Plantega - 1 Up Bistro - New York City New York Restaurant

Plantega sign in store. at Plantega - 1 Up Bistro in New York City

Placard outside of store. at Plantega - 1 Up Bistro in New York City

Front of venue, from across the street. at Plantega - 1 Up Bistro in New York City

Loaded vegan bagel with just egg at Plantega - 1 Up Bistro in New York City

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American

Fast food

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Take-out

Breakfast

Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Takeaway and delivery deli serving sandwiches with Just egg, Beyond meat and Abbot's Butcher chorizo. Menu items include sausage breakfast muffin, breakfast burrito, cheeseburger, vegan fish fillet and more. Please note: shares cooking space, fries and grills with non-vegan foods. One of several locations. Open Mon-Sun 5:00am-9:00pm.

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DoorDash

4 Reviews

First Review by Poundie

breads

Points +113

Vegan

26 May 2025

Mixed feelings. Be warned - Edit

I appreciate that they are offering a vegan menu even though it’s mostly heavily processed plant based meat substitutes. However, like most non vegan places, you should expect heavy contamination by non vegan stuff. Probably worse than most places, to be honest. Your “vegan” sandwich ingredients are going to be grilled on the flat top next to a seeping mountain of horrors you wouldn’t eat. Sound appetizing? Go for it.

Pros: Good menu of veganized bodega classics

Cons: Heavy contamination by animal products, Flat top grill and prep surfaces not separated

coconutcat

Points +191

Vegan

14 May 2022

Couldn’t order - Edit

They don’t have a separate grill for their vegan sandwiches and the entire deli reeked. It smelled like cooking / rotting flesh. Definitely wouldn’t recommend.

Pros: They have fruit

Cons: Vegan stuff touches meat , Smells like dead animals

Ps1978

Points +177

Vegan

08 Jan 2022

Good Plantega Food - Edit

Quick service, good burrito, reasonable price. I am just visiting New York and the plantega thing is amazing.

Poundie

Points +19423

Vegan

09 Jul 2021

Their heart's in the right place . . . - Edit

This is not really a restaurant: it is a bodega/deli, with the typical bodega/deli type items, including (meat) burgers, sausage, ham, etc. There is no dining in or seating--all takeout. It is located near Mt. Sinai Hospital, the Tuskegee bus terminal, and Central Park.

For vegans, they offer juices and also Plantega vegan items which they cook on the grill. I went there today, and asked if they cooked their vegan items on a separate grill (as do some other bodegas that advertise vegan items, including at least one that is not too far from this place). I was told apologetically that they do not: the Plantega vegan items are cooked on the same grill as their meat items.

This deli is small, and I sympathize--even so, I do not feel comfortable eating items cooked on a meat-laden grill, so I didn't order anything. There is a Le Pain Quotidien across the street, as well as a Joe and the Juice place next door, in case you are in the area and would like something vegan.

If you, unlike me, are not bothered by the Plantega items being cooked on the same grill as the meat items, you might want to give this place a try. Or if they change their policy and do start to provide a separate grill for their vegan items, please let us know in your review. But unless things change, my own opinion is that their heart's in the right place....but not their grill.