and allergen guidance.
Hearts Choices Café Market
Northeast Calgary · 6 Street Northeast
Noodle dishes and plant-based comfort food at the café-market location.
Hearts Choices brings several meal styles together on one vegan menu. Pad Thai and coconut-based Khao Soi sit alongside a seitan Reuben and other sandwiches. It is a useful option when your group wants a choice between a noodle bowl and a more familiar sandwich. The operator also sells vegan products for pickup, so the café can double as a stop for provisions.
Before you order This card covers 4127 6 Street Northeast, not either farmers’ market stall. The café is closed on Sundays, whereas the market locations have different schedules. The menu warns that nuts are used in the kitchen; clarify allergies and the protein choice for your dish.
Highlights: Vegan Thai-inspired dishes, sandwiches and café-market shopping.
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Vegan status | Plant-based café menu, including vegan Asian dishes and sandwiches. |
| Address | 4127 6 Street Northeast Calgary, Alberta T2E 6V5 |
| Current hours | Monday–Saturday 11:30am–8pm. Closed Sunday. Farmers’ market outlets follow separate schedules. |
| Best fit | A vegan lunch, noodle dinner or meal combined with provisions shopping. |
Sources: Official café and market locations, hours and ordering information · Current vegan menu and allergy notes.
The Coup
Beltline · 17 Avenue Southwest
Vegetarian dining where a complete vegan order needs attention.
The Coup’s menu ranges from vegetable-led hot pots to Japanese-inspired dishes. The published Black Dragon combines eggplant, yam and avocado, while the Beach Front Hot Pot uses a coconut-and-lemongrass broth. The operator describes the restaurant as vegetarian and says many dishes can be adapted for vegan diners. Consider it for a planned Beltline meal, with the vegan preparation confirmed when ordering.
Before you order A tofu or tempeh main ingredient does not make the whole dish vegan. Published dishes also include cheddar, feta or honey. Ask which complete dishes are vegan and whether any sauce, cheese or finishing ingredient needs changing.
Highlights: Vegetarian dining with vegan choices and a central 17 Avenue address.
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Vegan status | Vegetarian restaurant with vegan choices and adaptations; not fully vegan. |
| Address | 924 17 Avenue Southwest Calgary, Alberta T2T 0A2 |
| Current hours | Mon–Thu 11:30am–9pm; Fri 11:30am–10pm; Sat 11am–10pm; Sun 11am–9pm. Check the current menu for the service you want. |
| Best fit | A vegetarian restaurant dinner with a specifically confirmed vegan order. |
Sources: Official dishes, vegan-adaptation guidance, address and hours · Current menu access.
Red’s Diner — 58th
58th Avenue Southeast · near Chinook Centre
An earlier breakfast with a clearly labelled vegan dish.
Red’s on 58th opens at 7am, making it useful when a late brunch will not fit your day. Its current Alternatives menu marks Harvest Hash as vegan: potatoes and yam form the base, with peppers, avocado, falafel and arugula. This is a practical vegan breakfast option in Calgary, not a claim that the diner’s broader menu is plant-based.
Before you order Choose the V-labelled dish, not simply anything in the Alternatives section. The avocado toast lists feta, and other breakfast dishes contain eggs or yogurt. Confirm current availability at the 58th Avenue branch and discuss preparation arrangements if you have additional dietary requirements.
Highlights: Published 7am opening and a vegan-labelled breakfast option.
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Vegan status | Mixed-menu diner. Harvest Hash is labelled vegan on the current menu. |
| Address | 324 58th Avenue Southeast Calgary, Alberta T2H 1K1 |
| Current hours | Mon–Thu 7am–2pm; Fri–Sun 7am–3pm. Check holiday exceptions. |
| Best fit | An earlier vegan breakfast with a mixed-diet group. |
Sources: Official 58th Avenue branch and opening times · Current Alternatives menu and vegan designation.
Vegan breakfast and brunch in Calgary
Early breakfast or a relaxed brunch?
For vegan breakfast in Calgary before most lunch venues open, check Red’s on 58th and its current vegan-labelled option. For a later weekend meal in a fully vegan restaurant, Vegan Street’s brunch is the better match in this shortlist. The cards give the separate service windows.
Check the whole plate
A restaurant serving breakfast does not necessarily offer a vegan version of every breakfast. Ask about bread, spreads, dressings and toppings, not only the main ingredient. At a mixed-menu diner, using the explicitly vegan dish as your starting point makes the discussion clearer.
Plan your Calgary vegan food stops
Keep the address suffix
The cards include Southeast, Southwest or Northeast as part of the address. Keep that information when saving a restaurant in your map app. Check the actual journey from your accommodation before choosing a breakfast stop or making a dinner reservation.
Keep one alternative for the same day
Choose a backup restaurant that is open at the time you need it, not simply another name on the list. Café hours, weekend brunch and early diner closing times serve different schedules. Recheck the operator’s own page on the day, especially for a public holiday.
For accommodation planning alongside your meals, explore our vegan-friendly hotels in Calgary.
Frequently asked questions
Are all four Calgary restaurants fully vegan?
No. Vegan Street and Hearts Choices have plant-based menus. The Coup is vegetarian with vegan choices, while Red’s Diner serves a mixed menu with a vegan-labelled breakfast option.
Where can I find vegan breakfast in Calgary?
Red’s Diner on 58th is the earlier-opening option in this guide. Vegan Street provides a dedicated weekend brunch. Use the individual cards to check the times and vegan ordering details.
Is choosing tofu enough to make a vegetarian meal vegan?
No. Cheese, egg-based sauces, butter or honey can remain elsewhere in the dish. Ask for a complete vegan preparation rather than changing only the protein.
Which Hearts Choices address does this guide cover?
The café-market at 4127 6 Street Northeast. Its opening hours are separate from those of the Calgary Farmers’ Market outlets.
Research notes and image credit
Research updated September 25, 2026 using the linked operator websites and menus. This is desk research, not a report of personal visits, independent kitchen inspections or measured restaurant rankings. Fully vegan menus, vegetarian restaurants and individual vegan options are distinguished. Menus, hours and availability can change; confirm the details that matter for your visit.
Featured image: Calgary city image from the existing Vegan Life Style media library. It does not depict a restaurant featured in this guide.
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