Candle Cafe

Candle Cafe
Restaurant information
Established 1994
Current owner(s) Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza
Food type Vegan
Street address 1307 Third Avenue (between East 74th and East 75th Street), on the Upper East Side in Manhattan
City New York
State New York
Postal code/ZIP 10021
Country United States
Coordinates 40°46′17″N 73°57′33″W / 40.771469°N 73.9593°W / 40.771469; -73.9593
Website www.candlecafe.com

Candle Cafe is a vegan restaurant located at 1307 Third Avenue (between East 74th and East 75th Streets) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.[1][2][3]

The restaurant has an eclectic all-vegan menu.[1] Its decor is simple, casual, and no-frills, with hardwood floors and with dark tiles at the juice bar.[4][5][6][7][8]

It was opened in 1994 as a juice bar and health food cafe, and is owned by Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza.[9][9][10] The Potenzas used $53,000 they won in the New York State Take Five lottery in 1993 to start the restaurant.[11]

Celebrities such as Woody Harrelson have been known to frequent the restaurant.[1]

A second location is on the Upper West Side.[12]

Reviews

In 2013, Zagat's gave it a 25 rating for food, making it the second-highest rated of the 46 New York City health food restaurants rated by the survey.[13]

Works

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 James Bernard Frost (2011). New York and New Jersey. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781588438836. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Jared Koch (May 1, 2010). Clean Plates N.Y.C. ISBN 9781458757999. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Mark Fleischmann (2004). Happy Pig's Hot 100 New York Restaurants: A Stubbornly Offbeat Guide. Quiet River Press LLC. ISBN 9781932732054. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ Justin Schwartz (2006). Veg Out: Vegetarian Guide to New York City. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423611509. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Daniel Young. The Rough Guide to New York City Restaurants (2 ed.). Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-098-5. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  6. ↑ Ginger Adams Otis (September 15, 2010). New York City 7. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781742203973. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  7. ↑ Eve Zibart (April 6, 2010). The Unofficial Guide to New York City. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470637234. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ New York City. Michelin. 2007. OCLC 506159377. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  9. 1 2 Joon Yun, Stephanie Daniel (2007). Low-Stress Food. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780615148090. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  10. ↑ Anita Gates (November 4, 2008). The Complete Idiot's Guide to New York City. Penguin. ISBN 9781440653360. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  11. ↑ Alex Witchel (August 6, 2003). "Feng Shui and Vegan Fare Battle a Neighborhood Curse". New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Organic Vegan Food Fresh from Farm to Table – Upper West Side". Candle Cafe. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Candle Cafe | Manhattan | Restaurant Menus and Reviews". Zagat. Retrieved February 6, 2013.

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