Beirut

Beirut has only one explicitly vegetarian restaurant (as of April 2015), but vegan dishes abound in traditional Beiruti food. This restaurant is at the same time a vegetarian organic shop, the only one there is in Beirut, but there are many health food shops and conventional supermarkets that stock items which are very helpful for a vegan diet (from soy drink and faux cheeses to vegan and cruelty-free toiletries).

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The Olive Tree

• Sodeco Square, block D, ground floor, Achrafieh

The Olive Tree is Beirut's first explicitly vegetarian organic shop, which also operates a delivery service and a small restaurant area. They stock packed food, a lot of it imported from Germany, but also some local produce, and some fresh fruit and vegetables and usually offer fresh pastries and cookies. Their assortment includes chickpea flour, soy, almond and oat drinks, tofu, and they're working on stocking nutritional yeast.

vegetarian, fair trade and mixed organic-conventional

Les Terroirs du Liban

• Hourani Center, Street 609 X Mar Elias Street, Hazmieh (greater Beirut)

This boutique belongs to Fair Trade Lebanon which promotes fairer business relations by selling products made by Lebanese cooperatives for fairer remuneration and by providing further support. The shop mostly sells traditional Lebanese staple food like pulses and grains, jams, pickles, syrups, olive oil and wine (ask if it's vegan) but also beautifully simple vegan (excluding animal testing) soap bars. Visit their website to see all their products. Their olive oil and wine are certified organic and more of their products are in the process of labelling and some carry the international Fair Trade Label. Sometimes products are out of stock as they are not produced in huge masses, so it's advisable to call ahead.

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Beit As-Soha

• Jean Dominique Ayoub Street X Afred Naccache Street, Hôtel Dieu; 01-398366

This is Beirut's oldest organic shop and one of its biggest. They mostly have local produce from fruit and vegetable to nuts and conserves, but also imported foods which you would expect in an organic shop and vegan detergents. The local produce doesn't carry any organic label, since the shop has decided to skip them after carrying different labels for some years. They also sell vegan artisanal cookies and muffins.

A New Earth Organic & Eco-Living Store

• Zahret El-Ihsan Street X As-Salam School Street, Mar Mitr / Achrafieh

Healthy Basket

• Yacoubian building, Block A, Kuwait Street X Venus Street, Caracas / Hamra

Beirut Health Store

• Sheikh Elias Gaspard Street X Mahatma Gandhi Street, Hamra; 01-743020, 03-713086

Beit Al Afia

• Cairo Street X Souraty Street, Hamra; 01-755447

Macrodette Organic

• 75 Jean Dominique Ayoub Street (in the bend), Hôtel Dieu; 01-613015, 03-636259

Al-Marej Organic Food Store

• Abd al-Wahab al-Inglizi Street, Achrafieh

Bioland

• Athens Street X Zohrani Street, Sioufi

La Boulangère Bio

• Selim Bustros Street X Choukri Assali, St Nicolas / Achrafieh

mixed organic-conventional

Spinney's / سبيبيس

• Achrafieh Mar Mitr branch, Alfred Naccache Street X Mar Mitr Street
• Achrafieh Tital Beirut Building branch, Achrafieh Street X Furn El Hayek Street
• Achrafieh Alexandre branch, Adib Eshaq Street X Kaairallah Khairallah Street
• Jnah branch, Khalil Moutrane Street X Venezuela Street
• Hazmieh branch (greater Beirut), Hamieh Road X Elias El Hrawi Road

Carrefour / كارفور

• Beirut City Centre Mall, Hamieh Road X Elias El Hrawi Road, Hazmieh (greater Beirut)

Marqet [1]

• Madame Curie Street (Koraitem Main Road) X Abdul Razzak Hamadeh Street, Qoraytem

Co-op

• Makdessi branch: Makdessi Street X Nehme Yafet Street, Hamra

farmers' markets (mixed organic-conventional)

Souk El Tayeb

• Beirut Souks, Tripoli Street, Downtown

toiletries

Please see the shop descriptions above for shops that also stock toiletries in their wider assortment.

Lush

• Beirut Souks, Tripoli Street, Downtown

The Body Shop

• Al Hamra branch: Al Hamra Mall, Hamra Street
• Verdun branch: Verdun 730 Mall, Verdun Street X Ain El-Tineh
• Jnah branch: Spinney's Jnah, Khalil Moutrane Street X Venezuela Street

Please note that even though all The Body Shop products are cruelty-free according to BUAV standards, the company is owned by L'Oréal which is not cruelty free. |

vegetarian and organic

The Olive Tree

• Sodeco Square, block D, ground floor, Achrafieh

The Olive Tree is Beirut's first explicitly vegetarian organic shop, which also operates a delivery service and a small restaurant area. They stock packed food, a lot of it imported from Germany, but also some local produce, and some fresh fruit and vegetables and usually offer fresh pastries and cookies. Their assortment includes chickpea flour, soy, almond and oat drinks, tofu, and they're working on stocking nutritional yeast.

vegetarian, fair trade and mixed organic-conventional

Les Terroirs du Liban

• Hourani Center, Street 609 X Mar Elias Street, Hazmieh (greater Beirut)

This boutique belongs to Fair Trade Lebanon which promotes fairer business relations by selling products made by Lebanese cooperatives for fairer remuneration and by providing further support. The shop mostly sells traditional Lebanese staple food like pulses and grains, jams, pickles, syrups, olive oil and wine (ask if it's vegan) but also beautifully simple vegan (excluding animal testing) soap bars. Visit their website to see all their products. Their olive oil and wine are certified organic and more of their products are in the process of labelling and some carry the international Fair Trade Label. Sometimes products are out of stock as they are not produced in huge masses, so it's advisable to call ahead.

organic

Beit As-Soha

• Jean Dominique Ayoub Street X Afred Naccache Street, Hôtel Dieu; 01-398366

This is Beirut's oldest organic shop and one of its biggest. They mostly have local produce from fruit and vegetable to nuts and conserves, but also imported foods which you would expect in an organic shop and vegan detergents. The local produce doesn't carry any organic label, since the shop has decided to skip them after carrying different labels for some years. They also sell vegan artisanal cookies and muffins.

A New Earth Organic & Eco-Living Store

• Zahret El-Ihsan Street X As-Salam School Street, Mar Mitr / Achrafieh

Healthy Basket

• Yacoubian building, Block A, Kuwait Street X Venus Street, Caracas / Hamra

Beirut Health Store

• Sheikh Elias Gaspard Street X Mahatma Gandhi Street, Hamra; 01-743020, 03-713086

Beit Al Afia

• Cairo Street X Souraty Street, Hamra; 01-755447

Macrodette Organic

• 75 Jean Dominique Ayoub Street (in the bend), Hôtel Dieu; 01-613015, 03-636259

Al-Marej Organic Food Store

• Abd al-Wahab al-Inglizi Street, Achrafieh

Bioland

• Athens Street X Zohrani Street, Sioufi

La Boulangère Bio

• Selim Bustros Street X Choukri Assali, St Nicolas / Achrafieh

mixed organic-conventional

Spinney's / سبيبيس

• Achrafieh Mar Mitr branch, Alfred Naccache Street X Mar Mitr Street
• Achrafieh Tital Beirut Building branch, Achrafieh Street X Furn El Hayek Street
• Achrafieh Alexandre branch, Adib Eshaq Street X Kaairallah Khairallah Street
• Jnah branch, Khalil Moutrane Street X Venezuela Street
• Hazmieh branch (greater Beirut), Hamieh Road X Elias El Hrawi Road

Carrefour / كارفور

• Beirut City Centre Mall, Hamieh Road X Elias El Hrawi Road, Hazmieh (greater Beirut)

Marqet [2]

• Madame Curie Street (Koraitem Main Road) X Abdul Razzak Hamadeh Street, Qoraytem

Co-op

• Makdessi branch: Makdessi Street X Nehme Yafet Street, Hamra

farmers' markets (mixed organic-conventional)

Souk El Tayeb

• Beirut Souks, Tripoli Street, Downtown

toiletries

Please see the shop descriptions above for shops that also stock toiletries in their wider assortment.

Lush

• Beirut Souks, Tripoli Street, Downtown

The Body Shop

• Al Hamra branch: Al Hamra Mall, Hamra Street
• Verdun branch: Verdun 730 Mall, Verdun Street X Ain El-Tineh
• Jnah branch: Spinney's Jnah, Khalil Moutrane Street X Venezuela Street

Please note that even though all The Body Shop products are cruelty-free according to BUAV standards, the company is owned by L'Oréal which is not cruelty free. }}

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