414 East 9th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A 212/228.4873 about $150 for two, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Kajitsu serves shojin, an ancient Japanese cuisine in which meals are prepared by following the Buddhist principle of not taking life. Leave it to Japanese culinary techniques to take a concept like vegetarianism ...
300 East 12th Street off Second Avenue 212/228.2909 $33 for two without tip; BYOB ♥ It couldn’t have been the quinoa because it was light and fluffy. Could it have been the creamy cauliflower sauce lathered in the mushrooms? Or the tempeh in balsamic? Because it definitely wasn’t the roasted beets nor the steamed broccoli. ...
105 First Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets 212/982.5870 $80 for two, with one cocktail, with tip wheelchair patron may dine al fresco or wheel in ♥ I picked Counter as the first vegetarian restaurant to visit for my special project with Erin. She had sent me links to several restaurants she liked after she ...
231 East 9th Street between Second and Third Avenues 212/979.9674 $135 for two, with a drink, without tip ♥ ♥ Clair and I didn’t have reservations at Robataya when we walked in so we missed out on the whole scene up front where you point at the produce you like and the robed guys sitting ...
I had one day off between the old job and the next, so I planned a sandwich tour to make up for all those missed New York City lunches while I was in Connecticut. Three sandwich shops were recommended to me by my friend Josh; I needed his help because I’ve been out of the ...