Pure Food & Wine
Organic restaurant · Gramercy ·
Raw vegan fare & sake served in a chic space or garden
Raw vegan fare & sake served in a chic space or garden
"The restaurant world is rife with dramatic stories of crime and fraud, and this Netflix tale isn’t even close to the wildest. While watching Bad Vegan, the four-episode Netflix documentary series that chronicles the downfall of New York City raw vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine, I found myself continually wondering when, exactly, the real crazy shit was going to start..." - Amy McCarthy
"In the early 2000s, Sarma Melngailis had everything. She was the hot blonde chef of celebrity-packed restaurant Pure Food & Wine, the face of the kind of dietary movement — vegan food with nothing cooked above 120 degrees Fahrenheit — that was quickly gaining ground in New York City." - Jaya Saxena
