Red Bamboo makes the best vegan wings I've had, and I consider myself an aficionado. They are crispy and chewy, fatty and saucy, and one order of them is enough for a meal. Read more.
First off, let me start by telling you that these are served ON A SHEET PAN. There are two options for these nachos: regular queso, which comes with beans, cheese, salsa, guac and crema, or the rajas. Read more.
Tofu Coney Island is a dish inspired by the sloppy chili-dogs of Coney Island fame. It's basically cubes of freshly fried tofu topped with a miso mushroom chili, yellow mustard, onions and scallions. Read more.
Xi'an is one of the greatest things to happen to vegetarians in NYC. It is cheap, filling, spicy and if you douse it with a little extra black vinegar, you won't know what hit you. Read more.
The Uncle Jesse Bao is a piece of fried organic tofu in a steamed bun slathered with "haus sauce" and covered in "haus seasoning salt," Taiwanese red sugar, crushed peanuts, and cilantro. Read more.
This place makes delicious baked egg dishes that are cheap and filling. The florentine baked eggs (and also the creamy spinach and feta one) are both excellent options. Read more.
These tacos are piled high with grilled cactus and various salsas, and you can add other toppings on the bar for free...get horchata because some of their salsas are face-meltingly spicy.
It might seem like options are limited, but firstly— the vegetarian options they do have are not basic or boring by any means and secondly—many of the dishes with meat can be made vegetarian. Read more.
This bun is one of the top three best things I have ever had. The eggplant and eringi mushrooms are fried until super crispy and tossed in Ippudo's house spicy buns sauce Read more.
Of all the ramen spots I've eaten at in NYC (and there are a lot), no other vegetarian ramen surpasses the salty miso broth, chewy noodles, and crispy chickpea crackers that make up this dish. Read more.
If you want dependable, fast, cheesy, inexpensive pizza, go to Artichoke. Their vodka slice is made with super delicious vodka sauce, and their artichoke pizza has cream sauce, spinach and artichokes. Read more.
Vanessa's makes these incredible sesame pancakes that are basically like fried bread stuffed with either pickled veggies or egg and pickled cucumber. Read more.
It's crispy, crunchy, deep fried broccoli with a spicy-sweet Korean chili sauce, mayo, scallions and sesame seeds. FYI, Dirt Candy's whole menu is vegetarian. Read more.
The bread is perfectly crunchy and the cheese is melted perfectly around the collard greens. Mac and cheese is indulgent and creamy, so much so that you might not be able to handle eating both at once Read more.
