New York City Restaurant Tips by feline01

Restaurant Name: Red Bamboo

This is a new, wonderful vegetarian/vegan restaurant owned by the same owners of VP2 which is 2 stores down. The food is phenomenal and the atmosphere is serene. Great prices as well, especially their weekend lunch menu offerings at $6.95.

Favorite Dish: Butterfly pork chops. Yes, they're vegetarian and since I never had real dead-animal pork chops, I can't make a comparison but the meal was delicious. Do not miss the desserts, all the cakes are vegan (same baker as desserts from Veg-City Diners) but even if you don't care about eating vegan, the cakes are phenomenal.

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Theme: Vegan/Vegetarian
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Phone: 212-260-7049
Address: 140 W. 4th Street between 6th Ave & MacDougal
Directions: Greenwich Village, 1 block west of Washington Square Park.
Website: www.redbamboo-nyc.com

Restaurant Name: Kate's Joint

Great funky vegetarian restaurant in East Village with full bar. Food is very good and prices are relatively cheap.

Favorite Dish: southern fried tofu
garlic french fries
un-turkey club
vegan pizza

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Theme: Vegan/Vegetarian
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: 58 Avenue B between 4th & 5th St.
Directions: East Village
Other Contact: 212-777-7059

Restaurant Name: Vegetarian Dim-Sum House

All vegetarian/vegan dim sum restaurant. Extremely cheap-you can stuff yourself for under $5. Just check off what you want on the dimsum page and give to waiter/waitress. Also has full menu. They provide you with unlimited cups of tea. The menu lists items such as shrimp and roast pork but everything is vegan, made with taro, wheat gluten, tofu etc. Only problems are waitstaff does not speak English and bathrooms are dirty.

Favorite Dish: Mashed taro boxes
Corn congee
Lotus leaves
Spring rolls
Shrimp buns

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Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Phone: 212-577-7176
Address: 24 Pell Street between Canal and Mott.
Website: http://www.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp?areaid=0&restaurantid=2285&neighborhoodid=24&cuisineid=68

Restaurant Name: Mamoun's Falafel

Very small place, very very small. A few tables and a counter that you walk up to and order and wait for your food. If you sit and eat there, someone's bum will be in your face. Cheap, a falafel costs $2.75 and is extremely filling.

Favorite Dish: Duh, falafel! With baba ganoush. For those unitiated folks, a falafel is a sandwich made in a pita bread. Falafel actually refer to the fried balls made with ground chickpeas. The sandwich comes stuffed with falafel, salad, and tahini sauce (ground sesame seeds). Baba ganoush is a spread/sauce/dip made with roasted eggplant, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil.

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Theme: Other
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: 119 MacDougal Street
Directions: Between W. 3rd Street and Bleeker
Other Contact: 212-674-8685

Restaurant Name: Sacred Chow

Great little place on Hudson Street that offers delicious vegan baked goods and entrees for affordable prices. Few tables to eat here or takeaway.

Update: They moved to 227 Sullivan Street and now are a full-service restaurant. Very cute though small. Haven't eaten here yet, just went inside to pick up a menu.

Favorite Dish: The buttermilk biscuits are fabulous though all their baked goods are worthy of even the most critical palette. Loads of healthy and delicious foods that no animal suffered for.

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Theme: Vegan/Vegetarian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Phone: 212-337-0864
Address: 227 Sullivan Street
Directions: Between Bleeker and W. 3rd Street in the W. Village
Website: www.sacredchow.com

Restaurant Name: Dosa Hut

Yummy vegetarian indian food.

Favorite Dish: Masala Dosa, crepe made with rice and lentil flour filled with spiced potatoes and onions.
Bangalore Thali
Iddly-steamed lentil & rice cake
Vada-fried lentil flour donuts

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Theme: Other

Address: 102 Lexington Avenue
between 27th & 28th
Other Contact: 212-725-7466

Restaurant Name: Pommes Frites

All they sell are fries/frites/chips so what do you think the unique qualities are? They do offer a huge selection of dipping sauces but I prefer the frites plain or with malt vinegar.

Favorite Dish: French fries-Belgian Fries-Chips
Whatever you want to call them, they are ggrreatt!

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Theme: Other
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: 123 2nd Ave between 7th St & St. Marks Place
Directions: Lower East Side

Restaurant Name: Viva Herbal Pizzeria

Organic, kosher, vegetarian/vegan pizza/pasta restaurant.

Favorite Dish: Soy sausage & soy cheese calzone/Zen pizza (vegan pizza with loads of veggies)

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Theme: Vegan/Vegetarian
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Phone: 212-420-8801
Address: 179 2nd Ave between 11th & 12th St.
Website: www.vivalherbalpizza.com

Restaurant Name: Galaxy Global Eatery

Funky, blue restaurant that promotes the use of Hemp in food products. Eclectic menu. The food was very good but the menu was completely annoying, everything has cutsey names and it's a challenge to figure out what exactly is what. But like I said, the food makes it worthwhile. If you're into spotting beautiful people, this is a good place to check out.

Favorite Dish: Veggie Burger with french fries (excellent fries).
Salads
Yucca (love this stuff)

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Theme: Other

Address: 15 Irving Place NY NY 10003
Directions: North of 14th Street, one block east of Union Square
Website: www.galaxyglobaleatery.com
Other Contact: 212-777-3631

Restaurant Name: Tea & Sympathy

Menu is all British so any Brit or follower can get their fill of Welsh rarebit, beans on toast, shepard's pie etc. They do a full Sunday roast beef w/ yorkshire pudding though I've never tried, not into dead roasted flesh. Next door is their shop that sells sweets, groceries, videos and anything else you might need from the UK. Down the street is A Salt & Battery, their fish & chip shop.

Favorite Dish: Afternoon tea-$15 will get you pots of tea, sandwiches and pastries. Sticky toffee pudding is great.

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Theme: Eclectic/International
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Phone: 212-807-8329
Address: 108-110 Greenwich Ave