Junkyard
A Reykjavík food van proving vegan food can be properly indulgent: hot burgers, gyros and a signature patty stuffed with veganised Hungarian sausage.
Junkyard exists to overturn a tired assumption: that vegan food is forever leafy, green and laced with tofu. This Reykjavík food van does the opposite, leaning happily into the naughtier side of plant-based eating: piping-hot burgers, gyros and other defiant little pleasures, all sent out fresh from the grill.
It arrived as a satisfying answer to the loss of Veganæs, Iceland’s much-loved vegan spot that has since closed, and it has more than held its own. This is comfort food, unapologetically, cooked for appetite rather than virtue.
The unexpected star of the show is Junkyard’s own signature vegan burger, stuffed with a veganised version of Hungarian sausage. It is not a gimmick: founder Daniel reworked it from an old family recipe, and he is rightly proud to offer his plant-based customers something genuinely new rather than a copy of someone else’s idea.
That is what gives Junkyard its charm. There is a personal story behind the menu, and it shows in food that feels made rather than assembled.
For plant-forward travellers in Reykjavík who want their vegan meal hot, hearty and a little bit indulgent, Junkyard is a must: proof the most fun food in town need not involve any animal products at all.
