I’m a big fan of pizza in Paris. In fact, I keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger… if you know what I mean.
It’s not that I enjoy eating pizza, which I do, but you can count of finding a vegetarian meal at any pizza place. Even vegans can request a pizza sans fromage. This is especially true when I’m outside Paris and looking for a bite to eat.
Yesterday I was shopping at a vide grenier with my friend Victoria and her son Tristan. We started looking for some shelter and lunch when the rain changed from an annoying drizzle to an official parade of rain drops. The first bistro we popped into specialized in fish. As we all know, fish restaurants typically have the worst vegetarian options. So we left and voila, Viva La Pizza was next door and calling our names.
Viva La Pizza
First off, the ambiance. This is a simple restaurant, comfortable, no music, no frills, and friendly service. More importantly, their menu is filled with inventive pizza choices. They have 8 vegetarian pizza options! There’s another 5 or 6 that could become vegetarian by requesting no bacon (lardons).
Victoria had the vegetarian pizza, Tristan had one with ham, and I had the white pizza with créme fraîche, chevre, mozzarella, and HONEY! Yes, honey! They also have a great sounding Greek pizza.
The honey pizza was an unusual flavor combo. I think it would have been better with some walnuts, but I did enjoy it. It was actually fairly light tasting and not too sweet.
Viva La Pizza was also affordable, most of their pizzas are less than 10euros. So to recap, you’ve got a simple, comfortable pizzeria with loads of vegetarian options for a reasonable cost. I call that a winner. Viva La Pizza!
- Viva la Pizza
- 52 Boulevard Arago (13°)
- Metro: Denfert-Rochereau
- 01 43 36 95 62
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VEGETARIAN AND ORGANIC PARIS, Locations and information about vegetarian restaurants, juice bars, organic food shops, organic bakeries and artesian wells in Paris
Hi,
There is a new vegetarian Paris guide, in it I found a good address for organic pizza
and I tried it. The restaurant name is l’Ethikatable, 5 rue de la Collegiale, Paris 5
They were open all day, but seem to have changed their business hours.
Their pizza are delicious and generous.
In the guide there are other Italian vegetarian and/or organic adresses.
title of the guide: Vegetarian and Organic Paris
I bought it from Amazon.com
but it’s also available on this website: http://www.vegeparis.com
The book shown on this blog is the older edition.
Enjoy Paris!
Anna
Hello,
Am finding your blog very helpful in the process of planning a 10 day trip to Paris.
I wanted to know from you, if you could tell me, where I could get eggless breads near the Eiffel Tower area ( which arrandissement would that be? ) or anywhere close to it.
Also, I had heard on another blog that the couple managed on a very minimum budget as they had loads of fresh oranje juice- could you tell me the best places fr orange juice?
Thanks a lot, I will surely write back with more queries.
Rgds,
Seemantini
I’m not sure what you are looking for in an “eggless” bread. If you are looking for something that meets the vegetarian eggless diet of India, you may want to visit the rue Cail district near Gare du Nord. There are several bakeries, grocery stores, and restaurants. For organic bread you have a few choices near the Eiffel Tower. I’d try Poilaine, which is famous for their whole wheat sourdough breads. Eric Kayser boulangeries are located around Paris and also have wonderful rustic breads.
You can find fresh orange juice in many places. However, it’s usually not cheap, nor terribly expensive. The most common location is inside a bar/brasserie when you get coffee in the morning. They all have machines that will press the oranges on order. Order your coffee and juice and stand at the bar if you want to save money. You’ll pay more if you sit in the chairs at the sidewalk.
I usually buy my juices in the supermarket. They are not bad; similar to the “not from concentrate” juices in the states. A good bottle will cost around 3 Euros, but lasts me about a week.
There are also juice and smoothie restaurants. They are not like the American “Jamba Juice” stores. The servings are much smaller, more expensive, and concentrate on fresh ingredients rather than frozen.