Restaurants KA VEGAN UDON & SUSHI This brilliant bare bones sushi and noodle house offers strictly vegan (Mon-Fri only), plus hot and cold bowls of udon with sides of tempura, kimchi, edamame and more. Sticklers for authenticity and fresh ingredients, the staff will happily walk you through the basics, and the manager is basically a sake sommelier (but you’re on your own with the chopsticks). Close proximity to the bus station makes Ka Udon a trendy lunch bar - the busy effect enhanced by the long bar where customers slurp and stab their meal across from the chefs and servers. From the same team as Karma, in addition to sake and exceptional coffee, they also brew their own beer and kombucha, and offer matcha and natural wines.QL‑4, ul. Rakowicka 14A, tel. (+48) 790 23 77 79. Open 12:00-21:00; Thu, Fri, Sat 12:00-22:00; Sun 12:00-20:00. €€. T6 KROWARZYWA VEGAN BURGER Kraków’s cool kids keep queueing out the door for Krowarzywa’s cheap vegan burgers and kebabs. Choose your ‘burger’ patty - millet (‘Jaglanex’), vegan pastrami (seitan), chickpea (‘Cieciorex’), tofu, tempeh, pea protein (‘Beyond Burger’), or their monthly special - pick your sauce and whether you want it in a bun, wrap or bowl, and then leave the rest to the riot grrrls on the grill, whose assembly line efficiency is something to behold. The interior is as simple as the menu, and, as if their hipster cred could possibly be in question, they have their own bottled yerba, kombucha, matcha and even cannabis drinks. It’s encouraging to see a place like this gain traction just off the market square. Check it out.QI‑5, ul. Sławkowska 8, tel. (+48) 531 77 71 36, www.krowarzywa.pl. Open 11:00-23:00. €. T6 POD NORENAMI Proficient in the dark metamorphic magic of the soybean, Pod Norenami’s long menu features tofu, mock chicken and mock beef prepared in an astounding variety of traditional dishes from the kitchens of Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea and China. A fun place to fool or educate the Polish palate, this is the only restaurant in town to emphasise mock meats, and the interior is modest and casual as opposed to modern and kitsch. Do Kraków’s vegetarians have it hard? Hardly.QH‑5, ul. Krupnicza 6, tel. (+48) 661 21 92 89, www.podnorenami.pl. Open 12:00-22:00. €€. T VEGANIC An outstanding vegan/vegetarian restaurant in the Tytano complex, Veganic possesses both an elegant backdrop for a romantic dinner, and an enormous garden for hipsters hangabouts. A great place to discover new ingredients, enjoy a wide range of excellent, healthy, vegan and gluten-free breakfasts, soups, pastas, shakes and desserts - gorgeously presented and quickly-served. Paired with wines, craft beers or a kale cocktail, it’s impossible to oversell Veganic, which vaults itself to the top of the list of Kraków’s vegetarian restaurants.QH‑5, ul. Dolnych Młynów 10, tel. (+48) 668 46 84 69, www.veganic.com.pl. Open 09:0022:00; Mon 12:00-22:00; Thu 09:00-23:00; Fri, Sat 09:0024:00. €€. T6
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