Green NYC: Our Holiday Pilgrimage

Over Memorial Day weekend here in the States, my wife and I took a little trip to New York City.  I had to go for work on the Tuesday and Wednesday after the holiday and I have a relative that had an empty apartment in Manhattan.  So we only had to pay for the flight for my wife and food when we were there.  What a score! 

The office space (for my day job) for our new New York office is right on Union Square.  Union Square is the home of the Green Market.  They have a farmers market there 4 days/week.  It’s amazing.  I can’t imagine going to work several times a week and having that much access to locally sourced food.  Below is a video from Current TV on a new restaurant kiosk in Battery Park.  Battery Park is where all of the tour boats to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty leave – so they have a ton of traffic.  The new restaurant is called Picnick and is an all organic/locally sourced sustainable.

Before the wife and I went to New York, we contacted our friends at Organic Works Marketing, Katie and Megan.  They suggested a ton of eateries, so we hit up a few.  I wish I had some pics of that, but I don’t.  We did hit up Candle Cafe – a semi-well known vegan joint.  I’ve never been to a vegan place and I was pleasantly surprised.  I had a vegan cuban sandwich and it was rockstar!  I also went to Gusto – the first USDA Organic certified restaurant. 

Anyhoo – here are some pics and a nice video.  There were organic dry cleaners everywhere – I wish I could find one by me…but then again…I don’t dry clean anything.