What we’re about
Do you love trying new vegetarian & vegan restaurants? Do you enjoy the company of fellow vegetarians & vegans? Are you occasionally frustrated that your meat-eating friends "don't get it," and do you wish to dine with others that have the same enthusiasm for vegetarian and vegan food that you do?
Welcome to our group. What I am especially proud of is all the wonderful members we have. We seem to attract some of the very nicest, most thoughtful people in New York. Given the focus of our group, I am not surprised.
New York has many excellent vegetarian and vegan restaurants, and new ones are opening all the time. Join us as we explore them all, and enjoy dining with some of the kindest, most gracious, most socially-conscious people in New York.
Plus, join us as we go out on the town to vegetarian and vegan friendly bars and lounges. And partake when we go to visit some outstanding music venues. Great ways to have delightful nights on the town in the company of a fun and friendly group of vegetarians and vegans.
We warmly welcome all vegetarians and vegans as well as those that are considering a vegetarian or vegan diet.
Our meetup group was profiled in a news story on CNN's Headline News channel. Check out the video.
Now you can also follow us on Instagram @nycveganmeetup
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Vegan Juneteenth Ethiopian Celebration! - Buffet Dinner and Talk from PPMNY!Tsion Cafe, New York, NY
Our meetup group is so completely honored to be co-sponsoring an event with the brilliant, heroic, angelic, kick-ass vegan activist and educational organization, PLANT POWERED METRO NEW YORK!
Founded by the visionary activist LIANNA LEVINE REISNER, Plant Powered Metro New York burst on to the scene in New York in 2019. It hit the ground at the speed of 100 miles per hour, and has grown explosively in these five short years. Under Lianna's genius leadership, with the help of her brilliantly recruited and very accomplished directors, staff and volunteers, PPMNY has changed and brilliantly enhanced the face of vegan and nutritional activism and education in New York, and has become the lauded and celebrated activist example to vegans throughout the tri-state area, and the country.
PPMNY and its magnificent Partnerships Manager, Rebecca Johnson, are co-sponsoring with us a Juneteenth Celebration, Vegan Dinner, and Talk. We are absolutely the junior partner in this event (Rebecca has planned and organized every aspect of this amazing event) and we are thrilled to be so.
Event Details: "This Juneteenth, join Plant Powered Metro New York as we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people with a dinner social at the Ethiopian restaurant Tsion Cafe in Sugar Hill. We’ll honor and reflect on what “Freedom Day” means to the African Diaspora while dining over a flavorful buffet of plant-based Ethiopian dishes."
The Ethiopian Vegan Buffet Dinner is $48, tax and gratuity are included. It's a large buffet with an assortment of four veggie stews of cabbage, red lentils, split peas, and collard greens, and is served with injera (traditional Ethiopian bread, that you wrap everything in). It also includes Lentil Sambusas, Ful (a fava bean dish), Jollof Rice, and an organic mixed greens salad.
***Our speaker will be Claudine Smith, MD, MPH, DipACLM (who is also a PPMNY Board Member). She will give a talk on plant based nutrition and the history of Juneteenth.***
VERY IMPORTANT: While you should RSVP on this page, adding your RSVP WILL NOT get you into the event. YOU MUST ADDITIONALLY PURCHASE AN ADVANCE TICKET AT THIS LINK ($48, tax and gratuity are included): https://plantpoweredmetrony.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/plantpoweredmetrony/eventRegistration.jsp?event=3215&
THIS LIMITED-ATTENDANCE EVENT LOOKS TO SELL OUT, AND WE RECOMMEND PURCHASING YOUR TICKET EARLY SO AS NOT TO BE CLOSED OUT. Also, if you would like some more information on the event, you may visit PPMNY's Event Description page here: https://tockify.com/ppmny/detail/705/1718838000000
Train Directions: Take the A, B, C or D Trains to the 145th Street Station.
What a beautiful, educational, poignant and delicious evening this will be! If you are attending, please be sure to purchase your advance ticket at the link provided above. Hope to see you there.
David