by Jerome Espinosa Baladad

Created on: November 06, 2009

A delightful gastronomic fact about New York City (NYC) - that's known to most of its visitors and residents - has been the enormity of vegetarian-friendly restaurant-choices you may find anywhere in the city plus the boroughs. Depending on your budget, time, willingness plus readiness to venture into new nabes (neighborhoods), you will always find the best deals you'd ever laid your hands on when it comes to eating out in NYC (or even by phoned-in deliveries for any kind of food anywhere in the city). This is mostly true, too, if you've got a vegetarian palate.

Allow me to draw a basic guide for you to call or visit when you want to go vegetarian (or stay strictly vegetarian) while in NYC (note: this is far from being exhaustive, and just being persuasively suggestive). This guide attempts to go nabe by nabe, following listings that you may (actually) also find by doing a search on your internet-accessible mobile phone. However, check first for updates, as some of these food places may have moved to other locations, or have closed shop for one reason or another (given the finicky but very fulfilling nature of food and food-related ventures).

Whenever available, we'll provide you with links to let you click on, to help you get more details, if any of these food places gets to pique your interest.

In the Theater District (also including the Hell's Kitchen area) where most visitors seemingly congregate in big numbers, you may see at least 5 restaurants. Hummus Kitchen (found also in the Upper East Side), a Middle Eastern restaurant, leads the pack, being the most visited and heard of from reviewers. Would you believe its food is also kosher? Also consider visiting Zen Palate, looking like a stylized Asian restaurant with Mexican influences (which is actually an intriguing mix).

If you find yourself somewhere in Midtown East and the Fashion District, you can expect to see at least 8 restaurants offering vegetarian delights. Your best bet would be to head off first to Wu Liang Ye, a Chinese restaurant also known for its vegetarian dishes (note also its moderate prices up to $30 for your meal).

There are at least 26 vegetarian friendly restaurants within the vicinities of the West Village, Flatiron, Union Square, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, and Meatpacking District. Foremost of your choicest would be: Red Bamboo (also offers soul food), Dojo Restaurant (mainly Japanese cuisine), and Maoz (a fastfood place, also offering Middle Eastern food selections, with locations

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