Vegetarian Tasting Menus - Anything new this year?

[dranore]

I have a birthday tomorrow, and I'd like to have a nice meal. Any new vegetarian tasting menu options show up this past year?

[dranore]

Thanks for the suggestions so far. My wife's birthday is five days later, so more suggestions are useful if you're aware of any.

[Spiritchaser]

You could take a ride up to Blue Hill at Stone Barns - they do new stuff with veg tastings all the time.

Also. EMP's new format works really well for a veg.

[Nancy S.]

Good suggestions, but nearly impossible to get reservations at both.

[Spiritchaser]

That's true, but OP may have some luck with mid week stuff on short notice, weekend, pretty much forget it.

[Nancy S.]

I called EMP for a Tuesday night dinner, two weeks before the date, without luck!

[loratliff]

Really? I've gotten several reservations at EMP on very short notice–although I guess it just depends on the week!

[Nancy S.]

Well, I could have taken the 10:00pm table, but I was hoping for earlier. I am, though, on the wait-list for an earlier time, so we'll see what happens.

[metfan630]

On Monday nights, Dovetail does a 3 course vegetable tasting menu (one with a vegetarian option and another with vegetables as the main influence with certain options having meat/fish as well):

http://dovetailnyc.com/pdfs/Dovetail....

I really like Dovetail and would recommend it to anyone.

[Spiritchaser]

SHO did a really nice tasting menu for my GF who is vegetarian, they just need some advance notice. Chef H was very excited to hear what she thought of it.

[kathryn]

Kajitsu is a fairly new restaurant that serves shojin cuisine, which does not use meat and fish.

Scarpetta also introduced a vegetarian menu a few months ago; while it's not a tasting menu per se, they could probably create one for you.

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Scarpetta
355 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10014

Kajitsu
414 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009

[dranore]

Actually, I did the menu at Kajitsu last year. It was fantastic.

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Kajitsu
414 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009