Le Botaniste Now Open at 67th and Columbus

Le Botaniste, a plant based organic food and wine bar, opened its doors at 156 Columbus Avenue (between 66th and 67th Streets) on Wednesday, November 4. The last occupant at this location was a Starbucks.

Le Botaniste’s website describes the restaurant as a “healthy, delicious plant-based organic food and natural wine bar; a responsible food concept that cares about health and our planet; a positive way to appreciate food; 100% botanical, 99% organic, gluten-free.”

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The menu includes spreads, bowls, desserts and drinks.

• Spreads include green pea hummus, seaweed tartare and red beet caviar.
• Bowls include spicy chili sin carne, vegetable tajine and “magic miso”.
• Desserts include red fruit chia pudding, quinoa peanut butter cookie and key lime pie.
• And drinks include botanical lemonade, detox juice and a selection of natural wines.

Here are some teasers from their Instagram page:

 

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Our Free-range tofu is marinated with ginger, miso and cashew and baked to reveal all its flavors! ? Only the best for our cubes! ? A good dose of protein and umami that you can add to any prescription bowl or enjoy in our Magic Miso Soup! ???? Let’s eat plant-based food ?!

A post shared by Le Botaniste (@le_botaniste) on Nov 3, 2020 at 8:19am PST

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Which sauces do you like the most ??? Our Coconut curry or our Bolognese ? ? Or maybe the Vegetable stew ? ? ????????? Choose your base, your sauce and your toppings from the veggie bag! Welcome to the Do It Yourself “woooow” world ?? !

A post shared by Le Botaniste (@le_botaniste) on Oct 15, 2020 at 8:40am PDT

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Our latest menu addition is already a favorite ?! ????????? Imagine: young jackfruit, plant-based mayo, crunchy celery, delicious and sweet mulberries. It tastes like fall ?! ????????? Try it with crackers, in a salad or as a starter with our limited roasted Honeynut squash edition ?!

A post shared by Le Botaniste (@le_botaniste) on Oct 12, 2020 at 10:17am PDT

 

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Treat yourself to some “Me time” with your favorite sweet and (wicked) drink. We are open nonstop from 11 to 9pm, whenever you feel like it. Key lime pie, with raw cashew based cream is back ? Happy Saturday!

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Le Botaniste has additional locations in Soho, Midtown East and on the Upper East Side. Online reviews are pretty stellar for all locations. They also have three locations in Belgium, where they launched in 2015.

Le Botaniste’s UWS location is open daily from 11am – 9pm. They can be reached at (646) 998-4605.