Healthy Fare & Vegetarian Friendly:

Tarrant County and the Communities Between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas

Vegetarian and vegan friendly restaurants serving healthy-fare in Fort Worth, TX.

Pad Thai Nine entrees in vegetarian section. Will use tofu in many other dishes. As with all Thai restaurants, specify no fish or oyster sauce. 3311 Walnut Hill W Story Rd Irving 972 252-1718 Thai $

Pak-a-Pocket Freshly made pita pocket sandwiches. We enjoyed the falafel; in fact we liked this clean, small space. Several plant-based selections--including hummus and other Middle Eastern dishes. 5512 D Bellaire Fort Worth 817 735-4363 Sandwich $

Palermo's Many vegetarian selections but egg in all pastas except linguine. Almost all pasta dishes can be ordered with linguine, however, to allow several vegan choices. Vegetarian pizza. Owner is the chef. 1000 Magnolia Av W Washington Fort Worth 817 878-2400 Italian $

Panera Bread Counter service with good salads, portobello sandwich, even peanut butter and jelly. Chain operation but location near TCU and students hanging out gives it personality. Always a vegetarian soup-of-the-day. 1700 S University Dr Fort Worth 817 870-1959 Bakery/Sandwich $

The Parthenon Greek food in downtown Fort Worth with falafel, baba ghanouj, hummus, tabbouleh, and other Greek goodies. Peter Katzianis said to ask for him and he will dream up other vegetarian dishes such as avocado or portobello stuffed with baba ghanouj. Located between Bluff and Peach on the northwest corner of downtown. 400 N Henderson Bluff Fort Worth 817 810-0800 Greek $$-$$$

Phuong Cafe Good noodles with vegetarian, vegan selections. 1211 E Seminary Dr Fort Worth 817 927-2058 Vietnamese

Posados Cafe Two veggie choices: Vegetable Quesadilla and special order Vegetable Feast Fajitas. The fajitas are truly a vegetable feast but... rice and beans have animals! Order another portion of roasted potatoes instead. 1601 Airport Fwy, Bedford. 817 354-9587. 6770 Fossil Bluff Dr, Fort Worth. 817 232-2966. H $-$$

Qdoba No "animals" or animal broth in rice or beans. Grilled vegetable burrito, veggie nachos and other choices. 6002 Camp Bowie Blvd Fort Worth 817 377-9411 Mexican $

Rio Mambo Better than Tex-Mex with several veggie options: vegetable fajitas, spinach or cheese enchiladas, veggie quesadillas. The spinach enchiladas (no cheese) topped with grilled veggies and covered with ranchero sauce is elegant. 6125 SW Loop 820 Bryant Irvin Rd Fort Worth 817 423-3124. 5150 Hwy 121, Colleyville 817 354-3124. Mexican $-$$$

Royal Chopstix One vegetarian entrée and five vegan. Counter help said MSG used in foods and could be removed as foods are cooked to order. Simple and very clean. 7447 N MacArthur @ Kinwest 150 Irving 972 4010933 Chinese $

Ruen Thai This old Irving favorite can cool the pepper or crank it up. Excellent tofu dishes. They are quite gracious about pleasing you and your healthy quirks. Nice atmosphere for getting-to-know-you date. 3310 Rochelle W MacArthur Irving 972 570-7716 Thai $-$$

Ruffino's Elegant--quiet--romantic plus a feeling of privacy. Perfect spot for anniversaries and proposals. Wide variety of plant-based pasta dishes and vegetable platters including one polenta dish. Manager said no eggs in pasta. 2455 Forest Park Blvd. Fort Worth 817 923-0522 Italian $$-$$$

Sardine's Ristorante Old photos & artifacts plus candle light & antiques create a romantic setting. Live music with excellent Italian Cuisine. Vegetable lasagna or manicotti is available as is fettuccine with a tomato cream sauce. Although there are ten vegetarian dishes, only the angel hair pasta is eggless. 509 N University Fort Worth 817 332-9937 Italian $$-$$$

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