Cadence
Permanently Closed
Plant-based Southern soul food classics like fried lasagna
Plant-based Southern soul food classics like fried lasagna
"Cadence is a vegan restaurant in the East Village that specializes in Southern soul food. It’s from the team behind a bunch of other upscale vegan spots like Ladybird, Avant Garden, and Proletariat, and it’s the only place in the city where you’ll find dishes like a lobster mushroom boil and Southern fried lasagna with pine nut ricotta. If you’re planning a special occasion date night or a birthday dinner with close friends who don’t eat meat, give this spot a try." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, neha talreja, kenny yang
"Southern cuisine and soul food have always been good, but good for you? Enter Chef Shenarri Freeman, who is remaking the classics with a vegan and plant-based twist at Cadence.The tiny space packs considerable charm but the kitchen is the one that shines, focusing on building flavors and creating dishes with seasonal vegetables rather than alternatives posing as meat. It's one creative riff after another. Collard green wraps are filled with succotash and set in an umami-rich chickpea miso broth. Then, two large oyster mushrooms are fried and tossed in a buffalo sauce, served over a Belgian waffle and sided by lavender maple syrup for a take on chicken and waffles that's so good it's almost blasphemous.The wine list spotlights labels from Black-owned wineries." - Michelin Inspector
"Cadence is a vegan restaurant in the East Village that specializes in Southern soul food. It’s from the team behind a bunch of other upscale vegan spots like Ladybird, Avant Garden, and Proletariat, and it’s the only place in the city where you’ll find dishes like smoked grits with fried oyster mushrooms, collard greens stuffed with succotash, and Southern fried lasagna with pine nut ricotta. If you’re planning a special occasion date night or birthday dinner with friends who don’t eat meat, give this spot a try." - neha talreja, nikko duren, kenny yang
"Founded by Steph Hon, Cadence offers customizable magnetic capsules for organizing personal care products."
"Her plant-based New York restaurant Cadence is the source of the dishes celebrated on Soul Food Sundays, including fried oyster mushrooms and waffles, Southern fried lasagna, and maple buttermilk cornbread with sage maple syrup and jam." - Mona Holmes