Looking for an East Vancouver Vegan Restaurant? Meet AM Cafe

10/6/20264 min read

Looking for an East Vancouver Vegan Restaurant? Meet AM Cafe

If you’re searching for an East Vancouver vegan restaurant where the food is big on flavour, a little unexpected, and actually something you’ll crave again tomorrow, welcome to AM Cafe.

Located at 2528 Guelph Street in Mount Pleasant, AM Cafe is a neighbourhood cafe serving 100% plant-based breakfast, brunch and lunch. But we’re not particularly interested in making the kind of vegan food that feels like a compromise.

We make comfort food.

Burritos. Burgers. Waffles. Breakfast sandwiches. Crispy chicken. Tater tots. Croissants. Great coffee.

It just happens to all be made from plants.

A Plant-Based Cafe in Mount Pleasant, East Vancouver

AM Cafe was created around a pretty simple idea: plant-based food should be food you genuinely want to eat.

Not because you’re vegan.

Not because you’re trying to eat more plants.

Not because somebody told you that you should.

Because it tastes really, really good.

Chef and co-founder Lindsay Loudon spent nearly a decade cooking everywhere from yachts to boardroom tables before opening AM Cafe with Olly. Her approach to food is straightforward: use great ingredients, do a few things extremely well, and never be afraid to improvise.

That philosophy became the foundation for AM Cafe.

Today, we’re a buzzing little vegan restaurant in East Vancouver where the menu takes familiar comfort food and remixes it with plants.

And yes, we’ve heard “Wait...this isn’t chicken?” more than a few times.

Vegan Breakfast in East Vancouver That Doesn't Play It Safe

Breakfast is supposed to be fun.

That's why our breakfast menu doesn't stop at avocado toast and call it a day.

Take our Mornin' Burrito, packed with bacon, egg, turmeric rice, roasted sweet potatoes, black beans, spinach, red cabbage, smoked cashew cheese, pumpkin seed pesto and creamy chipotle aioli. It gets wrapped in a flour tortilla, grilled and served with charred tomato salsa.

Or go Rogue.

The Rogue Waffle stacks tender chicken, smoky bacon, fluffy egg, avocado and melted cheddar onto a sweet golden waffle with pumpkin seed pesto and chipotle aioli. Beet-pickled onions, banana pepper and a little maple syrup finish the whole thing off.

Sweet breakfast person?

Our Sweet Waffle & Blueberries keeps things simple with a golden waffle, juicy blueberries, melting butter, maple syrup, cinnamon and coconut whip.

There's also our Eggspress, Fully Loaded Sammy, avocado toast, French toast bread pudding and plenty more.

Basically, come hungry.

Vegan Brunch in Vancouver for Vegans and Everyone Else

Here's something important about AM Cafe:

You don't have to be vegan to eat here.

In fact, we love serving people who aren't.

AM Cafe is 100% plant-based, but we want the experience to feel like going out for a great breakfast or brunch—not like you've signed up for a lesson about what you should or shouldn't eat.

Order a waffle.

Grab a breakfast sandwich.

Get some parmesan-covered tater tots.

Have a latte.

Maybe make it a Caesar.

The plants will take care of themselves.

That's part of what makes AM Cafe a little different from what you might expect when searching for a vegan restaurant in East Vancouver. We're proud to be plant-based, but we're just as proud to make food people get excited about eating.

Staying for Lunch? Things Get Even More Interesting.

Our lunch menu starts at 11:15, and this is where things get a little wild.

The Faux-Let O' Fish Burger comes with two crispy battered filets, melted cheddar, tangy tartar sauce, shredded cabbage and beet-pickled onions on a lightly toasted brioche bun.

Our Gochu-Burger brings together a crispy gochujang-glazed chicken patty, pickled daikon and carrots, shredded cabbage, kimchi-chili mayo, cilantro and green onions.

Then there's the 'Cluck-Off' Bacon Ranch Burger: crispy chicken, bacon, cheddar, avocado, lettuce and house-made ranch on a toasted brioche bun.

Looking for something different? Try the Spicy! Jammin' Jerk Burrito, Bahn-rrito, Chicken Bacon Caesar Wrap, Tuna Melt or our house-made AM Bacon Cheeseburger.

They're all 100% plant-based.

No, that's not a typo.

Coffee, Matcha and Something a Little Boozier

We're still a cafe, after all.

AM Cafe serves drip coffee, Americanos, lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites, espresso and mochas alongside matcha, hojicha, chai, London Fogs and a few less-ordinary options like our Turmeric Latte and Blue Lavender Latte.

All of our milk options are plant-based, including oat, almond and soy.

If brunch calls for something stronger, you'll also find drinks like our Spicy Caesar, Mimosa Date and a rotating selection of local craft beer and cider.

Because sometimes coffee is the answer.

And sometimes it's a mimosa.

Gluten-Free Options? Yep.

While our kitchen is entirely plant-based, we also offer gluten-free options on several menu items, including some of our waffles, sandwiches, burgers and avocado toast.

If you have a food allergy or intolerance, let our team know when you order. We'll always do our best to accommodate you.

More Than an East Vancouver Vegan Restaurant

We wanted AM Cafe to feel like the kind of neighbourhood spot where you can settle in.

Come in for coffee.

Meet somebody for brunch.

Bring the family.

Grab lunch.

Try something you've never had before.

AM Cafe is casual, order-at-the-counter and built around good food and good people. We're proud to call Mount Pleasant and East Vancouver home, and even happier when we see familiar faces coming through the door again.

If you leave full, happy and maybe a little surprised by what plants can do, we've done our job.