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The Best Vegan Burgers in Paris

Gourmet burger joints arrived in Paris pretty recently. I remember them popping up like mushrooms around 2015. Most of these spots offered at least one veggie option.

Often to offset the taste of a cheaper meat substitution burger the chef makes the canny choice to smother the galette in cheese.

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Not so good for Vegans.

But in the tricky and fast changing restaurant industry where perhaps just half who try succeed, setting up a purely vegan burger joint is a big risk.

Facts and figures

VegeActu claims 5% of the French population is vegetarian or vegan, based on a 2017 survey. Estimates for those practicing 鈥榝濒别虫颈迟补谤颈补苍鈥� are as high as 30%, according to the marketing department of the brand Herta. Although the stats for pure vegans is significantly lower, the majority are based in the capital.

Veganism is probably the biggest growing food trend across Europe today; France is following in the footsteps of nearby London and Berlin.

Hank Vegan Burgers

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Hank were well ahead of the trend. They鈥檝e been around since the late 70鈥檚. The veteran vegan spot is ironically opposite a taxidermy museum, 鈥渓e mus茅e de la chasse et de la nature鈥�.

The d茅cor is authentic, well-worn wallpaper set against wooden cladding. Downstairs you can order and grab a perch. If you鈥檙e eating 脿 deux or want a little more leisurely lunch after a morning pacing the Marais. Head upstairs to take a seat at one of the D.I.Y tables with cosy cushions, snuggle in by the window and watch the world go by on la rue des Archives.

On the menu you鈥檒l have a choice of 5 burgers, all with catchy franglais聽monikers: 濒鈥檃濒濒耻尘茅, tata Monique, la Rockeuse, la Catcheuse et le Touriste, (the last of these is the burger of the day).

My personal favourite is 濒鈥檃濒濒耻尘茅, which has charred peppers and a slightly smoked BBQ sauce taste!

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Their faux mayonnaise is also delicious. All in formulas are at 13鈧� or 15鈧�, add 1鈧� if you want to add an alcoholic drink (a beer), making it an affordable lunch or casual dinner spot in a spendy side of town.

The Loving Hut

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This dinky restaurant near Bastille is probably pretty close to what you鈥檇 conjure up if you imagined a vegan restaurant in Paris. While these pioneers revisit plenty of classics, such as kiche and cr锚pes alongside Pan-Asian inspired favourites, they do have a Vegan burger and a 鈥榁egan cheese burger鈥�.

These boast a homemade soy and wheat burger enveloped by artisanal bread, pickles and vegan mayonnaise and ketchup. If you decide to go all out with the 鈥榗heeze burger avec frites鈥�, it shan鈥檛 break the bank at 12.70鈧�, and you鈥檒l be supporting the vegan cause and independent restaurants.

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East side Burgers

East side Burgers is to be found in the hip 11猫me at 60 boulevard Voltaire. This is hands down the best neighbourhood for vegan fare.

East side鈥檚 offer is pretty classic: Your regular burger joint taste with none of the chichi gourmet trappings. The only difference is that it鈥檚 all 100% vegetarian. Ask for vegan cheddar on your burger or hot dog and check the burgers with a (V) next to them.

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East side offers three burgers from their repertoire on any set day. Like classic burger bars they also stock sides, you can get Vegan millet fritters or onion rings to complete the authentic experience.

Can鈥檛 resist the temptation of rounding off your meal with something sweet? East side do their homemade, vegan mini pies and cheesecakes in a wide range of flavours.

You鈥檒l need to tell them to hold the fromage, but these places also serve up really good veggie burgers, alongside their carnivorous classics!

Super Vegan

Super Vegan is the new kid on the block, opening its doors in Spring 2016. It鈥檚 revolutionary claim was to serve up 100% vegan, 100% homemade fast food 鈥� no small ask! What was really impressive is that the flagship product of this new eatery was a 100% vegan kebab.

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Vegan minced-meat, vegan cheddar, the secret house sauce and fried onions all make up the cheese burger. Their fauxmage is pretty impressive in terms of taste and wordplay.

Alongside their cheeseburger and their famous kebab, Super Vegan serves up a vegano burrito. With all that variety and the most purse-friendly prices we鈥檝e seen so far, you can see why this hot spot behind Brochant in the fashionable 17猫me has become the vegan canteen for the neighbourhood.

Blend Burgers

This burger joint is the ch茅ri of fashionistas on the rue de Bretagne. You鈥檒l be able to enjoy their exquisite brioche-style buns and mouth-watering sweet potato chips with your veggie burger of choice in the 2猫me, 10猫me, 11猫me and 6猫me arrondisements. A new arrival 鈥楤lend Madeleine鈥� is coming soon.

You鈥檒l get little change from a twenty euro note, depending on which combo or 脿 la carte version you go for, but the Blend taste is worth it.

PNY

I remember when PNY opened a few years ago on Rue du Faubourg Saint Denis in the edgy area just behind the arch 鈥楶orte Saint Denis鈥�. Their catchy slogan jotted on a blackboard was enough to draw me in: 鈥渋t鈥檚 cheaper than a psychiatrist: quality hamburgers鈥�.

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Although not instantly vegan, they have a delicious veggie option 鈥楲鈥橝tomic鈥� is the word you鈥檒l need to remember. Portobello mushrooms covered in breadcrumbs, with PNY鈥檚 signature sauce and 9 month aged cheddar. A stand alone Atomic sets you back 鈧�11.

There aren鈥檛 quite enough purely vegan burger options, but the volo苍迟茅 is certainly there and things are changing, slowly but surely.

I asked some local Parisian vegans as a very rough sort of survey. Many of them didn鈥檛 admit to a special soft spot for burgers. Others did, but preferred their own, or a firmly guarded family recipe. The winner and most well known by far was Hank. Another address with rave reviews was the Abattoir vegetal in the 18猫me.

Enjoy a vegan burger while you鈥檙e here and let us know what you think!

Vegan Vocab.

V茅g茅talien 鈥� another French word for vegan

Sans produits laitiers 鈥� dairy free

Laits v茅g茅tals 鈥� vegan milk

Lait de soja 鈥� soya milk (pronounced like the 鈥榦鈥� in lot, not the long 鈥榦鈥� in soy )

Lait de riz 鈥� rice milk

Lait d鈥檃mande 鈥� almond milk

Lait d鈥檃voine 鈥� oat milk