Zhu, a fully vegan restaurant with locations in Arlington and Brookline, serves up a wide variety of dishes using soy protein and seitan. The menu jumps around various regions of Asia (and classic Asian American cuisine), with dishes such as Malaysian curry stew, spring rolls, General Tso's soy protein, Bangkok fried rice with pineapple, and lots more.

True Bistro is Somerville's high-end spot for fully vegan dining. Founders Linda and Michael Harrison opened the restaurant in 2010, and chef and co-owner Stuart Reiter oversees the menu of seasonal dishes, such as crispy polenta squares with red mole and seitan chorizo; spanakopita with Swiss chard; and oyster mushroom tacos. There’s brunch, too.

Taco Party, which began as a food truck, is located in Somerville’s Ball Square. Taco Party specializes in tacos, as the name suggests, serving a completely vegan menu that also includes nachos, bean dip, and tortas.

At Union Square’s food, drink, and retail hub Bow Market, there are a number of vegan- and vegetarian-friendly food options among the vendors. Saus is a particularly good bet. It’s the fully vegetarian counterpart to its big sibling near Faneuil Hall, serving sandwiches, grain and green bowls, and fries (including poutine), with options available for vegan dining as well.

Vegan pop-up Littleburg recently opened a permanent storefront — just takeout and prepared meal delivery service for now — in a garage tucked away along the Somerville parking lot that is also home to Field & Vine, Backbar, and Bronwyn. Founder Graham Boswell, an alum of Oleana, aims to serve Mediterranean-inspired food that stands on its own, not just vegan versions of non-vegan foods. The seitan gyro (with pickled onion, almond tzatziki, tomato, and fried potato) is a popular pick. There’s a small park next to the parking lot if you want to eat nearby.

With locations in five states including this one in Massachusetts, vegan chain Veggie Grill serves up comfort food — think a double Beyond burger with mac and cheese, ranch, and barbecue sauce; a Reuben on rye; and a seven-layer burrito bowl. (A vegan taqueria menu under the brand name Más Veggies can also be ordered from Veggie Grill.)

In Watertown (and newly open in Sharon, too), the meat-free Red Lentil specializes in globally inspired offerings for vegan and vegetarian diners alike, including dishes like lasagna, shepherd's pie, butternut squash polenta, and harvest stew. There are vegan and gluten-free dessert options as well.

For nearly two decades, Life Alive has been serving an organic, meat-free menu that caters to vegans and vegetarians: salads, grain bowls, soups, juices, and more. In addition to this longtime location in Cambridge’s Central Square, there are six more — Lowell, Salem, Back Bay, on Commonwealth Avenue on Boston University's campus, Harvard Square, and Boston’s South End, with the latter two being collaborations with Down Under School of Yoga.

With over a dozen restaurants spread across Boston, Cambridge, and a few nearby-ish suburbs, Clover prioritizes local sourcing, partnering with nearby farms and producers to fuel its menu of vegetarian meals and snacks. Clover offers standbys like “chickpea fritters” (read: falafel) and french fries with rosemary, as well as other items like chipotle ranch potato salad, spiced carrot soup, and “meatball” sandwiches and platters made with the Impossible Burger.

This vegetarian diner has a full breakfast menu, plus soups and salads, veggie burgers, and assorted entrees, including a variety of hearty sandwiches. There are plenty of desserts as well (all vegan), including pies, frappes, and cheesecake.

One of Boston’s longest-running vegan restaurants, Grasshopper serves a meat-free pan-Asian menu in Allston. The so-called “No Name” is the favorite order, a sesame chicken-like dish of battered gluten in a sweet and sour sauce and sesame seeds.

Vegan Japanese restaurant Red White features several styles of ramen, such as the creamy sesame “Masterpiece” with vegan meat and tofu, corn, spinach, leek, and crispy onion chips. Ramen’s the focus, but there’s also a rice bowl with roasted miso avocado and a few sides, including spicy mac and miso.

Stoked Pizza — which recently expanded from Brookline to Cambridge — isn’t meatless, but it does offer a full vegan menu with appetizers and a range of pizza options, some without cheese and some with a vegan mozzarella alternative. Be sure to check out the fun tropical cocktail list.

There are plenty of vegetarian and vegan options at this Ethiopian restaurant in JP; try the “veggie revenge,” which includes six vegetarian sides (collard greens, split yellow peas, and more) and a salad. Also worth a visit: Blue Nile's sibling, Ethiopian Cafe, at 377 Centre Street.

This fully vegan restaurant has comfort food tapped in, with items like stews, grain bowls, wraps, and mac and cheese pie. There are also juices and smoothies.