Vegan Best of the Boroughs
Nachos in the East Village, Manhattan
Bar Verde

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓥𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷 𝓑𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓼, 𝓜𝓪𝓷𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓷

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.

With a celebratory birthday plan postponed several times, I got treated to two delicious vegan spreads weeks later on a warm evening in November. Starting with thee best vegan nachos at Bar Verde—A Vegan Best of the Boroughs.

Once a Matthew Kenney eatery, Bar Verde continues with a fantastic latin-inspired high end vegan menu. But let’s talk about these nachos. No packages. None. The dreamy nacho cheese is made from butternut squash.., black beans… pico de gallo, a tangy cashew crema, a generous dollop of guacamole, pickled jalapeño and topped with watermelon radish.

Besides them being highly photogenic and absolutely perfect, they’re great tactile fun. Though with the whole Covid thing, you have to take sharing-nacho precautions.

Every angle is a dreamboat. Did I mention that there is no gross packaged products on these tortilla chips? I want to say it again. I can’t recommend checking these nachos out enough.

C’mon….

The mezcal is really good too. I got a mezcal-ed basil lemonade that seemed to be never-ending.

Lookin’ like summer, feelin’ like summer.