Eating out in Edmonton on a restricted diet

When you’re on a restricted diet, it’s not always easy to find a place to eat out or grab goodies. Luckily, Edmonton has a lot to offer to those seeking great food that fits a variety of diets: vegan (egg and dairy free), vegetarian, ketogenic (high fat, low carb, no sugar), paleo (high fat, low carb, no dairy), diabetic (low sugar) or gluten free.

Eating out in Edmonton on a restricted diet
Athena Raypold By

Cafe Mosaics

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10844 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2B3

Located on Edmonton’s historic Whyte Avenue, Café Mosaics has long been a go-to restaurant for vegans and vegetarians. Offering breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, Café Mosaic is a cute, cozy café that also makes excellent, creative food in gluten and dairy free varieties, as well. Try the Stay Gold, Ponyboy, Stay Gold – a hearty, vegan mac and cheese dish (with the option to add gouda), the fantastic vegan or vegetarian burgers or the vegetarian pho.

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Padmanadi Vegetarian Restaurant

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10740 101 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 2S3

A staple in the vegetarian restaurant scene for more than 10 years, Padmandi is located near the downtown Ice District. Serving vegetarian food that blends Indonesian, Chinese, Thai and Indian cuisine, Padmandi’s faux meat dishes can fool even the strictest carnivore. The Padmandi menu can satisfy both vegan (egg and dairy free) and vegetarian eaters, while also satisfying the meat lovers.

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Cavern

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2-10169 104 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 1A5

Cavern is a retail cheese shop, breakfast and lunch bistro, and a wine and cheese bar. Serving beautiful charcuterie and cheese boards, as well as pastries and salads, Cavern can fulfill the needs of almost any diet: gluten free, vegetarian and low carb – and eating there feels like cheating!

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Meat Barbecue Ltd

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8216 104 St Nw, Edmonton, AB T6E 4E6

A smokehouse located just off Whyte Avenue, Meat will satisfy the cravings of any low carb, high fat eater, whether it’s the paleo or keto diet. You order your meat and sides separately, so it’s easy to avoid the fries and mac and cheese, and the veggie offerings are amazingly delicious. Meat also offers a gourmet vegetarian sandwich, so it can feed vegetarians too.

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Kinnikinnick Foods Inc

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10940 120 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 3P7

Kinnikinnick Foods is heaven for those on gluten free diets. It’s a retail shop and bakery that sells crackers, cookies, breads, baking mixes, flours, gluten free graham and panko style crumbs, pizza dough, buns and bagels and desserts. Whether you want to buy or make gluten free baked goods, Kinnikinnick is the place to go.

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Blue Plate Diner

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Main-12323 Stony Plain Rd NW, Edmonton, AB T5N 3Y5

With vegetarian owners, you can count on Blue Plate Diner for being sensitive to restricted diets. Whether you’re eating a vegan, vegetarian or gluten free diet, Blue Plate has a delicious menu item for you. They’re infamous for their veggie burger and have a ton of vegetarian offerings. For gluten free, try the zucchini corn fritters, veggie shepherd’s pie or the breakfast enchilada.

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Athena Raypold is a writer, a feminist, a foodie, and a bibiliophile. You can find Athena with her Moleskine notebook forever in hand, writing prose and poetry, essays and articles on topics ranging from motherhood to feminism to food. Athena's current creative project, Becoming, celebrates mothers by combining professional portraits with memoir-style biographical essays.
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