Menu
Introducing the menu at Vertical Diner, a trendy and casual vegan restaurant in Portland, Oregon. With a wide range of options, including breakfast all day like the Blue Plate Breakfast and Bombtastic Biscuit, this diner-style eatery caters to vegans and vegetarians alike. Shareable appetizers like Buffalo Tigers and Chips and Guac offer a flavorful start to your meal. The salads, such as the Chikun Caesar and Fiesta Salad, are fresh and packed with delicious ingredients. Customers rave about the variety of menu items, with options for gluten-free and celiac diets. The retro diner vibe, friendly service, and flavorful dishes like Chikun Fried Steak and Vertical Sauce make dining at Vertical Diner a delightful experience. Don't miss out on the classic diner feel and tasty vegan fare at this beloved restaurant.
Breakfast All Day

Blue Plate Breakfast
tofu scramble, country potatoes, slice of toast and jam (gluten free option)
Bombtastic Biscuit
Classic bowl of biscuits and gravy, served with country potatoes. tofu scramble, and choice of: tempeh bacun, fennel sauzage, mushrooms, or soyrizo
Chikun and Biscuit
Toasted biscuit topped with tender tigers and gravy served with country potatoes and grilled vegetables
Early Bird Sandwich
biscuit loaded with tofu scramble, cheeze sauce, and side of country potatoes Choice of: mushrooms, tempeh bacun, sauzage, and soyrizo
Garden Plate Breakfast
Tofu scramble tossed with our garden vegetables topped with avocado, served with country potatoes, salsa, and toast
La Mesa
Country potatoes topped with tofu scramble, black beans, rice, red sauce, peppers, onions, soyrizo, cheeze sauce, zour cream, salsa, and guacamole
Pancake Special (3 granola cakes) - Granola
Power Protein Bowl
Sauteed vegetables, tofu scramble, steamed spinach, black beans and rice, red cabbage, artisan kraut, chipotle aioli, and avocado
Sunrise Burrito (Daybreaker)
Flour tortilla stuffed with tofu scramble, rice and beans, peppers and onions, smothered in cheeze sauce, red sauce, and zour cream, topped with fresh salsa and guacamole, served with country potatoes Choice of: mushrooms, tempeh bacun, sauzage, or soyrizo
Sweet Stack
either three slices of french toast or three pancakes topped with fresh berries, powdered sugar, and coconut whip (gluten free option on pancakes)
The Avalanche
Side of two pancakes, country potatoes, tofu scramble Choice of: mushrooms, tempeh bacun, fennel sauzage, or soyrizo
The Mountain
country potatoes, tofu scramble, peppers and onions, cheeze sauce and guacamole. Choice of: mushrooms, sauzage, tempeh bacun, or soyrizo
Buffalo Tigers
house made wheat based chikun tenders tossed in spicy buffalo sauce (contains gluten)
Chips and Guac
chips and house made guacamole (gluten free)
Chips and Salsa
chips and salsa fresca (gluten free)
Hand Cut Fries
seasoned hand-cut fries either, plain, spicy, or add cheeze sauce (gluten free)
Nacho Mama
tortilla chips, smokey jackfruit, cheeze sauce, red sauce, rice and beans, salsa fresca, zour cream, guacamole (gluten free)
Tender Tigers
house made wheat based chikun tenders (contains gluten)
Wing Week Special (6 Buffalo Tigers with Ranch veggie sticks)
6 house made seitan chickun wings served with house made ranch dip and carrot and celery sticks
Shareables

Salads

Chikun Caesar Salad
mixed greens tossed with ceasar dressing, cucumber, tomato, onion, topped with carrots, spiral beets, croutons, tender tigers, and avocado (contains gluten)
Fiesta Salad
mixed greens tossed in cilantro lime dressing, smokey jackfruit, carrot, cucumber, red cabbage, tomato and onion topped with tortilla chips, black beans and rice, salsa fresca, zour cream and guacamole (gluten free)
Mile High Cobb Salad
Mixed greens tossed in creamy Italian ranch, cucumber, red cabbage, tomato, onion, beets, carrots, tempeh bacun, avocado, and tofu scramble
Thai Basil Salad
mixed greens tossed in special thai dressing, cucumber, tomato, onion topped with red cabbage, carrot, spiral beets, artisan kimchi, lime wedges and avocado (gluten free)
BB Toast
smashed avocado toast, topped with artisan kraut or kimchi, diced tomatoes, and almond parm (gluten free option)
Biscuit
Biscuits N Gravy
(contains gluten)
Country Potatoes
French Toast Slice
Fruit Cup
Grilled Mushrooms
Grilled Veggies
Pancake
Sauzage
Tempeh Bacun
Toast and Jam
Tofu Scramble
Build Your Own Breakfast

Burgers and Sandwiches

Breaded Chikun Sandwich
Crispy breaded chikun patty pickles, ranch, and LTO (contains gluten)
Burger special (Hawaiian BBQ Pineapple)
California Burrito
Flour tortilla stuffed with jackfruit, rice and beans, cabbage, hand cut fries, chipotle aioli, and guacamole wrapped in a flour tortilla
Chipotle Chikun Melt
Seitan chikun, peppers and onions, pickled jalapenos, chipotle aioli, and melted cheeze
Ian Mackaye Burger
lentil veggie burger topped with mac and cheeze, and vertical sauce, and LTO (contains gluten)
Joaquin Phoenix Burger
Lentil veggie burger topped with smokey tempeh bacon, dill pickles, ranch, and LTO (gluten free option)
Moby Burger (Tony Hawk)
Lentil veggie burger topped with jalapenos, cheeze sauce, guacamole, and chipotle aioli, and LTO (gluten free option)
No Harm Chikun Parm
Crispy chikun patty, red sauce, peppers and onions, and almond parmezan
PDX Cheeze Stake
Grilled seitan, mushrooms, peppers and onions smothered in cheeze sauce
Plain Burger
Sloppy Joe
Soyrizo, peppers and onions, and jalapenos
Stevie Wonder
Lentil veggie burger topped with tofu scramble, gravy, and LTO
TBLAT
smokey tempeh bacun, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and ranch on grilled french bread (gluten free option)
Vertical Reuben
Grilled seitan with artisan saurkraut and vertical sauce on rye bread (contains gluten)
American Diner
hand cut french fries topped with tender tigers and country gravy (contains gluten)
Chikun Fried Stake
breaded chikun patty with mashed potatoes and gravy, and fried broccoli (contains gluten)
Dinner Special (Ranch Chikun Burrito)
Dude Cakes
two pancakes stuffed with sauzage, grilled peppers and onions, mushrooms smothered in gravy and topped with fries (gluten free option)
Mac Bowl
house made cheeze sauce and macaroni either, plain (OG), with our buffalo tigers, with our with broccoli and bacun, or with our sauzage, country potatoes, salsa, cabbage, and avocado (breakfast)
Soyrizo Tacos
Three corn tortilla tacos with soyrizo, peppers and onions, grilled pineapple, cabbage, and salsa with a side salad
Vertical Tacos
three corn tortilla tacos with smokey jackfruit, grilled vegetables, artisan kimchi, garlic aioli, and guacamole served with a side salad with cilantro lime vinigarette (gluten free)
Elevated Plates

Extras

Avocado
Broccoli N Cheeze
steamed broccoli and house made cheeze sauce (gluten free)
Cheeze Sauce (4oz)
(gluten free)
Extra Sauce
Faux Meat Patty
Gravy (4oz)
(gluten free)
Guacamole
Mac N Cheeze
cup of our house made macaroni and cheeze (contains gluten)
Mashed Potatoes N Gravy
garlic mashed potatoes and house made gravy (gluten free)
Side House Salad
mixed greens, tomatoes, onions, carrots, beets, cucumber, choice of dressing (gluten free)
Thai Dressing Side
Tiger Patty
Triple Threat
Three small banana pancakes topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce
Americano
Apple Juice
Black Cherry Soda
Chai Latte
Chocolate Mylk
Coffee
Coffee Special - regular
Decaf Coffee
Espresso
Ginger Beer
Hot Chocolate
Iced Chai Latte
Iced coffee
Iced Tea
Latte
Lemonade
Lion Heart Kombucha
Mocha - regular
Orange juice
Plant Mylk
Polar Seltzer Water (non-alcoholic)
Root Beer
Tea
Vanilla Cream Soda
Virgil's Cola
Beverages

Desserts

Banana Split
(gluten free)
Brownie
(contains gluten)
Brownie Sundae
(contains gluten)
Carrot Cake
(contains gluten)
Ice Cream Scoop
(gluten free)
Milkshake
Root Beer Float
(gluten free)
Tiramisu
(contains gluten)