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You can still find veggie options outside of the main cities, too. Nourish Bistro, sister restaurant to Calgary’s The Coup, is Banff’s dedicated vegetarian restaurant. In Jasper, you can find many great plant-based options at The Olive and The Raven.
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In Central Alberta, brothers Dany and Spon Sok run a pair of restaurants — Bamboo Hut in Sylvan Lake and Blue Dragon in Red Deer — with many vegetarian and vegan options. Dany’s wife and business partner, Sharon Diep, has been a vegan for more than 10 years and helped influence their menu to be more accessible for vegans.
“When I first became vegan, it required a lot of creative problem solving to find menu items that could be ‘accidentally vegan,’” Diep says. “Now we are seeing more people interested in eating vegan. Sharing food is why we’re here, regardless of what our personal diets or preferences may be, so that’s why we have various options and different ways to celebrate around the table.”
Elsewhere in the province, more and more restaurants are adding veggie-friendly options all the time. Enter your location on the Happy Cow site and you’ll find everything plant-based near you.