Category Lunch

Just Salad (NYC) for lunch

Just Salad on 8th St near NYU is a great place to get a salad for lunch / dinner.  I was recently invited to sample their latest seasonal salads and smoothies.  Just Salad has 11 locations in NYC and in Hong Kong! Note:  Not Just Vegetarian was a guest of Just Salad, but all views […]

Vegan Pad Thai at Pok Pok Phat Thai in NYC

Pok Pok Phat Thai is a tiny Thai restaurant in Manhattan by Chef Andy Ricker of Pok Pok fame (from Portland, Oregon and in Brooklyn).  We knew about the long waits for the highly rated, no-reservation, authentic Thai meal at Pok Pok NY in Brooklyn and thought that eating at Pok Pok Phat Thai is […]

Tender smoky grilled meat and vegetables at Tres Carnes NYC

Isn’t warm weather synonymous with barbecue?  Did you barbecue yesterday to celebrate the American Independence Day? If you did not and want to know a great place where you get smoked barbecued meat straight from the grill (granted without the “pleasure” of working the grill yourself), then Tres Carnes is “the” place to go  to! […]