Orchard Grocer

"Orchard Grocer is a vegan deli on the LES that makes some pretty great plant-based ice cream. Pair a chick’n caesar wrap with cookie dough soft serve, or follow your cobb salad sandwich with a strawberry soft serve topped with housemade magic shell. Also, it's only a block away from Soft Swerve’s LES location, in case you’d like to embark on a bit of a soft serve parade." - hannah albertine, willa moore, arden shore, molly fitzpatrick

"Orchard Grocer is a vegan deli on the LES that makes some pretty great plant-based ice cream. Pair a chick’n caesar wrap with cookie dough soft serve, or follow your cobb salad sandwich with a strawberry soft serve topped with housemade magic shell. It’s the sort of spot where you could bring someone who eats meat every day and then watch their meat-loving brain shift. Keep it in mind for a quick lunch powered by plants, and always order the soft serve. photo credit: Emily Schindler" - Willa Moore

"The soft serve at Orchard Grocer on the LES is all cashew based, and made by Modern Love, (a vegan restaurant in Williamsburg). The flavors change pretty often, but we particularly like the strawberry vanilla swirl." - hannah albertine, emma, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, matt tervooren

"Lower East Side grocery store and sandwich shop Orchard Grocer has reopened its deli counter for takeout and delivery." - Luke Fortney

"Just in case you’re looking to stock your fridge, this vegan deli on the LES is doing weekday grocery delivery across NYC. They have things like plant-based prosciutto, crispy crabless cakes, and anything else you’d imagine finding at a vegetarian-friendly Dean & Deluca (R.I.P.). Check their website to find out when they’ll be delivering in your borough." - Nikko Duren