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Find your next vegan meal in Santa Rosa
Looking for vegan restaurants in Santa Rosa, CA? East West Cafe welcomes vegan diners, Zoftig marks vegan items and substitutions, Goji Kitchen has vegan-friendly Asian entrées, and The Grove Cafe offers regular vegan breakfast and lunch choices.
Santa Rosa deserves its own guide rather than functioning as an extension of Healdsburg. These four stops all use Santa Rosa addresses and cover Mediterranean fusion, downtown café food, Chinese-Vietnamese cuisine and quick weekday breakfast/lunch.
Vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in Santa Rosa
East West is the long-running vegan-friendly neighborhood restaurant, Zoftig handles breakfast and daytime food, Goji Kitchen adds broad Asian variety, and The Grove Cafe offers clearly documented regular vegan choices in a public café inside Redwood Credit Union's offices.
Best established mixed menu
East West Cafe says its diverse menu warmly embraces vegan and vegetarian lifestyles and serves lunch and dinner seven days a week.
Best early weekday option
Zoftig opens at 8am Monday through Friday and defines V as vegan on its current menu, with substitutions available on additional dishes.
Best explicit everyday staples
The Grove Cafe lists avocado toast for breakfast and a Beyond Burger patty for lunch as regular vegan options.
Restaurants in this guide
Editorial selection · not a rankingEast West Cafe
Summerfield Road · east Santa Rosa
A long-running Santa Rosa restaurant that explicitly welcomes vegan diners
East West Cafe's current site says its menu warmly embraces vegan and vegetarian lifestyles. Its menu has used a vegan marker for dishes such as the Tostada Delight and Macro Plate, while non-dairy cheese can be substituted in several additional builds.
Before you order This is a mixed restaurant serving meat and dairy. Follow the vegan marker or ask for the vegan preparation explicitly, especially on burritos, quesadillas and dishes with cheese or sauces.
Highlights: A broad mixed-group menu with more than three decades of local history.
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Vegan status | Mixed California-Mediterranean restaurant that explicitly welcomes vegan diners. |
| Address | 557 Summerfield Rd Santa Rosa, CA 95405 |
| Current hours | Mon–Fri 11am–8pm; Sat–Sun 10am–8pm. |
| Best fit | Vegan-friendly lunch, dinner and mixed groups. |
Sources: official vegan-friendly statement, address and hours.
Zoftig Eatery
Montgomery Drive · Creekside Center
A weekday café with vegan menu notation and easy substitutions
Zoftig's current menu defines V as vegan and says other dishes can easily be modified to be vegan. The menu centers on breakfast, sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls, with plant-forward ingredients including falafel, hummus, baba ganoush, lentils and vegetables.
Before you order Several visually plant-forward dishes still include feta, egg or labne. Use the V marker and ask for the documented vegan substitution rather than ordering by appearance.
Highlights: The strongest early weekday stop in central Santa Rosa.
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Vegan status | Mixed café with vegan-marked dishes and documented vegan substitutions. |
| Address | 57 Montgomery Dr Santa Rosa, CA 95404 |
| Current hours | Mon–Fri 8am–6pm; Sat–Sun closed. |
| Best fit | Vegan-friendly breakfast, salads, bowls, wraps and lunch. |
Goji Kitchen
Mendocino Avenue
Chinese and Vietnamese food with a broad vegan-friendly offering
Goji Kitchen's current site explicitly advertises vegetarian and vegan-friendly entrées across its Chinese and Vietnamese menu. The restaurant emphasizes healthy cooking, no MSG and a large menu with stir-fries, noodle dishes and Vietnamese specialties.
Before you order The kitchen also serves meat, seafood and animal-based broths. Tell staff you need a vegan preparation and confirm broth, fish sauce, egg and oyster sauce before ordering noodle or pho-style dishes.
Highlights: A useful everyday lunch or dinner when your group wants Asian food.
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Vegan status | Mixed Chinese-Vietnamese restaurant with a wide selection of vegan-friendly entrées. |
| Address | 1965 Mendocino Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95401 |
| Current hours | Daily 11am–9pm. |
| Best fit | Vegan-friendly Chinese and Vietnamese lunch or dinner. |
Sources: official vegan-friendly statement, address and hours.
The Grove Cafe – Santa Rosa
Cleveland Avenue · Redwood Credit Union
A public workplace café with regular vegan breakfast and lunch staples
The Grove Cafe says its Santa Rosa location is open to the public and lists regular vegan options including avocado toast at breakfast and a Beyond Burger patty at lunch. Seasonal salads and bowls rotate roughly every two weeks.
Before you order The café sits inside Redwood Credit Union's administrative offices and is cashless. It is a mixed kitchen, so discuss dressings and rotating seasonal items with the culinary team.
Highlights: A practical weekday breakfast or lunch option with unusually clear dietary-accommodation guidance.
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Vegan status | Mixed public café with regular vegan options and dietary accommodations. |
| Address | 3033 Cleveland Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95403 |
| Current hours | Mon–Fri: breakfast 9–11am; lunch 11am–2pm. Closed weekends and listed holidays. |
| Best fit | Vegan avocado toast, Beyond Burger and quick weekday meals. |
Sources: official Santa Rosa location, vegan options and hours.
Vegan breakfast and brunch in Santa Rosa
Zoftig from 8am
Zoftig is the earliest current restaurant in this selection and serves weekday breakfast from 8am with a menu that identifies vegan choices and substitutions.
The Grove from 9am
The Grove Cafe offers avocado toast as a regular vegan breakfast option Monday through Friday from 9am to 11am.
Plan your Santa Rosa vegan food stops
Keep Santa Rosa separate from Healdsburg
All four businesses in this guide have Santa Rosa addresses. Healdsburg's Little Saint and other Wine Country restaurants remain in the separate Healdsburg article.
Sonoma County without duplicate listings
Use Sonoma County as a secondary regional GEO, but keep Santa Rosa-specific restaurants in this city guide to avoid cannibalizing nearby articles.
Santa Rosa's strength is breadth rather than a single dominant fully vegan restaurant: breakfast, Asian food, Mediterranean fusion and casual lunch all have workable vegan options inside city limits.
Frequently asked questions
Where should I start for vegan restaurants in Santa Rosa, CA?
Start with East West for a broad vegan-friendly menu, Zoftig for weekday breakfast and lunch, Goji Kitchen for Chinese-Vietnamese food or The Grove Cafe for quick weekday vegan staples.
Does Santa Rosa have vegan breakfast options?
Yes. Zoftig opens at 8am on weekdays and The Grove Cafe lists avocado toast as a regular vegan breakfast option from 9am.
Are these the same restaurants as the Healdsburg guide?
No. Every restaurant here has a Santa Rosa address. Healdsburg is treated as a separate Wine Country destination.
What secondary GEO should support Santa Rosa SEO?
Sonoma County is the strongest secondary regional term, while the primary target remains vegan restaurants Santa Rosa CA.
Research notes and image credit
Current operator websites and menus were reviewed on September 22, 2026. The restaurant list is intentionally Santa Rosa-specific and does not reuse Healdsburg or Sebastopol businesses.
Featured image: Old Courthouse Square Santa Rosa by Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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