Located in the historic Olympian Hotel in downtown Olympia, the Urban Onion is a popular and classy eatery with a semi-vegetarian menu. The restaurant started out many years ago as an all-vegetarian eatery, and then added lots of meat and seafood options.
Breakfasts are busy, especially on weekends, and include many egg dishes, french toast and pancakes.
Though the breakfast menu doesn't have many vegan options listed, the kitchen is versatile, and can whip you something up. One listed vegan selection is the veggie stir-fry over hashbrowns or fried rice. The green salad with carrots, cabbage and sprouts was topped with a robust lemon-tahini dressing, one of the better I have tasted. The lentil soup was rich, and accompanied by a slice of homemade bread for dipping. The Urban Onion offers many desserts, such as chocolate mousse, espresso cake and chocolate peanut-butter torte, made with eggs, dairy and refined sugars.