Dinner @ Le Botaniste Midtown: Vegan, Gluten Free & Organic Wine Bar Restaurant

**Come any time between 6:30pm and 9:00pm, stay as long as you want, or leave when you need to. (Arriving at 7:00pm or 8:00pm is perfectly great.)**

Join us at the Le Botaniste’s Midtown location. It’s a vegan, gluten free, organic and carbon-neutral restaurant. This is conveniently on Third Avenue by 42nd / 43rd street!

Le Pain Quotidien founder and Chief Creative Officer, Alain Coumont opened the first botanical-based, apothecary-inspired NYC in Feb 1, 2016, on Lexington and 63rd. This is his third in NYC!

LePainQuotidien.com: “It is the counterpart to the Belgium-based restaurant of the same name and intends to further organic, plant-based eating in New York City. … The restaurant is designed to evoke the feeling of a classic apothecary … mindful eating.”

**From WellandGood.com:** “Healthy, Organic, and Affordable: LE BOTANISTE Ticks Off All The Boxes … How often do you hear about a great food spot that’s health-conscious, organic, and affordable—oh, and serves wine? … Le Botaniste is the sort of vegan, gluten-free, and organic restaurant that has an impressive wine list—sulfite-free, pesticide-free, and biodynamically grown—and takes dessert seriously…”

**Time Out New York says:** “Bread-loving Belgian megachain Le Pain Quotidien is behind this apothecary-inspired wine bar, a sister to the Ghent, Belgium original… lab coat-clad bar staff pour unfiltered, biodynamic wines curated by Le Pain Quotidien founder Alain Coumont … The food menu is similarly organic and boasts no animal products. Instead expect chefly ‘prescriptions’ such as the Tibetan Mama (brown rice, steamed greens and spicy kimchi in a peanut-curry sauce) and Dirty Noodle Soup (tofu, steamed leeks, garlic).”

**New York Times:** “Le Botaniste’s Alain Coumont … has turned what was once one of his New York locations into a vegetarian wine bar … The décor suggests an old-fashioned pharmacy, and the bowls, containing a starch, sauce or side item and a topping, all organic, are called prescriptions. What’s not eaten is recycled or composted.”

For those of you who have never attended one of our Meetup events: this is an incredibly friendly & welcoming group. It will be easy to find our group: we are taking over the majority of the restaurant. Also, everyone pays for their own meal. Easy!

**Where to Meet:** Most of the people in the restaurant will be us. You can’t miss us.

**Train Directions:** This is conveniently located at 3rd Avenue and 42nd Street. The closest trains are the 4, 5, 6, and 7 trains to 42nd Street.

**Come any time between 6:30pm and 9:00pm, stay as long as you want, or leave when you need to. (Arriving at 7:00pm or 8:00pm is perfectly great.) You will pay for only the food you order.**

Join us for a delicious dinner at Le Botaniste Midtown on Thursday, February 23rd.

Eddie