Locating a good veggie burger in a beef town like Calgary hasn’t always been easy, but the options are multiplying. Some enlightened restaurants now even serve more than one meatless burger (gasp!) as you’ll read below.
Calgary vegetarians know it can be hard to find a decent non-meat burger close at hand. Not only does National have multiple city locations, they all feature a moist but not meaty veggie burger. Its house-made patty rides a brioche bun topped with avocado, sprouts and more. Accompany with soup, salad or fries.
This friendly, wee burger hut serves big, beautiful beef stacks with fries and onion rings on the side, Boogie’s one concession to our health-conscious times is its Shroom a le-Gume. The burger’s house-made mushroom and black bean patty is dressed with lettuce, tomato and onion with lemon-garlic aioli.
Many is the menu featuring but one token veggie burger. In a nod to veg fans who crave variety, Blue Star serves three, including total-vegan and Mediterranean options. The BSD Veggie Burger sports a custom-made patty with (among other options) Sylvan Star aged cheddar and fried potato skins.
Also featuring multiple veggie-burger options, this closet-sized diner will set you up with any of three meat-free taste sensations. There’s the Mexi-influenced black-bean burger, the vegan burger featuring a patty of brown rice, veg and oats, as well as a chick-pea and fava-bean falafel burger topped with hummus.