Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant is one of the best french restaurants in New York for dinner, especially if you want a strong option in Union Square.
Chef Guy Vaknin — the founder of City Roots Hospitality and a decade-plus architect of New York's upscale plant-based scene — has done something genuinely unusual at Le Basque: he's built a Basque Country–inflected French restaurant where the entire conceit hinges not on subtraction but on substitution at the highest level.
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Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant is a clean first click in Union Square in New York when you want a french option you can trust. Escargot (wood ear mushrooms, chickpea-based cheese, vegan butter, crispy garlic, parsley, toasted housemade baguette) and Truffle Beef pintxo (Impossible meat, black garlic lemon sauce, truffled goat cheese puree, quail egg) also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 483 Google reviews.
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Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant is a French restaurant located in Union Square, New York. Chef Guy Vaknin — the founder of City Roots Hospitality and a decade-plus architect of New York's upscale plant-based scene — has done something genuinely unusual at Le Basque: he's built a Basque Country–inflected French restaurant where the entire conceit hinges not on subtraction but on substitution at the highest level.
Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant is best for central, dinner, local. Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant is a clean first click in Union Square in New York when you want a french option you can trust. Escargot (wood ear mushrooms, chickpea-based cheese, vegan butter, crispy garlic, parsley, toasted housemade baguette) and Truffle Beef pintxo (Impossible meat, black garlic lemon sauce, truffled goat cheese puree, quail egg) also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 483 Google reviews.
Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant is in the moderate price range (moderate). Google rating: 9.6 from 483 reviews
Start with Escargot (wood ear mushrooms, chickpea-based cheese, vegan butter, crispy garlic, parsley, toasted housemade baguette), Truffle Beef pintxo (Impossible meat, black garlic lemon sauce, truffled goat cheese puree, quail egg), Mushroom Paella and Patatas Bravas (crispy potato croquettes, smoky tomato brava sauce, aioli). These dishes are shown from TastyPals notes or restaurant data on this page.
Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant holds a 9.6 Google rating from 483 reviews. Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant is a clean first click in Union Square in New York when you want a french option you can trust. Escargot (wood ear mushrooms, chickpea-based cheese, vegan butter, crispy garlic, parsley, toasted housemade baguette) and Truffle Beef pintxo (Impossible meat, black garlic lemon sauce, truffled goat cheese puree, quail egg) also give you a decent sense of the menu. It also holds a 9.6 rating across 483 Google reviews.
Le Basque French Vegan Restaurant is located at 15 Union Square W, New York, NY 10003, USA. Directions are available via Google Maps.
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