Sweet potato hash. Make with tofu instead of eggs! at Common Roots Cafe in Minneapolis
porridge at Common Roots Cafe in Minneapolis
Wild rice burger. at Common Roots Cafe in Minneapolis

  • CLOSED: Common Roots Cafe
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  • White Veg-options
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American
Beer/Wine
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Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Twin Cities cafe with a small rotating food menu and a few vegetarian choices. Mostly organic and local. Confirmed closed, Dec '22.

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9 Reviews

First Review by condekedar

Avatar happycowgirl

happycowgirl

Points +6145

Vegan
01 Dec 2011

Just "ok" for vegans

If all restaurants were like this there's no doubt the world would be a better place, but Common Roots still has a lot of room for improvement. They do a great job using local, organic and fair-trade ingredients. As a vegetarian you'll do fine here but there are few vegan items on the menu. Frustratingly, they offer bison sausage, turkey sausage, chicken sausage but no veggie sausage.

I could overlook these things if they labeled the vegetarian and vegan items on the menu. I find it easiest to navigate a menu that uses a green leaf to indicate the vegetarian items and a "v" with a circle around it to indicate the vegan items. At a minimum, it would be helpful for them to indicate which items can be made vegan upon request.

Avatar TomEichlersmith

TomEichlersmith

Points +123

Vegan
27 Jul 2022

Good vibes

We got the wild rice burger and tempeh samdwich. Both were fairly good but I'd like to specificially suggest the wild rice burger. Wish there was more of it :D

Pros: Well labeled menu, easy to select vegan or GF, Great porch with plenty of shade, Got some good beer!

Cons: Not many options

Tempeh sandwich (above) and wild rice burger (below) both veganized at Common Roots Cafe in Minneapolis

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MarEichler17

27 Jul 2022

Wild rice burger sounds so good!

Avatar iansimmons

iansimmons

Points +39

Vegan
22 Apr 2022

Decent Vegan Option

Not a lot of vegan options as others mentioned but I really enjoyed the veganized breakfast burrito.

Avatar ElenaW32

ElenaW32

Points +175

Vegan
25 Mar 2022

Just okay

I had a sandwich and soup that was just okay. The staff are super nice and friendly though.

Avatar steiny2008

steiny2008

Points +18

Vegan
30 Jun 2018

Salty attitude, salty food

Visiting the area from CA and was super happy to see veg options on the menu. We got entrees of salt with a side of warm grain bowel and a tofu scrambler for the table. Along with a salty attitude from the server when we asked about vegan options. I’d come back for the coffee

Pros: Coffee

Cons: Expensive , Salty, Limited Veg options

Avatar Bgeezy

Bgeezy

Points +744

Vegetarian
07 Mar 2018

Okay

I am happy that this place offered vegan options however for an establishment that boasts farm to table there really wasnt much offered. I got the tofu scramble which was extremely salty and it came with toast and fruit. It was salty and a mediocre dish and pretty expensive for the price too.

Avatar EverydayTastiness

EverydayTastiness

Points +2772

Vegan
12 Sep 2014

Average

Average coffee shop for vegans. They nicely label what is vegan, but there are not a ton of options. Black bean empanades are good during happy hour. For my dollar, I prefer namaste or french meadow.

black bean empanade at Common Roots Cafe in Minneapolis

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·X·

Points +28489

Vegan
27 May 2009

A Great Coffee Shop in MN!

I went here with my friend from Minneapolis after eating a huge meal elsewhere; I was in dire need of coffee, so he took me here. Unfortunately I only had coffee (soy latte - they use some good soy milk too!) here and had to drool over the Vegan items in front of me - I was beyond stuffed from lunch - the pastries that were pointed out to me looked very good. I also saw that they had several Vegan options food-wise.

I believe that all of their to-go containers were made from 100% corn, so they're 100% compostable...I like that! If I lived in Minneapolis, this would be the go-to coffee shop for me; it's comfortable, quiet, and offers Vegan items.

Avatar condekedar

condekedar

Points +10029

Vegan
29 Mar 2008

Great flavors and social focus

At first I was not impressed with Common Roots, but their service and menu have both become more vegan-friendly in the last few months. First and foremost, they use fresh, local, organic produce which makes their food taste better, period. The flavors burst, because they're natural and earthy. Their tempeh sandwich with vegan rosemary bread is light, fresh and delicious; they also have some interesting vegan desserts, such as a chocolate-cherry tort or a more traditional muffin/cupcake/cookie. They usually have at least one or two vegan cold pasta salads, and a couple of vegan soups. Common Roots is also famous for their home-made bagels and wonderful hummus (try their beet hummus, which is also great!). I am impressed with their social dedication---they compost everything, have recycled packaging and biodegradable utensils. They also host various social events and speakers, as well as "meet your farmer" sessions. Finally, they also have a few local beers on tap, with an outside garden area open during the summer; their happy hour is a pleasant respite after a long day at the office. If they added two or three more vegan entrees to the menu, they'd warrant an extra happycow for their rating.

Pros: Social focus, Fresh, local produce, Beer on tap

Cons: Not 100% vegetarian, Not enough vegan entrees

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