Broadway East 171 E. Broadway (Jefferson & Rutgers Sts.)
Chinatown
212.228.3100
Broadway East:
Eco-friendlier than Al Gore in organic cotton, this upscale restaurant serves two things that every New Yorker could use more of—fresh vegetables and oxygen. Mostly vegetarian fare is offered in a spacious dining room bordered by a 240-foot wall of living plants that cascade down to a subterranean bar. It’s intimate enough for a date, but casual enough for a post-work drink. All the beer and wine is local, and if that weren’t enough to reduce their carbon imprint, Broadway East composts, filters its own water, and donates its cooking oil for recycling. Sake cocktails like the pineapple ginger saketini seal the deal; add this spot to your book. Just be sure to use organic paper.
