Vegan Restaurants in Memphis, Tennessee: Food & Brunch Guide

Imagine Vegan Cafe is a family-owned Memphis institution where the operator says everything is vegan. The menu focuses on familiar comfort food — fried chicken-style dishes, burgers, sandwiches, mac and cheese, shakes and large desserts.

Before you orderA 15% service fee is added to orders and the restaurant publishes a small charge for to-go packaging. Weekend hours run later than weekdays. Because the menu is entirely vegan, ordering is straightforward, but allergies still need a separate check.

Highlights: A long-running all-vegan Cooper-Young cafe centered on Southern and American comfort food.

Plant Based Heat is a 100% vegan comfort-food restaurant founded in Memphis, with burgers, BBQ jackfruit, vegan smoked sausage, oyster-mushroom sandwiches and its signature plant-based “vings.”

Before you orderSelect the Highland location when ordering; the company also operates in Cordova, a separate municipality. Current business listings show the Memphis branch serving Monday through Saturday, while the operator site does not publish a clean weekly hour table, so check live ordering before traveling.

Highlights: Fully vegan Memphis comfort food with BBQ, burgers, cauliflower and mushroom-based dishes.

LuLu’s is a worker-focused neighborhood cafe and bakery whose operator describes its offerings as plant-based and seasonal. House-made breads, pastries, tofu-egg breakfast sandwiches, plant-based sausage biscuits and lunch items make it one of the strongest early vegan-oriented stops in Memphis.

Before you orderThe cafe is closed Sunday through Tuesday. Wednesday through Friday start at 7am and Saturday at 8am. The operator’s cake page confirms plant-based/vegan cakes, while the main site uses the broader “plant-based offerings” language; this guide keeps that wording rather than overstating the whole operation.

Highlights: House-made sourdough, pastries and plant-based breakfast sandwiches from an early-opening local cafe.

City Silo is a mixed clean-eating restaurant designed for vegans, vegetarians and omnivores. The operator says vegan options are available for most menu items, and the current menu includes tempeh, cashew ranch, a house veggie burger, hummus wraps and plant-based shareables.

How to order veganMany breakfast dishes contain eggs or cheese by default, so request the vegan version rather than assuming a vegetable-heavy bowl is vegan. The restaurant also serves chicken and other animal products in the same kitchen.

Highlights: One of the earliest-opening mixed restaurants in Memphis, with many dishes designed to be made vegan.

Global Café brings several immigrant- and refugee-led cuisines under one roof. The menu marks vegan dishes such as a rice-and-bean plate, African peanut soup, falafel, hummus, black-bean tacos and an asado bowl while also serving meat and dairy.

How to order veganFollow the menu’s vegan “v” labels. The restaurant operates multiple food stations and explicitly warns that it is a shared kitchen, so cross-contact cannot be ruled out. Some vegetarian dishes still contain cheese or mayonnaise.

Highlights: One of the best mixed-group options for clearly labeled vegan dishes across several global cuisines.

RP Tracks is a long-running University of Memphis bar and restaurant known for its vegetarian selection and BBQ tofu. It is not vegan, but tofu and black-bean dishes give mixed groups a practical late-night option when fully vegan restaurants have closed.

How to order veganBBQ tofu nachos and similar items need explicit vegan modifications such as omitting cheese and sour cream and choosing bean chili where appropriate. The current main menu still contains substantial meat and dairy.

Highlights: A Memphis institution for BBQ tofu and late-night mixed-group dining, with weekend brunch.