4.2 / 13 votes
Madison's only vegetarian restaurant
Restaurant, Coffee/Tea/Juice, Bar
The Green Owl is Madison's first vegetarian restaurant in many years. Options include tofu crabby cakes, po' boys, bbq jackfruit sandwiches, vegan Italian beef sandwiches, schnitzel and more. Vegan items are marked.
From the website: Jennie Capellaro has created delicious vegetarian and vegan food for years, including highly-acclaimed soups for Mother Fool's Coffeehouse and Alchemy.
Added by conde.kedar on Oct 23 09 (last updated Jul 27 11)
Mark this place closed (permanently).
Most Recent Reviews
VGN-4-Life
This is a GREAT restaurant! We ordered the Crabby Cake Po'Boy with the Roasted Baby Red Potatoes, the Vegetarian Jambalaya, and the Lemon Poppy Seed Cheesecake. Everything was absolutely wonderful and full of flavor. The Po'Boy was excellent and the chipotle remoulade added the perfect touch of spiciness. The marinated baked tempeh in the Jambalaya was the best tempeh we have ever eaten. The dinner was topped off with the best vegan cheesecake we have ever eaten. This restaurant is definitely worth a visit!
Non-Smoking
No Reservations
Wheelchair Accessible
Prices
$$ - average
Payment
- Checks
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Cuisines
- American
- Eclectic (Varied)
Features
- Kid-Friendly
- Large Group-Friendly
- Outdoor Seating
Things that I didn't expect to be great like the kale crisps, the green beans and the cabbage coleslaw were OUTSTANDING. At the same time, things I thought would be great like my fish sandwich, we're just so-so. Nothing wrong with the fish fillet itself, it needed a good tartar sauce and better bun.
The vegan schnitzel lived up the the hype. Yumilicious!
Drink selection is top notch. Try the kombucha. Homemade flavors. When I was there they had lavender-dandelion-red clover kombucha and it was fabulous.
One waitress working hard and three others hardly working. Not sure if we came in during a shift change, but it seemed odd. Service could have been friendlier.