Elgin Street Diner - Ottawa

Admittedly, I was surprised to see this restaurant listed as it is really a traditional diner, not somewhere would look for us. In my opinion, this is the type of place you go with hard core carnivores, or those who need “overhang food” or “post pub tariff”. While there are vegetarian options when I was there and asked about vegan options, I got a bit of an empty look. Also the staff did not know by hand the ingredients in the articles. While I could finally order what is considered a vegan food, I definitely discovered a fleshy taste that does not show any separation during cooking. And as there are so many meat specialties, the aromas of cooked meat penetrate the air that probably attract customers, but not especially appeal to vegetarians or vegans. All in all, a place to go when Carnivores run the load, but hard core vegan options are limited.

Elgin st diner has super tasty veggie poutine, you can also order Gravy fries to make it vegan:

You have some great veg food and as a vegan I got a sandhich without Mayo and cheese without problem! Spoken with the owner and even the severity and soups are all meat free! Oh and so are the beans! Great!

I had the grilled vegetable club without cheese or Mayo and the vegetable soup. The server was really courteous and knew what options were vegan.

Breakfast was delicious. Eggs, bacon, fried toast. Will definitely go back. Hubby had the big breakfast with 3 meat choices. It was great.