00 + Co., the vegan pizzeria and wine bar, made its debut last night at 65 Second Ave. between East Third Street and East Fourth Street... in the former Winebar space. (Raymond Azzi, who owned Winebar, is a partner in 00 + Co. with chef Matthew Kenney.)
Here's a look at the menu...
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Nick Solares at Eater has photos of the interior here. Gothamist has a preview here.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Raw food celebrity chef Matthew Kenney bringing vegan pizza to 2nd Avenue (31 comments)
25 comments:
Can we have an EV Grieve countdown clock to when this place goes out of business? My guess is 116 days.
I will never g oo.
Vegan Pizza? $10? Walk two blocks north to get a real pizza for $3. If they don't serve beer, wine and alcohol, they will be gone in a year.
A lot of restauranteurs seem to forget that to succeed in the EV you need to have local patronage. The B&T (Brooklyn mostly) are not enough to sustain these type of "designer" food establishments. They try it once and maybe come back a second time if it is really good and then they move on to the next new thing. Case in point..the place that was there before them, or DF Mavens on St. Marks, or Alder, or any of the other places that came and went in the last 4-5 years, which were quite a few. Long gone are the restaurants that lasted 20 years or longer which were sustained by the patronage of the local residents such as Second Avenue Deli, Bamboo House Chinese Restaurant, Kiev, Telephone, etc. They were all successful for 20-40 years in the same location...and then the commercial rents went crazy.
Take a reality check Vegan Pizza....order some pepperoni before it is too late.
OO no thank you.
Longtime local here....will patronize as often as possible thank you. Tried to get in last night but the place was booked solid. Yes, I get it - it was the opening but trust me...there is a huge market...you'll see. Pukk used to be busy all of the time. Once it turned into Spice (non-veg) it is a ghost town.
Walking by it this morning, it seems like the outdoor tables are out more than is legal. And in the photos of the pizzas in The Gothamist, they look rather cumbersome, and the salads a bit too precious for the price point.
I liked WineBar so I wish them well, but I find Matthew Kenney is rather skeevy. Will give them a try for a glass of wine.
The L train is going to shut down for 7 years....these new places will never survive without the usual flow of patrons from Brooklyn who come in on that train.
Bring back Viva Natural. Bring back vegetarian/vegan places, or places that have vegeatarian/vegan option, that are not "sitdown" restaurants.
How do you pronounce the name???
With a name like that it's too bad 007 is not a vegan.
I'm all for more vegan options.
Has anyone tried it?
- East Villager
Yes. I miss Pukk also. Was such excellent Thai food. What went wrong there? It always seemed busy.
Word from a friend who was there last night is that it's excellent.
I'm looking forward to going—and I think the tide is turning more than the commenters here would have you believe.
At 11:31 AM, Anonymous said:
Bring back Viva Natural. Bring back vegetarian/vegan places, or places that have vegeatarian/vegan option, that are not "sitdown" restaurants.
Viva Natural (a.k.a. Cafe Viva still has a location on the upper west side; there's nothing stopping you from going there.
And most of Two Boots' offerings are made with dairy mozzarella, if that's your craving. It's a big city.
6:36 PM: In its heyday, Pukk was innovative, intriguing, stylish with its tiles, and most importantly, tasty. The lunch specials were a pleasing deal, but a restaurant can't survive on lunch special eaters like me. Over the years, many more Thai options came to town, Issan Thai gave the sweet southern curries a run for their money, the Pukk décor got worn and tired, and the food seemed to have lost its edge. Perhaps a new lease was the nail in the coffin. Or maybe it was the coffin itself.
Well at least Matthew is serving food that he doesn't have to cook, I've seen him in kitchens and he could burn water.
Interesting take on people thinking our B&T crowd is from Brooklyn. I'd say a majority of the Thursday night through sunday brunch revellers are uptown manhattan people, hoboken, jersey, long island. Williamsburg has their own fuckery, and cobble hill, park slope, etc. don't want much to do with EV because of the B&T.
So this place us just Winebar with a modified menu. What's the big woop?
3:42 menu looks cooked to me, not raw, what with the wood burning stove and all.
I will definitely try this place. Good cheese-free pizza is hard to find.
I don't like the communal tables, though....not a trend I enjoy. Is that the only seating option in this place?
If I bring my date I would want a table to ourselves, not to be seated with strangers.
We went for dinner the other night...the pizza was excellent.
Appetizer portions a bit too small...but the pizza...superb.
Staff were very friendly and polite also.
@Jill:
RE: "cheese-free pizza"
So, not pizza, then?
pizza (ˈpiːtsə,ˈpɪtsə), noun:
a dish of Italian origin, consisting of a flat round base of dough baked with a topping of tomatoes and cheese, typically with added meat, fish, or vegetables.
8am your point appears to be that vegans should have a different word for every food that doesn't contain animal products? Language is meant to communicate, not to have a dictionary in your pocket for literal translations. Get over it.
Or, 8am, did my explaining "cheese-free" help you understand that this entire restaurant is serving pizza without cheese, but you chose to call me out personally because you finally understood what was being discussed? Did my plain language help clarify that vegan pizza has no cheese? Language at its finest, and glad to help.
I can't wait to eat here!
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