Grab a pen, grab a friend, and grab your phone! It’s time to have some fun, NYC vegan style. Work your way around the city with this list of must-try, plant-based challenges.
Complete the entire list or pick-and-choose as you like. It’s up to you! Either way, plan to make new friends, learn interesting facts, and consume delicious, Instagram-worthy shots along the way.
Ready, and go!
- Follow 10 vegan food accounts on Instagram, starting with @VegOutNewYork.
- Get cheesy! Take a photo eating the vegan mozz sticks at Champs Diner. Be sure to include a grate pun as a caption. #VegOutNYC
- Eat your way through Vegan Shop-Up.
- Go shoe shopping at MooShoes, then stop next door at Orchard Grocer for lunch—we recommend The Miles sandwich or the weekend sidekick sandwich (available every weekend).
- Visit St. Marks Place for jewelry, t-shirts, and vintage finds. Wear your super fresh finds all day!
- Stop by Little Atlas to grab a sticky bun from famed Pennsylvania bakery, Vegan Treats.
- And then eat it by the fountain in Washington Square Park.
- Tag a friend on a @vegoutnewyork Instagram post.
- Get fancy! Try food straight from France at Delice & Sarrasin.
- Play laser tag at Chelsea Piers. The laser tag is for adults and kids!
- Cool off that appetite with a Bacon, Chicken, Cheddar Ranch sandwich from Terri. All vegan, we promise!
- Take an iconic photo kissing a vegan in Times Square.
- Check out the TKTS book in Times Square to catch a Broadway show at a discounted price.
- Spread some love. Grab a selfie in front of the LOVE sculpture in Rockefeller Center.
- Try a vegan latte and pastry from Chailat, Le Pain Quotidien, Gregory’s, or Jack’s Stir Brew.
- Pay it forward! Share one of those pastries with a stranger.
- Go on a walk through Central Park, and watch the street performers and roller skaters by West 72nd street.
- Enter 5 vegan-friendly Instagram giveaways.
- Pretend you’re on Sex and the City and dine at Blossom on Columbus.
- Then relax in a reclining seat at the AMC theater on 84th street.
- Invite a friend to Go Zen to enjoy New York’s favorite late night cuisine—Chinese food.
- Then grab a second dinner with authentic Szechuan Chinese food from Spicy Moon.
- Get a vegan influencer to repost you on Instagram.
- Leave a 100% tip at your favorite vegan restaurant.
- Post a photo of your vegan meal and tag #VegOutNYC on Instagram.
