November marks World Vegan Month, a time to celebrate the philosophy of veganism and raise awareness about what it means to live a vegan-centric lifestyle.
Twenty-nine Milwaukee restaurants are teaming up to host the city’s first-ever Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week from Nov. 3-9, and at the heart of this grassroots effort is MMAC member Café Corazón.
Café Corazón is a Latin-inspired taqueria with locations in Riverwest, Bay View and Brown Deer. Founded by Wendy and George Mireles, the taqueria is a testament to the couple’s passion for cuisine made with fresh, locally-sourced ingredients.
“Our hope for Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week is simple,” said Wendy Mireles. “We want to shine a bright spotlight on all of the options we have for dining out in our amazing city. Just like we do at Café Corazón, we don’t want folks to eat our vegan menu items because the dishes are vegan. We want guests to love our vegan offerings because they are delicious and just happen to be vegan, as well.”
For this inaugural week, a diverse mix of bars, cafes, breweries, pizzerias, taquerias, ice cream shops and more will be available, each participant unique in its vegan offerings.
Café Corazón is excited to host a Vegan Meetup & Menu Tasting for Charity, Monday, Nov. 3; Offer new vegan specials, and, to showcase its weekly $1 off Vegan Thursdays, will give all guests their first Happy Hour House Margarita (Corazón’s most popular vegan menu item) for free from 4-5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6.
Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week 2025 participants include: Beans & Barley, Beerline Cafe, Café Corazón, Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen, Classic Slice, Comet Cafe, Dead Bird Brewing, Gather Bakehouse, Haven Cafe, Hen’s Deli, Honeypie Cafe, Ian’s Pizza Milwaukee, Karma Cafe & Smoothie Bar, Lucky Ginger, LuLu Cafe and Bar, Odd Duck, Paloma Taco & Tequila, Palomino Bar, Purple Door Ice Cream, Ruta’s Fresh Indian Fare, Screaming Tuna Sushi, Solful Kitchen, Strange Town, Temple Goddess Cafe, Thai-namite, Trickleebee Café, Twisted Plants, VEGAN SOUL, and Wonderland.
Events, offers, specials and menu items will be featured on the Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week Instagram feed.
“The beauty of Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week is it offers all of us a great way to try something different, discover restaurants new to us, and support local small businesses all at the same time,” said Mireles.
There is still time for interested restaurants to participate. There is no additional registration, cover charge or ticket fees. Reach out to Café Corazón’s Vegan Community Ambassador Stephanie Vienonen for more information.
“We hope it becomes an annual tradition and continues to expand. We’d love for folks in five years to look back at our humble beginning in 2025 and be amazed by how much Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week has grown and evolved since this inaugural week,” said Mireles.
