Menu hack for vegetarians/vegans at meat-focused restaurants: Scan the ingredients across all plates on the menu: these are items that the kitchen has made or h

Menu hack for vegetarians/vegans at meat-focused restaurants: Scan the ingredients across all plates on the menu: these are items that the kitchen has made or has readily available. Ask to swap the meat in a dish with something from that list. Very useful in areas where "I'm vegetarian, what do you recommend?" is answered with "we have this lettuce salad". And yes, that's still a lot of places once you're away from the east and west coasts.