Restaurants
All of the following restaurants offer vegan & vegetarian items regularly on their menu. Please note that in the “off season” (Jan – April) hours may be reduced.
Garden Cafe
(lunch and dinner every day except Tuesday)
Tinker street right off the center green with the benches & flagpole
Downtown Woodstock
(845) 679-3600
A must-visit for the hungry-but-healthy. A totally vegan menu of offbeat, seasonal dishes and reasonable prices ($12 – $20 entrees). The desserts will knock your Birkenstocks off. Great outdoor dining in warm weather. Card-carrying WFAS members receive a 10% discount!
Press and Blend
Cold pressed juices, superfood smoothies, and raw foods/desserts
Open 10 – 6 daily except Tuesdays
21 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY
845. 750. 7443This is mostly a take-out place. Each sip of their extraordinarily healthy juices will add a day to your lifespan. WFAS members presenting their valid card are offered a 10% discount!
New World Home Cooking
(dinner & weekend brunch only)
1411 Rt. 212, 3.5 miles east of downtown Woodstock
Woodstock/Saugerties
(845) 246-0900
Nationally acclaimed café and caterers featuring Chef Ric Orlando’s famous fusion cooking. Not at all a veg restaurant but with a respectable selection of vegetarian and vegan items, and the staff is well-versed in which dishes can be veganized. Their locally made seitan dish is a staple and very filling! Lively ambiance. Reservations recommended.
Yum Yum Noodle Bar
(Open for dinner every night)
4 Rock City Road, downtown Woodstock; also a location in nearby Kingston
(845) 679-7992Design your own noodle dish at this vegan-friendly joint. They have other non-noodle entrees too. Probably Woodstock’s most affordable restaurant, with dishes starting around $7 or $8.
Joshua’s Cafe
51 Tinker St, downtown Woodstock
(845) 679-5533Woodstock’s oldest restaurant in the heart of town. Most of the veg-friendly food is tasty middle eastern fare, and the tofu scramble is a big hit at brunch. Dinner entrees are around $20).
Oriole 9
(Breakfast and lunch only)
17 Tinker St., downtown Woodstock
(845) 679-5763A great hangout spot, you will see laptops aplenty. With an emphasis on locally-produced food, and a few vegan options, the kitchen is open to “veganizing” other dishes where possible.
Luna 61
(closed Wednesdays; smart to call ahead)
55 Broadway
Tivoli, NY 12583
(845) 758-0061
Located across the Hudson River in Tivoli (about 45 minutes from the sanctuary) this fantastic veg restaurant is a must-visit destination for sanctuary friends wanting to roam a bit further. Delicious delights like their Scallion Pancakes and Tempeh Fries, Wraps and zesty asian-inspired dishes. Card-carrying WFAS members receive a 10% discount!
The Bear Cafe / The Little Bear
(845) 679-5555 / (845) 679-8899
Rt. 212 in Bearsville, 2 miles west of downtown
There are 2 adjacent restaurants located overlooking a lovely stream, amazing on a summer night. The Little Bear offers the standard Chinese menu with typical vegetarian options, plus dishes with a variety of “mock” meats. Right next door, the incredibly popular Bear Cafe (the “Cheers” of Woodstock) doesn’t offer much for veg-heads beyond salads but is a very pleasant place to have a drink.
The Red Onion
1654 Glasco Turnpike
3 miles east of downtown Woodstock
(845) 679-1223
Excellent place for cocktails about a 5 minute drive east of downtown. The internationally-themed menu doesn’t have too many veg-friendly options but there are some and many can be prepared vegan upon request.
Catskill Mountain Pizza
51 Mill Hill Road, downtown Woodstock
845-679-7969.
Will prepare vegan pies using Follow Your Heart vegan cheese. Good stuff, spelt crust options. Not normally available by the slice but there are small pies that can be for one hungry person.
Wok and Roll
50 Mill Hill Road, downtown Woodstock
(845) 679-7760This Chinese and Japanese place has plenty of vegetarian and vegan options. We prefer the Japanese menu but the Chinese menu has plenty of “mock” meats if you’re in the mood.
Mountain Gate Indian Restaurant
4 Deming Street, Downtown Woodstock
(845) 679-5100Indian cuisine with an extensive vegetarian menu and a dairy-free section.
Sunfrost Farms
217 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498
(845) 679-6690Produce and fruit place with a focus on local and organic foods. The adjoining cafe offers smoothies and hearty breakfast and lunch with vegan options.
Brio’s Restuarant
Main Street, Phoenicia, NY
(845) 688-5370Best known for its brick-oven pizza with really good cornmeal crust, it has an extensive American menu with lots of Mexican fare. It is a large place with outdoor seating and so can usually accommodate a group. Vegetarians will be able to navigate with no problems, vegans will have a much harder time. We’ve brought our own Daiya cheese for the pizza and asked them to use that (you need to warn them to use about 1/2 the amount of Daiya than they would use of dairy cheese).
Catskill Rose
(Seasonal; Thurs – Sun only)
212 & Mt. Tremper
(845) 688-7100This is a bistro-style menu with some vegetarian options, nothing much for vegans but the chef encourages people to call ahead for special requests. Lovely outdoor eating area.
