Simmer List

Vegan restaurants in New York City

New York is the easiest city in America to eat well in, and the community has been quietly mapping the best of it — the all-day bakeries, the dumpling counters, the places worth crossing a borough for.

406 places the community has vouched for.

The city rewards people who know where to look. A slice shop in Bushwick that does a better pie than half of Manhattan. Ethiopian in Harlem where the whole platter happens to be plant-based. Taquerias, Sichuan counters, bagel shops that will schmear you something excellent without a conversation about it.

Every place here carries a status the community put on it, and we tell you which ones are confirmed and which are still inferred from menu data. That is the whole point: you should never arrive somewhere hoping.

Where to eat in New York City

Questions people ask

Where should I start if I only have one meal in New York?

Pick a fully vegan kitchen — you can order anything on the menu and it removes every decision. Filter this page to fully vegan and sort by what is nearest to where you already are.

How current is this list?

Venues are refreshed from OpenStreetMap, open place data, and the venues' own menus, and the community confirms statuses on top of that. Anything inferred rather than confirmed is labelled on the venue's page.

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