Mexico City’s vegan spots

There is always a crowd gathered around Por Siempre Vegana, a vegan street-food vendor in Mexico City.

It’s a never-ending stream of orders for all kinds of tacos at Por Siempre Vegana.

Workers at Por Siempre Vegana prepare different flavors of seitan, a vegan meat replacement.

Vegan al pastor taco, vegan chorizo taco and taco con seitan al chimmichuri served at Por Siempre Vegana.

Monica Fajardo, left, Kiran Arora, Ximena Martinez Robles and Kenny Brieger eat at Gatorta, a vegan street-food vendor in Mexico City.

Gatorta’s famous torta al pastor which is made with seitan, a wheat protein, in Mexico City.

Melissa Auala, left, Victoria Zetina and Roberto Lopez work at Gatorta.

Melissa Auala cooks seitan, a vegetarian meat substitute, at Gatorta.

Empanada with spinach served at Utopia, a vegan restaurant in Mexico City.

Pizza with two flavors: half Hawaiian with vegan ham, pineapple and house-made vegan cheese, the other half is poblano pizza with poblano chile, red onion, sweet corn and house-made vegan cheese, served at Utopia, a vegan restaurant in Mexico City.

A worker stocks vegetables at Amsterdam Markt, an organic grocery store in Mexico City.

The exterior of Capricho Helado, a vegan ice cream parlor in Mexico City.

Vegan ice cream, with chocolate, vanilla and frutos rojos, a combination of berries, served at Capricho Helado in Mexico City.

Caprichoso, layered with peanut butter and frutos rojos ice cream, is toasted and served at Capricho Helado in Mexico City.

Workers stock the produce and fruit aisle in the Green Corner, an organic grocery store in Mexico City.

Chilaquiles de chamán served at Forever Vegano in Mexico City.

Pancakes gringou served at Forever Vegano in Mexico City.

Jar de fruta con chía served at Forever Vegano.

Kitchen staff Marcos Antonio and co-founder of Los Loosers Mariana Blanco prepare pozole as a main ingredient for a daily dish at their restaurant.

After fresh-baked bun covered in chill powder is ready, Yisus Pallares cuts them and lays them out in a grid in preparation for the lunch crowd.

The crew at Los Loosers prepares spicy pozole sandwiches at their store in Mexico City.

The crew at Los Loosers prepares spicy pozole sandwiches at their store.

Los Loosers’ Mariana Blanco holds pozole sandwich with bun covered in chilli powder.

The crew of Los Loosers, led by Mariana Blanco, second from left, and Yisus Pallares, third from left, gather in the morning to discuss daily plans before advertising their dish of the day.

The force behind the vegan restaurant Los Loosers, Yisus Pallares and Mariana Blanco.