Asked: Where can I get a vegetarian + organic breakfast in GVL?

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Being a vegetarian in the meat-covered South is no easy feat. We hear ya, so we’ve gathered some of Greenville’s best organic + vegetarian breakfast and brunch options. Start your day off right or settle into a Sunday afternoon food coma (whatever floats your boat).
🥖 The Bohemian - Sunday Funday Brunch

  • Veggie omelet with hash browns or grits
  • Get the Taco Breakfast Burrito (with home fries on the inside) without the sausage
  • Ideal for hangovers: the Veggie Burger
  • View the full brunch menu here

🍍 Roost Restaurant - Breakfast menu served every day (except Sunday Brunch Buffet)

  • Skip the hot buffet ($16) and get the Continental Buffet ($12), featuring yogurt, fruit, breads, tasty baked goods + breads
  • Their golden waffles and buttermilk pancakes are to die for but their spinach & egg white omelet will have you powering through the even the toughest of work days.
  • View their full breakfast menu here

🥞 Farm Fresh Fast - Healthy Sunday Brunch

  • Omelettes made with your choice of pasture-raised chicken eggs or Heritage duck eggs
  • Protein pancakes: 2 whole wheat pancakes topped or stuffed with your choice of sugar-free chocolate syrup
  • Mountain Momma Oats: whole rolled oats w/cinnamon, walnuts, honey, organic almond butter and bee pollen

🥐 Biscuit Head - Biscuits at any time: what else do we need?

  • Replace any meat with their veggie chorizo
  • Pimento cheese grits, enough said
  • View their full menu here

🍓 Happy + Hale - All Day Breakfast

  • Try the Acai Bowl that has plenty of flavor + protein to keep you energized
  • Avocado Toast (no description necessary) P.S. Top it all off with an Almond Brothers smoothie or if you’re trying to stay health - a Rise N’ Shine juice
  • View their full menu here

🥑 Swamp Rabbit Cafe - For if you have a bit more time

Treat yo’self (or your significant other) to a homemade breakfast-in-bed + Netflix with local + organic ingredients from SRC. Pro tip: Grab a pastry just in case it turns into a #cookingfail

🍌 Southern Pressed Juicery - More than just juice

  • Expand your palette beyond their cold pressed juices + keep your immune system in check.
  • Try the Dirty Hippie bowl - acai, avocado, banana, spinach, vanilla extract, almond mylk, hemp seeds, sliced almonds, cucumber, strawberry, almond butter + raw honey
  • Keep a smile on your face with the Happymmus Box (it’ll fight those Wednesday blues).
  • View their full menu here
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