Vegan Cafe restaurants in New York City
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Angelica Kitchen
This enduring herbivore classic has a calming vibe – candles, tables both intimate and communal and a mellow, longtime staff – and enough creative options to make your head spin. Some dishes get too-cute names (Sacre-Coeur Basmatica in Paris, Thai Mee Up) but all do wonders with tofu, seitan, spices and soy products, and sometimes an array of raw ingredients. Standards like the Pantry Plate – which lets you choose from a list of a dozen or so veggie concoctions and special salads – or the Dragon Bowl, a Buddha’s delight with seasonal greens, tubers, tofu, seaweed and brown rice piled high, will leave you feeling both virtuous and full. Creative puddings and cakes only swe…
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Candle Café
In a ’hood where quality veggie selections are hard to come by, Candle is a light at the end of a carnivorous cave – it’s sandwiched, in fact, between a popular steakhouse and a burger joint. Wealthy New Age types are the norm in this simple storefront, permeated by the constant, clean scent of wheatgrass due to the juice bar stationed up front. Offerings range from the most simple, such as ‘good food plates, ’ a custom-made spread of greens, roots, grains and soy-based protein, to the more complex concoctions, such as the beloved ‘paradise casserole, ’ a feast of layered sweet potatoes, black beans and millet topped with mushroom gravy. Celiacs should ask for the special…
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