Modern Love

The Ride-Along Report: First Takes From Last Night’s Dinner

"What It Is: A vegan restaurant in Williamsburg serving fancy-ish comfort food Perfect For: Vegetarians, Date Night We checked out Modern Love when it first opened, but went back to try it again before the review. It’s a little bit like a Brooklyn Dirt Candy - an upscale vegetarian restaurant with food worth traveling for. Modern Love’s menu is filled with comfort food, like poutine with mushroom gravy and a pinto bean burger with fried tempeh that looks like bacon. In other words, don’t expect to leave here feeling particularly healthy. That said, we really like the food here, especially the BBQ cauliflower wings and the tofu curry. The large, modern space would work well for date night or a group dinner - just know it gets busy and there isn’t much of a bar area to wait, so we’d make a reservation. The Verdict: Vegetarians will want to travel for this place, and non-vegetarians will be very happy here too." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang, matt tervooren