Established 1994 City New York | Food type Vegan State New York | |
Current owner(s) Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza Street address 1307 Third Avenue (between East 74th and East 75th Street), on the Upper East Side in Manhattan | ||
Candle Cafe is a vegan restaurant located at 1307 Third Avenue (between East 74th and East 75th Streets) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.
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The restaurant has an eclectic all-vegan menu. Its decor is simple, casual, and no-frills, with hardwood floors and with dark tiles at the juice bar.
It was opened in 1994 as a juice bar and health food cafe, and is 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 Woody Harrelson have been known to frequent the restaurant.
A second location is on the Upper West Side.
Reviews
In 2013, Zagat's gave it a 25 rating for food, making it the second-highest rated of the 46 New York City health food restaurants rated by the survey.