Vegan soul food shines at the long-standing Nile Cafe, a casual Germantown spot serving fresh-pressed juices and vegan entrees like barbecue chicken alongside collard greens, cabbage, and cornbread. Make sure to get a slice of house-made cake or a scoop of non-dairy ice cream too.

This women-owned bakery in Manayunk sells a rotating menu of beautiful vegan baked goods, including cheesecakes, cookies, scones, coffee cakes, and seasonal pastries inspired by Pop-Tarts. You can also find Crust Vegan Bakery’s treats at a ton of other restaurants around town, including West Philly and South Philly locations of vegan cafe Grindcore House.

In Cedar Park and Spring Garden, Vegan-ish serves up some of the best pub-style vegan and pescatarian food around, with filling salads, cheesesteaks, hoagies, and burgers, including a Philly Special topped with — what else? — long hots and vegan Cheez Whiz.

Pietramala is a Northern Liberties vegan BYOB that lets local, seasonal produce shine. Naturally, the menu changes frequently, but it always maintains a high level of quality so you can’t go wrong whether a dish highlights maitake mushrooms, delicata squash, or cabbage and dandelion.

Luhv serves up vegan deli fare at its Hatboro bistro and Reading Terminal Market stand. The market location sells cold cuts and sliced cheeses to go along with sandwiches like smoked golden beet lox and cream cheese on a bagel and a top-notch Reuben on rye. If you haven’t tried it yet, start with the tuna salad, combining elements such as chickpeas and seaweed — it’s a customer favorite for good reason.

This Rittenhouse restaurant sells square pan pies with perfectly chewy crusts along with classic round pies with topping choices like vegan sausage and cashew mozz. Don’t sleep on 20th Street Pizza’s garlic knots topped with vegan Parmesan.

A milk-free tres leches cake? If anyone can make it work, it’s Nicole Marquis, best known for vegan chain HipCityVeg. In Rittenhouse, her Bar Bombón infuses Philly’s vegan scene with Latin flavors, from popular steak empanadas and buffalo cauliflower tacos to cocktail options like a salted grapefruit margarita.

Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby reinvented meatless dining in Philly by making vegetables — not meat substitutes — the star at Vedge, an elegant eatery set in a former mansion in Center City. Through culinary skill and maybe a little magic, rutabaga transforms into fondue and radishes impersonate sushi. Vedge also has a killer cocktail menu and natural wine list.

Fast-casual Algorithm Vegan Grill opened in Queen Village recently, adding a fixed location for Algorithm Food Truck’s flavor-packed vegan fare — seitan cheesesteaks with Calabrian chile Whiz, watermelon “tuna” tacos, and Korean barbecue fries, among others — plus rotating milkshake flavors like carrot cake and raspberry-sumac. Check Algorithm’s Instagram if you’re trying to track down the cerulean-blue truck, which pulls up at places such as Philadelphia Brewing Company.

Mother-and-son team Alison Fitzpatrick and Alex Soto’s Fitz on 4th is a vegan tapas restaurant that focuses not only on unstuffy vegan dishes but also on interesting vegan cocktails. The duo encourages everyone to eat at least one vegan meal per week, and their Queen Village spot makes it easy with the likes of edamame dumplings and cavatappi pasta tossed with foraged mushrooms, herbaceous olive oil, and cashew cheese.

Step up dinnertime with a five-course meal made for two at this charming BYOB housed behind a South Philly garage door. The menu changes every week, but always includes biscuits, a salad with house-made cheese, soup, a pasta course, a hearty entree, and dessert, typically a seasonal cake with house-made ice cream. Reservations are required; dinner dates are released on the first Friday of every month.