"Spicy Moon in the East Village serves vegan Sichuan food like dan dan noodles (with the option to add Beyond beef), vegetable wontons in chili oil, and mapo tofu that's so good you’ll wonder if the dish is better without meat. It’s a top-notch takeout option, but we also like coming here before a night out. The red darkroom lighting makes feasting on pepper sauce eggplant and dry pot with tofu feel like an intimate dinner party. They also have another location in the West Village. " - neha talreja, hannah albertine, diana kuan