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Eating healthy in New Orleans isn’t as difficult as it might seem, and there’s no better time to explore the city’s numerous options than during Lent. From gluten-free dishes to vegan specialties, with paleo, detoxes and more dietary restrictions taken into account, Eater presents a handy guide to New Orleans’s essential healthy restaurants.

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Hippie Kitchen

Hippie Kitchen serves health-conscious breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily in Old Jefferson with plenty of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. The “happy hippie” section of the brunch menu offers gluten-free items including huevos rancheros and breakfast, and the dinner menu has a handful as well — including pulled pork enchiladas, eggplant Napoleon, and a grilled salmon plate served with quinoa.

3741 Jefferson Hwy, Jefferson, LA 70121

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Hippie Kitchen’s gluten free salmon plate

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Breads on Oak (Multiple Locations)

Vegan and gluten-free breads, pastries, and sandwiches abound here. Menu favorites include a mushroom and walnut pate and the eggless salad sandwich. Now with a second location in the CBD.

8640 Oak St., Suite A, New Orleans, LA 70118

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Bearcat Cafe (Multiple Locations)

A Jena Street city favorite for vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free dining, Bearcat Cafe recently expanded with a new Warehouse District cafe, also with a menu split into Good Cat and Bad Cat sections.

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2521 Jena St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Vegan breakfast potatoes from Bearcat Cafe

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Raw Republic

Cleansing is the name of the game here, with all things juice and nut milk-related for those in detox mode.

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4528 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Good Karma Prasad Cafe

Located on the bottom floor of Swan River Yoga Mandir, this cafe is open for breakfast and lunch with curries, wraps, salads and juices made from the heart.

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2940 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119

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The Daily Beet (Multiple Locations)

A third location of popular vegetarian cafe the Daily Beet is now open, four years after owner Dylan Maisel got started at St. Roch Market and two years after opening his first restaurant in the CBD. The menu is vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free good-for-you eats — toasts, rice and veggie bowls, and salads.

3300 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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The Magazine Street Daily Beet

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HiVolt Coffee

A great coffee shop that also specializes in vegan breakfast/lunch from pastries to soups and sandwiches. They also have smoothies and Big Easy 'Bucha.

1829 Sophie Wright Pl, New Orleans, LA 70130

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City Greens (Multiple Locations)

For the downtown and Elmwood lunch crowds, City Greens offers locally sourced salads and wraps. Most of the greens come from co-owner Ben Kazenmaier's hydroponic farm, and also from Covey Rise Farms on the Northshore. The newest location is Uptown on Freret Street in the former Halal Guys.

909 Poydras (First Bank and Trust Building), New Orleans, LA 70112

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A selection of summer menu items from City Greens

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Seed

This vegan hotspot has returned with new owners and a revamped, upscale menu, The new menu features small plates like carrot cavatelli and masa gnocchi and cauliflower katsu, a kelp po-boy, and eggplant schwarma, but also straightforward soups, salads, and toasts.

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1330 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Inside the reopened Seed

The Green Fork (Multiple Locations)

Located in the LGD and Old Metairie, these detox experts offer customized three-day cleanses (with delivery available). Also home of juice, smoothies, kombucha on tap and take away dinners like vegan meatloaf, stews, raw lasagna and more.

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1400 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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True Food Kitchen

New Orleans’s location of the rapidly-expanding Oprah Winfrey-backed healthy restaurant chain opened in September with a wide-ranging, colorful menu of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. Open for lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch, the seasonally-changed menu offers starters, salads, bowls, pizzas, burgers and sandwiches, and entrees, all crafted in line with the highly debated anti-inflammatory diet.

801 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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True Food Kitchen’s fall flatbread with cilantro pumpkin seed pesto, red and golden beets, arugula, and goat cheese

Carmo

Vegan and vegetarian specials abound with tropical flavors at play. Exotic juice (and cocktails), huge salads and tons of amazing specials make this Warehouse District gem a must-visit for lunch or dinner.

527 Julia St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Meals From the Heart Cafe

Almost all items on the menu can be made gluten-free at feel-good Meals From the Heart Cafe in the French Market, including the much-sought-after Beyond Burger and Impossible Burger. Meals From the Heart serves a vegan and gluten-free version of its crab cakes, in addition to having a gluten-free and health-conscious menu.

1100 N Peters St #13, New Orleans, LA 70116

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A fruit salad from Meals from the Heart Cafe

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Satsuma

Both the Bywater and Uptown locations offer fresh pressed juice, kale galore, tofu scrambles, excellent sandwiches, and the best quinoa salads in New Orleans.

3218 Dauphine St., New Orleans, LA 70117

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Sneaky Pickle

This beloved all-vegan Bywater restaurant is back in action after shutting down due to a fire last year, and the food is better than ever. Recent specials include an entree of scallop mushrooms, purple cauliflower, curry Romesco, and pickled tomatoes, and charred cabbage over tahini miso with a fennel and golden raisin salad.

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4017 St Claude Ave, New Olreans, LA

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Sneaky Pickle on St. Claude Avenue

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Hippie Kitchen

3741 Jefferson Hwy, Jefferson, LA 70121

Hippie Kitchen serves health-conscious breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily in Old Jefferson with plenty of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. The “happy hippie” section of the brunch menu offers gluten-free items including huevos rancheros and breakfast, and the dinner menu has a handful as well — including pulled pork enchiladas, eggplant Napoleon, and a grilled salmon plate served with quinoa.

3741 Jefferson Hwy, Jefferson, LA 70121

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Hippie Kitchen’s gluten free salmon plate

Breads on Oak (Multiple Locations)

8640 Oak St., Suite A, New Orleans, LA 70118

Vegan and gluten-free breads, pastries, and sandwiches abound here. Menu favorites include a mushroom and walnut pate and the eggless salad sandwich. Now with a second location in the CBD.

8640 Oak St., Suite A, New Orleans, LA 70118

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Bearcat Cafe (Multiple Locations)

2521 Jena St, New Orleans, LA 70115

A Jena Street city favorite for vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free dining, Bearcat Cafe recently expanded with a new Warehouse District cafe, also with a menu split into Good Cat and Bad Cat sections.

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2521 Jena St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Vegan breakfast potatoes from Bearcat Cafe

Raw Republic

4528 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

Cleansing is the name of the game here, with all things juice and nut milk-related for those in detox mode.

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4528 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Good Karma Prasad Cafe

2940 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119

Located on the bottom floor of Swan River Yoga Mandir, this cafe is open for breakfast and lunch with curries, wraps, salads and juices made from the heart.

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2940 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119

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The Daily Beet (Multiple Locations)

3300 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

A third location of popular vegetarian cafe the Daily Beet is now open, four years after owner Dylan Maisel got started at St. Roch Market and two years after opening his first restaurant in the CBD. The menu is vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free good-for-you eats — toasts, rice and veggie bowls, and salads.

3300 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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The Magazine Street Daily Beet

HiVolt Coffee

1829 Sophie Wright Pl, New Orleans, LA 70130

A great coffee shop that also specializes in vegan breakfast/lunch from pastries to soups and sandwiches. They also have smoothies and Big Easy 'Bucha.

1829 Sophie Wright Pl, New Orleans, LA 70130

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City Greens (Multiple Locations)

909 Poydras (First Bank and Trust Building), New Orleans, LA 70112

For the downtown and Elmwood lunch crowds, City Greens offers locally sourced salads and wraps. Most of the greens come from co-owner Ben Kazenmaier's hydroponic farm, and also from Covey Rise Farms on the Northshore. The newest location is Uptown on Freret Street in the former Halal Guys.

909 Poydras (First Bank and Trust Building), New Orleans, LA 70112

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A selection of summer menu items from City Greens

Seed

1330 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130

This vegan hotspot has returned with new owners and a revamped, upscale menu, The new menu features small plates like carrot cavatelli and masa gnocchi and cauliflower katsu, a kelp po-boy, and eggplant schwarma, but also straightforward soups, salads, and toasts.

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1330 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Inside the reopened Seed

The Green Fork (Multiple Locations)

1400 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Located in the LGD and Old Metairie, these detox experts offer customized three-day cleanses (with delivery available). Also home of juice, smoothies, kombucha on tap and take away dinners like vegan meatloaf, stews, raw lasagna and more.

Open in Google Maps

1400 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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True Food Kitchen

801 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

New Orleans’s location of the rapidly-expanding Oprah Winfrey-backed healthy restaurant chain opened in September with a wide-ranging, colorful menu of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options. Open for lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch, the seasonally-changed menu offers starters, salads, bowls, pizzas, burgers and sandwiches, and entrees, all crafted in line with the highly debated anti-inflammatory diet.

801 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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True Food Kitchen’s fall flatbread with cilantro pumpkin seed pesto, red and golden beets, arugula, and goat cheese

Carmo

527 Julia St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Vegan and vegetarian specials abound with tropical flavors at play. Exotic juice (and cocktails), huge salads and tons of amazing specials make this Warehouse District gem a must-visit for lunch or dinner.

527 Julia St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Visit Website

Meals From the Heart Cafe

1100 N Peters St #13, New Orleans, LA 70116

Almost all items on the menu can be made gluten-free at feel-good Meals From the Heart Cafe in the French Market, including the much-sought-after Beyond Burger and Impossible Burger. Meals From the Heart serves a vegan and gluten-free version of its crab cakes, in addition to having a gluten-free and health-conscious menu.

1100 N Peters St #13, New Orleans, LA 70116

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A fruit salad from Meals from the Heart Cafe

Satsuma

3218 Dauphine St., New Orleans, LA 70117

Both the Bywater and Uptown locations offer fresh pressed juice, kale galore, tofu scrambles, excellent sandwiches, and the best quinoa salads in New Orleans.

3218 Dauphine St., New Orleans, LA 70117

Visit Website

Sneaky Pickle

4017 St Claude Ave, New Olreans, LA

This beloved all-vegan Bywater restaurant is back in action after shutting down due to a fire last year, and the food is better than ever. Recent specials include an entree of scallop mushrooms, purple cauliflower, curry Romesco, and pickled tomatoes, and charred cabbage over tahini miso with a fennel and golden raisin salad.

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4017 St Claude Ave, New Olreans, LA

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Sneaky Pickle on St. Claude Avenue

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