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Gillian McKeith's guide to healthy restaurants in New York.

Written by Gillian McKeith

New York sets the pace for plant cooking around the world, and it also produces more health-branded noise than any city on earth. Think of this page as my filter, built from years of eating there and being told a great many things that were not true.

Manhattan, Brooklyn and further out: fine-dining vegan rooms, grain and juice counters that genuinely source well, and neighbourhood kitchens where the vegetables are the whole point of the meal.

I chose every one on ingredients and cooking alone. Not a single restaurant paid to be here.

17 restaurants in New York

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abcV
Plant-based seasonal

abcV

$$$

New York, United States

Jean-Georges's sun-bathed Flatiron room, vegetable-forward, vegetarian, with a full vegan menu on request.

Avant Garden
Vegan fine dining

Avant Garden

$$$

New York, United States

Small, candlelit East Village room doing vegetable cooking with fine-dining precision.

Beyond Sushi
Japanese

Beyond Sushi

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New York, United States

Vegetable-only sushi built on black rice, and far better than the concept suggests.

Blossom
Vegan global

Blossom

$$$

New York, United States

Long-running Chelsea fully vegan dining room, global comfort cooking and an extensive organic wine list.

Cadence
Vegan soul food

Cadence

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New York, United States

Black American soul cooking, entirely plant-based, from the Overthrow kitchen family.

American diner

Champs Diner

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New York, United States

A full vegan diner in Bushwick, pancakes, melts, milkshakes, all of it.

Coletta
Italian

Coletta

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New York, United States

Vegan kosher Italian, pizza, pasta and cheeses made in house.

Dirt Candy
Vegetable tasting

Dirt Candy

$$$

New York, United States

Amanda Cohen's Lower East Side vegetable-only restaurant, playful, technique-driven, no fake meat.

Eleven Madison Park
Plant-based fine dining

Eleven Madison Park

$$$$

New York, United States

Daniel Humm's three-Michelin-starred Madison Square dining room, rebuilt as a fully plant-based tasting menu in 2021.

Franchia
Korean vegan

Franchia

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New York, United States

Hangawi's more relaxed sibling: vegan Korean plates and a serious tea list.

Hangawi
Korean vegetarian

Hangawi

$$$

New York, United States

Shoes-off Korean temple cuisine in a hushed room off Fifth Avenue.

Le Botaniste
Organic vegan

Le Botaniste

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New York, United States

Organic plant-based bowls served in a room styled as an old Belgian apothecary.

peacefood
Vegan cafe

peacefood

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New York, United States

All-day vegan cafe near Washington Square, best known for its baking.

PLANTA Queen
Pan-Asian

PLANTA Queen

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New York, United States

Loud, handsome pan-Asian room where everything on the menu is plant-based.

Ras Plant Based
Ethiopian

Ras Plant Based

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New York, United States

Ethiopian cooking in Crown Heights, naturally plant-based and beautifully spiced.

Superiority Burger
Vegetarian counter

Superiority Burger

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New York, United States

Brooks Headley's East Village counter, a James Beard-winning vegetarian burger joint that converts skeptics.

Urban Vegan Kitchen
American comfort

Urban Vegan Kitchen

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New York, United States

West Village comfort food, all vegan, all unapologetically indulgent.

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About the author

Written by Gillian McKeith

I'm Gillian McKeith: television presenter, creator of the global hit show You Are What You Eat, writer, nutritionist, and the editor behind this guide. Every New York entry here is chosen and written by me. I judge kitchens on the things that actually matter: real ingredients, honest sourcing, vegetables cooked with care, and food you feel better for eating.

Nothing on this page is a paid placement. Restaurants cannot buy a recommendation, and any listing marked as sponsored is labelled as such. If a kitchen slips, it comes out of the guide.

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