On a recent cold, wet afternoon, we were shopping in SoHo and wanted to get into a café for some coffee / tea and were drawn to the beautiful interiors of La Colombe Torrefaction in SoHo. La Colombe Torrefaction is a small café with very high ceilings, extremely sleek steel and wood furniture, and beautiful […]
So, Not Just Vegetarian is one year old!!! Thank you friends, family, and all readers for supporting this blog. Here is a round-up of the top 10 posts over the past year: No. 10: Chilean wine class at Puro Wine I really enjoyed learning about Chilean wine and eating Chilean appetizers in this class. […]
I had heard about ‘sNice, a vegetarian / vegan cafe that opened in the West Vlillage 2004, but have not had an opportunity to go there, until very recently when I met a friend for a late lunch. I loved the feel of the ‘sNice (it really is nice!), it had the vibe of an open, […]
On a recent afternoon, I met a friend for lunch at Sugar and Plumm after an unsuccessful attempt at trying to reserve a table for two for lunch in the Upper West Side. I have always thought of Sugar and Plumm as a bakery / candy store, but after this visit I am inclined to head there […]
I was recently invited to meet Chef Claude Godard in the garden of Jeanne & Gaston. Some of you may have read my blog post on the Press Dinner that I attended a few weeks ago at Jeanne & Gaston. The restaurant serves both classic Bourgogne dishes and contemporary French dishes. I love the food […]
We went to Barn Joo, a Korean inspired Gastropub in the Flatiron district, because I had heard good things about this place serving small plates and Korean tapas. Barn Joo intends to provide the space where people can connect with each other in a pleasing way and that it did. Barn Joo is a large […]
I was recently invited to a Press Dinner at Thalassa (means “the sea” in Greek) in NYC. While I have been to Thalassa before and have enjoyed the food there almost 9 years ago, this time too, I had a wonderful evening at Thalassa and enjoyed classic Greek and contemporary seafood dishes with Greek ingredients as well. […]
