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The list of eateries below is drawn from the following book, which has excellent reviews:
Arthur Brown - Good & Cheap Vegetarian Dining in New York
published November 1996, by City & Company, NYC.
HOWEVER: All comments below are entirely my own, based on personal
experience eating in these establishments.
Abyssinia
35 Grand St., 226-5959
American Cafe
160 Broadway, 732-1426
Angelica Kitchen
300 E. 12 St., 228-2909
Apple Restaurant
17 Waverly Place, 473-8888
B & H Dairy
127 Second Ave.(8 St.), 505-8065
Bachue
36 West 21 St., 229-0870
Bell Cafe
310 Spring St., 334-2355
Benny's Burritos
113 Greenwich Avenue, 727-0584
Blanche's Organic Cafe
66 E. 44 St., 599-3445
972 Lexington Ave.(71 St.), 717-1923
Burritoville
1489 First Ave.(77 St.), 472-8800
141 Second Ave.(8 St.), 260-3300
1606 Third Ave.(90 St.), 410-2255
148 W. 4 St., 505-1212
451 Amsterdam Ave.(81 St.), 787-8181
36 Water St., 747-1100
141 Second Ave.(8 St.), 260-3300
144 Chambers St., 571-1144
70 W. 95 St., 749-6534
Cafe Viva
2578 Broadway (97 St.), 663-8482
Candle Cafe
1307 Third Ave. (75 St.), 472-0970
Caravan of Dreams
405 E. 6th St., 254-1613
Chutney Mary
[INDIAN; TRIED IT; LAST TIME I WENT, THE SERVICE WAS NOT GOOD --JEFF]
40 E. 20 St., 473-8181
Commodities Coffee Bar
117 Hudson St., 334-8330
Diamond Dairy
4 W. 47 St., 719-2694
Dining at Rubi's
260 W. 125 St., 666-7824
Doctor Squeeze
4 W. 23 St., 243-5842
Dojo
24 St. Mark's Place, 674-9821
Eden Rock
2325 Broadway (84 St.), 873-1361
Eva's
11 W. 8th St., 677-3496
Freddie and Pepper's Gourmet Pizzeria
303 Amsterdam Ave. (74 St.), 799-2378
Good Food Cafe
401 Fifth Ave. (38 St.), 686-3546
Good Health Cafe
324 East 86 St., 439-9680
Govinda's Pushcart
In front of 80 Broadway (Seasonal)
Great American Health Bar
2 Park Ave. (32 St.), 685-7117
[GOOD FOR LUNCH NEAR CARNEGIE HALL --JEFF]
35 West 57 St., 355-5177
821 Third Ave. (50 St.), 758-0883
Gulliver's/Liliput Cafe
120 W. 41 St., 730-5433
Hangawi
12 E., 32 St., 213-0077
Health Pub
371 Second Ave.(21 St.), 529-9200
Healthy Chelsea
248 W. 23 St., 691-0286
Healthy Pleasures
93 University Place, 353-3663
Helianthus
48 MacDougal St., 598-0387
Hong Kong Vegetarian
1400 Second Ave. (72 St.), 472-8717
House of Vegetarian
68 Mott St., 226-6572
Indian Delhi
392 Columbus Ave., 362-8760
Integral Yoga
299 W. 13 St., 243-2642
Josephina
1900 Broadway (65/66 St.), 799-1000
Josie's
300 Amsterdam Ave. (74 St.), 769-1212
Le Poeme
14 Prince St., 941-1106
Lenox Ave. Health Food
471 Lenox Ave. - Malcolm X Blvd - (133 St.), 368-7663
Life Cafe
343 E. 10 St., 477-9001
1 Sheridan Square, 929-7344
Lucky's Juice Joint
75 West Houston St.. 388-0300
Madras Mahal
104 Lexington Ave. (27 St.), 684-4010
Mana
2444 Broadway (90 St.), 787-1110
Mavali Palace
46 E. 29 St., 679-5535
Melanie's Natural Cafe
445 Sixth Ave. (10 St.), 463-7744
Michael & Zoe's
101 Second Ave. (5 St.) 254-5004
Natural Food Bar
166 W. 72 St., 874-1213
Nature Works
200A W. 44 St., 869-8335
Ozu
566 Amsterdam Ave. (87 St.), 787-8316
Planet One
76 E. 7 St., 475-0112
Plum Tree
1501 First Ave. (78 St.), 734-1412
Ratner's Dairy Restaurant
138 Delancey St., 677-5588
Salad Bowl
Pier 17, Soyth St. Seaport, 693-0590
901 Sixth Ave., 594-6512
566 Seventh Ave. (41 St.), 921-7060
Salad Daze
390 Whitehall St., 509-0077
Sanctuary
33 St. Marks Place (8 St.), 505-8234
Souen Macrobiotic
28 E. 13 St., 627-7150
210 Sixth Ave. (Prince St.), 807-7421
Spring St. Natural
62 Spring St., 966-0290
Strictly Roots
2058 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (122 St.), 864-8699
Tamarind Seed Health Foods
[GOOD FOR SANDWICH WHEN VISITING COLUMBIA U. --JEFF]
2935 Broadway (115 St.), 864-3360
Taqueria
355 Sixth Ave. (Waverly Pl.), 229-0999
Temple in the Village
74 W. 3rd St., 475-5670
Teva
122 E. 42 St., 599-1265
Topaz
127 W. 56 St., 957-8020
Uptown Juice Bar (Deli)
60 W. 125 St., 987-1188
Vegetable Garden
15 E. 40 St., 545-7444
Vege Vege
[TRY THE HOT & SOUR SOUP -- JEFF]
544 Third Ave., (36 St.), 679-4710
Vegetarian Garden
37 E. 29 St., 686-9691
Vegetarian Heaven
304 W. 58 St., 956-4678
Vegetarian Paradise 2
144 W. 4 St., 260-7130
Vegetarian Paradise 3
33-35 Mott St., 406-6988
Village Natural
46 Greenwich Ave., 727-0968
Whole Earth Bakery/Kitchen
70 Spring St., 226-8280
130 St. marks' Place, 677-7597
Whole Foods in Soho
117 Prince St., 673-5388
Whole Foods Uptown
[GREAT FOOD; POOR COMMUNITY SPIRIT --JEFF]
2421 Broadway, 874-4000
Anand Bhavan
35-66 73rd. St. near Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights, 507-1600
Annam Brahma
84-43 164 St., Jamaica, 523-2600
Bamboo Garden
41-28 Main St., Flushing, 463-9240
Knish Nosh
101-02 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, 897-5554
Kosher Corner
73-01 Main St., Kew Garden Hills, 263-1177
Quantum Leap
65-64 Fresh Meadow Lane, 461-1307
Smile of the Beyond
86-14 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, 739-7453
Yonah Shimmel's
137 E. Houston St., 477-2858
Zen Palate
633 Ninth Ave.(46 St.), 582-1669
34 Union Square East (16 St.), 614-9345
Cafe Kapulsky
1217 Ave. J, Midwood, 338-3646
Cafe Natural
2812 Ocean Ave., Sheepshead Bay, 648-4248
Everything Vital
300 Troy Ave., Crown Heights, 953-9433
Famous Pita
935 Coney Island Ave., Kensington, 282-0868
Gourmet Cafe
1622 Coney Island Ave. (Ave. L), Midwood, 338-5825
Healthy Henrietta's
60 Henry St., Brooklyn Heights, 858-8478
787 Union St., PArk Slope, 622-2924
House of Falafel
620 Nostrand Ave., Bedford-Stuyvesant, 735-0009
Hunan Delight
752 Union St., Park Slope, 789-1400
I Rankin' Ital Stop
804 Nostrand Ave., Crown Heights, 467-7630
Kar
5908 Ave. N, Mill Basin, 531-8811
2212 Ave. X, Sheepshead Bay, 891-6868 (take-out)
Kar Luk
437 Fifth Ave., Park Slope, 832-4500
Liveth's Delight Veg. Rest.
1358 St. John's Place, Weeksville, 735-4008
Matamim Kosher Dairy
5001 13th Ave. (50 St.), Boro Park, 800-303-2522
Mathilda's Bakery
1321 Ave. J (E. 14 St.), Midwood, 951-8148
Mr. Falafel
226 Seventh Ave. (3 St.), Park Slope, 768-4961
Mrs. Stahl's Knishes
1001 Brighton Beach Ave., 648-0210
Oasis
137 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, 783-0215
Red Hot Szechuan
347 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, 369-0700
Steve & Sons Bakery, Restaurant
9305 Church Ave., Brownsville, 498-6800
Taqueria
72 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, 398-4300
341 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, 624-7498
8 Bergen St., Cobble hill, 624-7498
Vegetarian Delights
3604 Clarendon Rd., Flatbush, 284-9605
Weiss' Kosher Dairy
1146 Coney Island Ave., Midwood, 421-0184
West Indian Veg. and Seafood
752 Nostrand Ave., Crown Heights, 778-7100
Who's on Seventh
183 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, 965-0597
Everything Natural
3810 White Plains Rd. (219 St.), 652-9070
Dairy Palace
2210 Victory Blvd., 761-5200
Last updated: November 16, 1997