🥦 Best Vegan & Plant-Based in New York City
10 vegan & plant-based spots in New York City, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Vegan & Plant-Based Spots
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Dirt Candy
Amanda Cohen's Lower East Side vegetarian restaurant has a Michelin star and deserves two. The five-course tasting menu ($110) proves that vegetables can be just as exciting as any protein on Earth. T...
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2
Superiority Burger
Brooks Headley left a Michelin-starred pastry chef gig to open a vegetarian burger joint in the East Village, and somehow it works perfectly. The Superiority Burger itself is a revelation — a tiny, sm...
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3
ABCV
Jean-Georges Vongerichten's vegetable-forward restaurant in the ABC Carpet and Home building proves that plant-based eating can hold its own against anything on a tasting menu. The space runs to earth...
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4
Avant Garden
East Village vegan fine dining, candlelit, with plant-based plates that make you forget protein exists. The beet tartare and the mushroom risotto are the anchors, and the natural wine list goes deep i...
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5
Ganesh Temple Canteen
The basement canteen of the Hindu Temple Society of North America — Flushing's Ganesh Temple — serving some of the most authentic dosa, idli, and uthappam in the country. Vegetarian, fluorescent light...
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6
Dialogue Coffee & Flowers
All-vegan coffee and flower shop on Allen Street with cottage-style interior, white cotton curtains, and hanging florals. Buy a wildflower bouquet or single stem with your coffee. Specialty cold-foam ...
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7
Ladybird
East Village vegan tapas bar with plant-based small plates, craft cocktails, and downtown energy. The jackfruit tacos push harder than the name suggests, and the cocktail program is more ambitious tha...
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8
Pine Box Rock Shop
Bar and live-music venue in a former casket factory off the Morgan Ave L stop, open since October 2010. The space pours local craft beer and an all-vegan food menu, with a stage in back used for comed...
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9
The Butcher's Daughter
The plant-based cafe that made vegetable juices and avocado toast feel like a lifestyle brand before that was a thing. The acai bowls deliver, the kale Caesar is legitimately good, and the weekend bru...
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10
By Chloe
The fast-casual vegan chain that helped normalize plant-based eating in NYC. The guac burger is the signature — a black bean patty with guacamole that actually tastes like something. The mac and chees...
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