"Ras Plant Based is one of the only places in the city specializing in plant-based Ethiopian food like tender mushroom tibs and meat-free dulet. From the flaky sambusas and spicy lentil salad to the huge platters of Ethiopian classics like kitfo made with pea protein, everything at this Crown Heights restaurant is memorable. They also have a second location in Greenwich Village, which is just as great as the Brooklyn spot for casual date nights or group dinners involving crowd-pleasing platters and rum-based cocktails called Wet Ass Passionfruit. Just know you can only get injera nachos at the Manhattan Ras Plant Based, and you should. Tortilla chips walked so that fried injera could run." - neha talreja, bryan kim, kenny yang, willa moore