Vegan Bakery Near Me on Sunset: The Moody Vegan's Armenian Treats

The Moody Vegan is closed every Monday and Tuesday, so plan around that before anything else. The rest of the week, this 100% vegan cafe and bakery at 5101 W Sunset Blvd, on the corner of Sunset and Normandie in East Hollywood, opens at 8 am. A cup of Armenian Coffee costs $3 on its online menu. For a vegan bakery near me between Los Feliz and Little Armenia, this is the corner to know.

The story began in a home kitchen. The bakery's site says it was established in 2020 and opened its first brick-and-mortar location in August 2023. VegNews describes it as an Armenian woman-owned vegan bakery, started as a cottage bakery out of owner Melany Nazarian's home, which expanded to a food truck in September 2022 before settling on Sunset. The shop's own line about its menu is short: yes, 100% vegan, you read that right.

Armenian flavors run through the menu, which is what makes it more than another vegan cafe. The original Lahmajune taco, the shop's take on the thin, spiced flatbread, sits beside breakfast plates, and Armenian Coffee at $3 is the cheapest drink on the board. A Pistachio Latte costs $6.50. Order online through the bakery's site and expect a $0.99 online order service fee on top, a small reason to just walk in and order at the counter.

The site calls its breakfast burrito the best vegan breakfast burrito in LA, and it lists at $15 on the bakery's product page. It is a big, foil-wrapped meal rather than a snack, so one is plenty for two light eaters. The McMoody breakfast sandwich is the other savory draw. If you want both savory and sweet, order the burrito to share and spend the rest of your budget at the bakery case.

The pastry case leans American comfort with a twist. Walnut brownies, a churro croissant rolled in cinnamon sugar, matcha crinkle cookies and blondies rotate through, and the Mood Swings line pairs desserts with a scoop, a la mode style. The churro croissant is the item to try if you only pick one, because it is the shop's signature crossover of French pastry and LA street sweets.

For parties, the full-size items are sold by the tray. On the bakery's product pages, Brownies cost $36 for an eight-by-eight sheet cut into nine pieces, and Birthday Cake Blondies are $36 too. Matcha Crinkle Cookies are $25 a dozen, and a Cookie Lovers Box is $25. Lemon Olive Oil Cake runs $25 to $35 in six- or eight-inch sizes, and Coffee Cake is listed from $25 to $45.

The ordering rules matter more than at most cafes. The online menu has a separate category for pre-ordered full-sized items, which are not available for same-day pickup or during holiday weeks. The product pages note a five-hour prep time, and the homepage reminds customers not to forget to call in their order. So a tray of brownies for tonight is unlikely; a tray for Saturday, ordered on Wednesday, is easy.

An honest call on value: the single drinks are fair, but the full trays are where the bakery is generous. Nine big brownies for $36 works out to $4 each, cheaper than most single brownies on the Westside. If you are feeding a group, skip the individual pastries and order a tray ahead. If you are alone, a coffee and one churro croissant is the right size visit.

Weekends are the busiest time, since Friday to Sunday are the only days with afternoon hours. A Wednesday or Thursday morning is calmer, though you have less time before the kitchen shuts. If you arrive on a Monday or Tuesday by mistake, or the burrito is sold out for the day, the closest other all-vegan bakery option is Erin McKenna's Bakery on Larchmont Boulevard, a short drive west.

Make it an East Hollywood loop. Barnsdall Art Park, on the hill a short walk away along Hollywood Boulevard, holds Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House and a lawn with long views across the city, a fine place to eat a brownie. Walk back along Sunset toward Vermont for Los Feliz bookshops and cinemas, or head south along Normandie into Little Armenia, where bakeries and markets carry the flavors that shaped this menu.

One quirk of the website trips people up. The older shop pages that list the trays and cakes now say the store is not currently accepting orders there, while live ordering runs through the separate online ordering menu linked from the homepage. If a product page will not check out, that is why. Phone orders are still the simplest route for anything full-sized, since a person on the line can confirm the date and flavor straight away.

Practical notes: The Moody Vegan is at 5101 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, on the corner of Sunset and Normandie. Hours are 8 am to 2 pm Wednesday and Thursday and 8 am to 4 pm Friday through Sunday; it is closed Monday and Tuesday. Full-size cakes and trays must be pre-ordered.

Who will love The Moody Vegan: plant-based brunch fans who want a real burrito, Armenian families in the neighborhood who rarely find their flavors made vegan, and party hosts ordering a tray of brownies for a crowd. Who might pass: anyone wanting an elegant French pastry counter. For that, Chaumont Vegan in Beverly Hills is the better trip, while The Moody Vegan stays the cozy, burrito-first answer on Sunset.