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Find your next vegan meal in Kansas City

Five current plant-based stops for brunch, comfort food, organic café meals and vegan pastries — with four Kansas City addresses plus one nearby Riverside option.

Cafe Gratitude is not included as a restaurant because its own site says the former brick-and-mortar operation has shifted to online classes and catering. The primary list below focuses on active places you can currently visit.

5 restaurant & cafe profiles4 Kansas City · 1 nearby RiversideResearch: 19 Sep 2026

Kansas City’s vegan scene covers comfort food, organic wellness meals and dedicated bakery cafés. Start with service time: Mattie’s and The Littlest Bake Shop are daytime-oriented, while The Fix and Tree Hugger support later meals.

Choose your kind of meal

Breakfast & brunch

Mattie’s Foods publishes breakfast cutoffs, while The Fix opens at 10:00 am on weekends.

Bakery & cafe

The Littlest Bake Shop is a fully vegan/gluten-free bakery café; Gigi’s focuses on organic vegan wellness food and juices.

Comfort food

The Fix for vegan burgers and chick’n-style dishes; Tree Hugger for plant-based bar food in nearby Riverside.

Restaurants in this guide

Editorial selection · not a ranking

The Fix

Midtown · East 31st Street

Vegan eateryBrunchComfort food

Vegan comfort food from brunch through dinner

The Fix identifies itself as a vegan eatery specializing in plant-based comfort food. The menu includes burgers, chick’n-style sandwiches, tacos, fried comfort-food plates, breakfast potatoes and desserts.

Before you order:Monday is closed. Saturday and Sunday open earlier than weekday service, making the restaurant especially useful for a vegan brunch-style meal.

Highlights: Vegan comfort food, weekend brunch hours and a central Midtown location.

InformationDetails
Vegan statusVegan eatery specializing in plant-based comfort food.
Address600 E 31st St
Kansas City, MO 64109
Published hoursTue–Fri: 11:00 am–8:00 pm
Sat: 10:00 am–8:00 pm
Sun: 10:00 am–3:00 pm
Mon: closed
Menu focusBurgers, sandwiches, brunch-style plates, salads and desserts.

Mattie’s Foods

Brookside / 63rd Street

Vegan cafeBreakfastComfort food

A vegan breakfast and lunch café with defined morning cutoffs

Mattie’s Foods operates a vegan café at 633 East 63rd Street and is known for plant-based comfort food, breakfast items and bakery-style desserts. The current operator page publishes a compact daytime schedule.

Before you order:Breakfast ends before the café closes: 11:00 am Wednesday through Friday and noon on Saturday and Sunday. Monday and Tuesday are not listed as café service days.

Highlights: Vegan breakfast, comfort food and a clear daytime café schedule.

InformationDetails
Vegan statusVegan café / plant-based comfort-food concept.
Address633 E 63rd St, Suite 110
Kansas City, MO 64110
Published hoursWed–Fri: 9:00 am–3:00 pm
Sat–Sun: 9:30 am–3:00 pm
Breakfast cutoffUntil 11:00 am Wed–Fri; until noon Sat–Sun.

Gigi’s Vegan + Wellness Cafe

Westport · Westport Road

100% veganOrganicGluten-free

Organic vegan café food, juices and wellness-focused meals

Gigi’s Vegan + Wellness Cafe promotes 100% vegan, organic food with a strong emphasis on juices, smoothies, salads, wraps and specialty wellness meals. The cafe reopened in May 2026 after a temporary pause.

Before you order:The operator’s current pages agree on Tuesday through Friday 11:00 am–5:00 pm and Saturday 11:00 am–2:00 pm, but they conflict on Sunday service. Verify directly before a Sunday visit.

Highlights: 100% vegan organic food, juices and Westport café service.

InformationDetails
Vegan status100% vegan; meal-plan page also states no dairy.
Address1103 Westport Rd
Kansas City, MO 64111
Published hoursTue–Fri: 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Sat: 11:00 am–2:00 pm
Sunday noteOfficial pages conflict about Sunday; confirm directly before visiting.

The Littlest Bake Shop

Troost Avenue · Kansas City

100% veganGluten-freeBrunch & bakery

A dedicated vegan and gluten-free bakery café

The Littlest Bake Shop calls itself Kansas City’s first dedicated all-gluten-free and vegan bakery and café. It serves scratch-made baked goods, coffee, tea, brunch and lunch from its Troost Avenue storefront.

Before you order:Wednesday has a short evening window, while Thursday through Sunday run daytime café hours. The facility is dedicated vegan and gluten-free, and the operator says honey is not used.

Highlights: Vegan pastries, coffee, brunch and a fully dedicated vegan/gluten-free kitchen.

InformationDetails
Vegan statusEverything in the shop and kitchen is vegan; honey is excluded.
Address5511 Troost Ave
Kansas City, MO 64110
Published hoursWed: 5:00–7:00 pm
Thu–Sun: 10:00 am–3:00 pm
KitchenDedicated gluten-free and vegan facility.

Tree Hugger Plant-Based Kitchen

Riverside · outside Kansas City city limits

Plant-basedComfort foodNearby Riverside

Plant-based bar-food favorites just north of Kansas City

Tree Hugger is a plant-based restaurant in Riverside, Missouri, a suburb immediately north of Kansas City. Its menu reworks bar-food favorites such as Reubens, buffalo mac wraps, fish-style tacos and BBQ pulled-jackfruit sandwiches.

Before you order:Keep the Riverside address in your route plan. This is not inside Kansas City proper, and Tuesday and Wednesday are closed under the current schedule.

Highlights: Vegan comfort food and a nearby suburban option with a full lunch-and-dinner schedule.

InformationDetails
Vegan statusPlant-based restaurant; operator describes its menu as vegan comfort food.
Address1841 NW Vivion Rd
Riverside, MO 64150
Published hoursThu–Mon: 11:00 am–8:00 pm
Tue–Wed: closed
Outside Kansas CityRiverside is a separate municipality.

Vegan breakfast and brunch in Kansas City

Morning café

Mattie’s Foods opens at 9:00 am Wednesday through Friday and 9:30 am on weekends. Breakfast ends at 11:00 am on weekdays and noon on weekends.

Weekend comfort brunch

The Fix opens at 10:00 am Saturday and Sunday. The Littlest Bake Shop opens at 10:00 am Thursday through Sunday with brunch/lunch café food and baked goods.

Gigi’s starts at 11:00 am on its current listed service days, while Tree Hugger opens at 11:00 am and is better suited to lunch or dinner.

Plan your Kansas City vegan food stops

Keep Riverside separate

Tree Hugger is close to Kansas City but is physically in Riverside, Missouri. It is included as a nearby option and keeps its separate city label.

Watch short service windows

The Littlest Bake Shop and Mattie’s are daytime-heavy businesses, while Gigi’s has limited weekly hours. Check the operator page before a special trip.

Cafe Gratitude’s former restaurant is no longer a brick-and-mortar dining stop; its current site focuses on classes, workshops and catering.

Frequently asked questions

Which featured places are fully vegan?

The Fix is a vegan eatery, Gigi’s states 100% vegan, The Littlest Bake Shop is a dedicated vegan facility, and Tree Hugger is plant-based. Mattie’s operates as a vegan café and comfort-food business.

Where can I get vegan breakfast?

Mattie’s Foods has the clearest breakfast schedule, with service before 11:00 am Wednesday–Friday and before noon on weekends. The Fix and The Littlest Bake Shop open at 10:00 am on weekend days.

Is Tree Hugger in Kansas City?

No. It is in Riverside, Missouri, a separate municipality just north of Kansas City, and is labeled as a nearby option.

What happened to Cafe Gratitude Kansas City?

The current operator site says it shifted away from its brick-and-mortar restaurant to online classes, workshops and catering, so it is not listed here as a current restaurant.

Research notes and image credit

Official restaurant websites, current menu/order pages and current operator contact pages were reviewed on September 19, 2026. When official pages disagree on service days, the guide states the uncertainty rather than inventing a schedule.

Featured image: Kansas City’s skyline, January 2023 by Geraldshields11, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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