Arts & Entertainment

‍

Best local vegan visual artist

Emily Wiley

Honorable Mention: Kolton Dallas

‍

Best local vegan musician/band/music artist

DJ Stylistic

‍

‍

‍

‍

Body Care

‍

Best body care products for vegans

Naima Naturals

Honorable Mention:  Frangipani Body Products, Freya's Chariot

‍

‍

‍

Food & Drink

‍

Best local restaurant for vegans

10th Street Diner

Honorable Mention:  Three Carrots

Best vegan chef

Cul De Sac Poe

Honorable Mention:  Karen & Will Holmes, Corey McDaniel

‍

Best upscale dining for vegans

Blue Sushi Sake Grill

Honorable Mention:  Three Carrots

‍

Best romantic dining for vegans

Blue Sushi Sake Grill

Honorable Mention:  10th Street Diner, Tinker Street, Mimi Blue

‍

Best place for breakfast/brunch for vegans

10th Street Diner

Honorable Mention:  Cafe Patachou, Three Carrots

Best pub food for vegans

Broad Ripple Brew Pub

Honorable Mention:  10th Street Diner, Union Jack Pub

‍

Best whole-food plant-based (WFPB) dining

Pure Eating Way

Honorable Mention:  Public Greens, The Food Architect

‍

Best outdoor dining for vegans

(tie) Broad Ripple Brew Pub, Three Carrots

Honorable Mention: Public Greens, La Margarita

‍

Best cheap eats for vegans

10th Street Diner

Honorable Mention:  Yats, Cleo's Bodega Grocery and Cafe

‍

Best place for late-night munchies for vegans

Insomnia Cookies

Honorable Mention:  Taco Bell

‍

Best soul food for vegans

Cul De Sac Kitchen

Honorable Mention:  10th Street Diner, Sunnie Side Up

‍

Best deli/sandwich shop for vegans

10th Street Diner

Honorable Mention:  Georgetown Market

‍

Best baked goods for vegans

(tie) Sea Salt & Cinnamon, Yes It's Really Vegan Bakery

Honorable Mention:  Flying Cupcake

‍

Best coffee/tea shop for vegans

Tea's Me

Honorable Mention:  Landlocked, GoldLeaf Savory & Sweet

‍

Best ice cream shop for vegans

BRICS

Honorable Mention:  Gordon's, CRAVE Ice Cream Social

‍

Best chocolate shop for vegans

The Best Chocolate in Town

Honorable Mention:  Litterally Divine Chocolates

‍

Best birthday cakes/cakes baker/shop for vegans

Sugar Me Vegan

Honorable Mention:  Sea Salt & Cinnamon

‍

Best vegan burgers

Burgeezy

Honorable Mention:  10th Street Diner, Bru Burger, Cul De Sac Kitchen

‍

Best vegan pizza

(tie) Mellow Mushroom, Missing Brick

Honorable Mention:  Blaze, Jockamo, King Dough

‍

Best vegan ramen

Ramen Ray

Honorable Mention:  Strange Bird, Wei Ramen

‍

Best vegan tenderloin

Three Carrots

Honorable Mention:  10th Street Diner, Broad Ripple Brew Pub

‍

Best vegan wings

10th Street Diner

Honorable Mention: Three Carrots

‍

Best African cuisine for vegans

Abyssinia

Honorable Mention:  St. Yared's

‍

Best British/Celtic cuisine for vegans

Broad Ripple Brew Pub

Honorable Mention:  Union Jack Pub

‍

Best Cajun/Creole cuisine for vegans

Yats

‍

Best Chinese cuisine for vegans

Asian Harbor

Honorable Mention:  China Gourmet

‍

Best Indian cuisine for vegans

India Garden

Honorable Mention:  India Cafe, Chapati, Delhi Palace

‍

Best Italian cuisine for vegans

Mimi Blue

Honorable Mention:  Capri

‍

Best Mediterranean cuisine for vegans

Naf Naf Grill

Honorable Mention:  Canal Bistro, Bosphorus Istanbul Cafe

‍

Best pho/Vietnamese cuisine for vegans

Pho Real

Honorable Mention:  Pho Tasty, What The Pho

‍

Best sushi/Japanese cuisine for vegans

Blue Sushi Sake Grill

Honorable Mention:  Sushi Bar

‍

Best tacos/Mexican cuisine for vegans

La Margarita

Honorable Mention:  Tlaolli, Condado

‍

Best Thai cuisine for vegans

Thai Cafe

Honorable Mention:  Siam Square, Thai Spice, BODHI Craft Bar + Thai Bistro

‍

Best local brewery for vegans

Broad Ripple Brew Pub

Honorable Mention:  Sun King, Upland Brewery

‍

Best local vegan beer

Broad Ripple Brew Pub

Honorable Mention:  Upland Brewery, Ash & Elm Cider

‍

Best local vegan wine

Easley Winery

Honorable Mention: Sip & Share

‍

Best local vegan cheese

The Vegan Cheese Lady

Honorable Mention:  Amazeball/Eat Surreal

‍

Best place for vegan cocktails

Hotel Tango

Honorable Mention:  Revolucion

‍

Best farmers market product for vegans

Sea Salt & Cinnamon

Honorable Mention:  The Vegan Cheese Lady

‍

Best farmers market overall for vegans

Broad Ripple

Honorable Mention: Garfield Park

‍

Best vegan pop-up

Black Leaf Vegan

Honorable Mention:  Tha Corn Man

‍

‍

‍

Shops & Services

‍

Best gifts/home goods for vegans

Georgetown Market

Honorable Mention:  Freya's Chariot

‍

Best fashion for vegans

The Toggery

Honorable Mention:  Sassy Spud

‍

Best fresh grocer for vegans

Fresh Thyme

Honorable Mention:  Trader Joe's, Whole Foods

‍

Best animal hospital/veterinarian for companion animals

FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic

Honorable Mention:  IndyVet Emergency & Specialty Hospital

‍

Best gym/fitness center for vegans

Sweattboxx Wellness Center

Honorable Mention:  North Mass Boulder

‍

Best yoga studio for vegans

Invoke

Honorable Mention:  Bargersville Wellness

‍

Best spa/salon for vegans

The Voom Room

Honorable Mention:  Bargersville Wellness

‍

Best tattoo parlor for vegans

Metamorphosis

Honorable Mention:  Fountain Square Tattoo

‍

Best pediatrician for vegan families

Daniel Hayford, MD

‍

Best primary care/GP for vegans

Mecca Maxey-Smartt, MD

‍

Best lactation consultant for vegans

Aimbriel Lasley, IBCLC

‍

‍

Indianapolis Standouts

‍

Best neighborhood for vegans

Broad Ripple

Honorable Mention:  Fountain Square

‍

Best place to volunteer for vegans

Oinking Acres

Honorable Mention:  Uplands PEAK Animal Sanctuary

‍

Best vegan-friendly non-profit organization

Oinking Acres

Honorable Mention:  FACE Low-Cost Animal Clinic, Uplands PEAK Animal Sanctuary

‍

Best local vegan Instagram account

Indy Vegans

Honorable Mention:  Black Mama Vegan, Pretty Brown Vegan

‍

‍

Vegan-friendly businesses outside of the Indianapolis area

(Marion County and the contiguous/donut counties)

‍

Best vegan-friendly restaurant outside of the Indy area worth driving for

The Owlery (Bloomington, IN)

Honorable Mention:  Chicago Diner (Chicago, IL), The Ferguson House Bistro (Nashville, IN), V-grits (Louisville, KY)

‍

Best vegan burger outside of the Indy area

Savery Vegan Grill (Fort Wayne, IN)

Honorable Mention:  J. Selby's (St. Paul, MN)

‍

Best vegan desserts outside of the Indy area

Rainbow Bakery (Bloomington, IN)

Honorable Mention:  Lucky Lemon Bakery (Kokomo, IN), The Chocolate Moose (Bloomington, IN)

‍

Best sanctuary in Indiana for farmed animals

Oinking Acres (Brownsburg, IN)

Honorable Mention:  Uplands PEAK Animal Sanctuary (Freedom, IN)

‍

‍

Fun Categories!

‍

Best reason to go vegan in Indy in 2022

Animals

Honorable Mention:  Health

‍

Best movie/documentary to expose your friends to veganism

What The Health

Honorable Mention:  Forks Over Knives, Food Inc., The Game Changers

‍

Favorite Saying/quote about veganism

In a world where you can be anything be kind

Honorable Mention:  Saving one animal won’t change the world but it’ll change the world for that one animal, Animals are my friends and I don't eat my friends, Don’t ask me about my protein and I won’t ask about your cholesterol

‍

‍

‍

‍

‍