Candle Cafe, Candle West and Candle 79 were fine-dining
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restaurants in
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, in New York City.
Candle Cafe opened in 1994 as a juice bar and health food cafe, and was owned by Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza.
The Potenzas used $53,000 they won in the New York State Take Five lottery in 1993 to start the restaurant.
Celebrities such as
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were known to frequent the restaurant.
All three restaurants closed as of December 2020. However, a new Candle Cafe location reopened at 388 3rd Ave in March 2023.
Reviews
In 2015
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named Candle 79 one of the six best vegan fine-dining restaurants in the U.S.,
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named them one of 24 "
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" vegan restaurants,
and vegan studies scholar
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referenced them as one of two "famous vegan restaurants."
In 2013
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named Candle 79 one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the U.S.
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'' gave Candle Cafe a 25 rating for food, making it the second-highest rated of the 46 New York City health food restaurants rated by the survey.
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'' named Candle 79 one of the top 10 upscale vegan restaurants in the United States, calling them "one of the 'Grand Dames'" of upscale vegan dining.
Works
*Joy Pierson
''The Candle Cafe Cookbook: More Than 150 Enlightened Recipes from New York's Renowned Vegan Restaurant'' Random House (2003).
*Joy Pierson, Angel Ramos & Jorge Pineda, ''Candle*79 Cookbook: Modern Vegan Classics from New York's Premier Sustainable Restaurant'', Ten Speed Press (2011). ISBN 978-1-60774-012-4
See also
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List of vegetarian restaurants
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References
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Restaurants established in 1994
Vegan restaurants in the United States
1994 establishments in New York City
Fine dining restaurants in Manhattan