This is not the case. Most vegans do not refuse to eat at restaurants that serve meat. The strictest vegan I know of, Gary Yourofsky, doesn't even refuse to eat at places that serve meat. And he's a radical vegan that will be a huge jerk if you're traveling with him and you're wearing fur. And if you're ordering with him and sitting at his table and you order meat, he will walk out and leave.
I demand very simply to eat at a place that has items that can comprise a filling meal devoid of animal products that has enough calories and is composed primarily of real vegetables, grains, tubers, and pulses. I will pay for all your ice cream and stuff if you at least go here instead of the places that have absolutely nothing to eat. Steakhouse: 4 sweet potatoes, no sugar, no butter steamed broccoli salad, no cheese, no dressing, no croutons a bowl of beans, if available Subway: Footlong veggie Delite on rye, ALL vegetables, no cheese, extra olives, a scoop of guac. Taco Hell: 4 bean burritos, fresco-style McDonald's: 3 oatmeals, no cream mango smoothie Wendy's: 3 baked potatoes, no sour cream, lots of mustard Chipotle: Veggie burrito double tortilla double brown rice double black beans fajita vegetables mild, medium, hot salsa corn salsa guac lettuce Olive Garden: whole wheat pasta with children's marinara, lots of vegetables, extra olives, extra mushrooms minestrone soup fazoli's: white pasta plain marinara dry bread sticks Pizza: the dryest, thickest crust you can find lots of marinara all the vegetables you can find extra olives ground cashews Chinese: steamed tofu and vegetables extra rice garlic/white sauce, extra spicy Thai: jungle curry with extra rice fresh spring rolls with peanut sauce Japanese: miso ramen, no egg, no dashi vegetable sushi
