Veg Out! New York City Vegetarian Restaurants

Veg Out! New York City  Vegetarian Restaurants 

Vegetarian restaurants used to have a hippie reputation, but these days they're just plain hip. The eight restaurants in our slideshow set a stylish standard for meatlessness, with sexy, sumptuous interiors, cool music and candlelight. A number of the City's chefs are inventive wizards with vegetables and grains, creating flavorful dishes with Asian, Italian and progressive American influences. Even if you're not a strict vegetarian, there's no denying that a plant-based meal can help erase holiday excess. From the East Village to the Upper East Side, from Chelsea to Brooklyn, it's gotten a lot easier to map out a road to health that's also delicious.

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