This cozy vegan spot in Brooklyn offers delightful plant-based burgers and vibrant cocktails in a sun-soaked, plant-filled paradise that feels like home.
"Launched by Flatbush locals, the vegan cafe Aunts et Uncles also functions as a design store with clothing, magazines, and more. The menu pays homage to owners Michael and Nicole Nicholas’s Caribbean heritage: There’s a cauliflower dish with peanut sauce; fishcakes made seafood-free, and bake-and-saltfish using hearts of palm." - Eater Staff
"Husband-and-wife duo Mike and Nicole Nicholas have created an all-in-one destination in Flatbush: café, bar, and lifestyle shop. They offer vegan interpretations of Caribbean food, including a 'bake and saltfish' stuffed with seasoned heart of palm and the 'chicken samich' with crispy oyster mushroom in a spicy maple-syrup sauce." - Nicole K. Grimes
"A summer food truck set up by Nicole and Michael Nicholas, operating Wednesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m." - Emma Orlow
"Aunts et Uncles is always surprising us with the inventiveness of their kitchen. Hearts of palm are transformed into fresh, herbaceous lobster rolls or subbed for saltfish in a fresh bake, and the dairy-free dough used for their patties is always flaky. The Brooklyn business is also a concept shop, where you can leisurely peruse through the clothes and books for sale while someone behind the counter makes you a chagaccino." - neha talreja, bryan kim, kenny yang, willa moore
"This concept shop and plant-based restaurant feels like a living-room hang, hosted by Flatbush locals and tastemakers Nic and Mike Nicholas. You can leisurely peruse through the clothes and books for sale while someone behind the counter makes you a chagaccino, then settle down to a meal of delicious, and sometimes surprising vegan food—like hearts of palm transformed into fresh, herbaceous lobster rolls, or subbed for saltfish in a fresh bake. Their patties, which use dairy-free dough, are always flaky, and pair well with their cocktails." - Neha Talreja
