Vegan Best of the Boroughs
Nacho Cheese in the East Village
Yellow Rose

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓥𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓼, 𝓜𝓪𝓷𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓷

Vegan options are being taken on by many omni-eateries… and some of them are blowing me away! Like the cashew-based vegan queso at Yellow Rose in the East Village, which offers “genuine cosmic Texas cookin.'” It’s not an entree, but it fulfills a hankering not easily satiated. Nacho cheese! Not a thick, clumpy, overly-nooched glob that can’t sustain heat–this nacho cheese is dreamy-creamy, kind of light and packed with flavor. It’s heavenly and nostalgic and made with no packages. That is why is is a V.V. Vegan Best of the Boroughs!

Welcome to my series that highlights the very best vegan foods in New York City’s boroughs. While vegan options are popping up all over, this series focuses on the non-dairy cream of the crop, options that raise the bar for vegan food and deserve special recognition for their high standards.

Hip, colorful with a darling decor, Yellow Rose captures whimsy. The font speaks for itself. You enter already endeared. These things matter!

Nice to see “vegan” boldly declared… after years of eateries scared to advertise an option as such. At $12 or so, it’s a hefty price for a low-brow eat… but its quality excuses it.

I took it home and dipped some buttered toast in it. I know that sounds weird, but I used to eat a buttered bagel dipped in nacho cheese in high school so the nostalgic value was through the roof. I also dipped the fresh made chips, my fingers, other assorted edibles that screamed a nacho cheese bath.

So perhaps you head over to Yellow Rose, as well? If we all buy the vegan queso maybe they’ll expand their vegan options.