New York City isn’t exactly wanting for vegan options. One 2022 survey crowned New York as the most vegan-friendly city in America, thanks to its more than 1,400 restaurants offering quality plant-based menu items. Another in 2023 dubbed New York the most vegan-obsessed city in the country—with 595 vegan-related Google searches per 100,000 residents. And this passion for all-things plant-based can be felt in just about any swath of the city.
Take the East Village’s Tompkins Square Park, for example. Within one block’s walk from the historic, 10-acre green space, you can find a bite everywhere from a Michelin-recognized, fine-dining vegan restaurant to an iconic New York bagel shop with mountains of tofu cream cheese behind the deli case glass. Another find, nestled on a quiet street stretching from the park, is
