Bob Evans: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Bob Evans is a strong pick at breakfast, when hotcakes and omelets carry the vegetarian options, but dinner gets thin fast since there’s no veggie burger or meatless entree on that side of the menu. The move is to build a meal from breakfast plates and a la carte sides, and breakfast runs all day here, so that’s always on the table.

What to order at Bob Evans

Start with the Build Your Own Omelet and fill it with cheese, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and tomatoes, holding the sausage and bacon. Fresh Berry Hotcakes and French Toast are both meatless, though the egg and dairy in them keep them vegetarian rather than vegan. Round the plate out with hash browns, home fries, oatmeal, or a plain baked potato, which goes vegan if you skip the butter and sour cream. Steamed broccoli and the Farmhouse Garden Salad work too.

What to watch out for

Dinner is where the trouble starts. There’s no standing vegetarian entree once breakfast plates are off the table, and most soups get ruled out because they’re made with meat or meat stock. Fries and hash browns share a fryer, so ask if that’s a concern. Ask the kitchen to keep sausage and bacon off the grill when you order eggs, and request the omelet or hotcakes without added butter if you want to keep things lighter on dairy.