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cocoa v: fancy chocolate, cheese and wine
8January 30th, 2010more restaurants (not LA), NYC
manhattan is full of upscale places that charge a phenomenally high price for food in a posh, trendy environment…and now vegans can get in on the fun. cocoa v is a recently opened and entirely vegan chocolate & wine bar located in chelsea NYC that definitely offers the fancy pants experience. we hit them up last month on a snowy day for a late afternoon snack and had a very lovely, albeit very expensive time.
although cocoa v has a menu full of incredible-sounding chocolate plates (or as the pretentiously call them, “chocolat” plates), we decided to go the a la carte route and save ourselves for the cheese plate. we had a look at the display case up front an chose a couple stumptown coffee candies, as well as a serving of coffee-flavored chocolate bark. i believe each piece of chocolate was about $4, and while it was tasty, the candy itself did not justify the price. i guess you aren’t just paying for the chocolate though, you are paying for the location, the atmosphere, and the all upperclassy-ness of it all.
we also ordered a few glasses of house red wine and a cocoa v cheese plate, which came with a combo of dr. cow cheese, crackers, strawberries and vegan honey.
the cheese plate was delicious (i am a big fan of dr. cow), although it was phenomenally expensive. it came with 3 small wedges of cheese cut into thirds, and i think the whole plate was about $17. i would probably pay it again though, considering it was so tasty and the ambiance was so relaxing.
overall, i would recommend cocoa v if you want to go somewhere special and don’t mind paying what most people would consider way too much money. our bill before tip for the items pictured above was around $50…but hey, the place is beautiful and it’s a bloody upscale VEGAN chocolate bar in nyc! what do you expect? since our visit, they have posted an expanded menu online which looks pretty interesting. they’ve got stuff like english tea sandwiches, quiche, and even a nutella plate.
i definitely plan to return to cocoa v on my next visit to new york; i just better start saving up for it now.
CocoaV
174 Ninth Ave (20th & 21st)
New York, NY 10011
212-242-3339Hours:
Tags: chocolate, manhattan, NYC, vegan cheese, wine
Mon: 1 PM–8 PM
Tue-Thurs: 11 AM–9 PM
Fri: 11 AM–10 PM
Sat: 10:30 AM–10 PM
Sun: 12 AM–8 PM
8 responses to “cocoa v: fancy chocolate, cheese and wine” 
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fAncy ! booking a flight to NY for next month .. Looking forward to trying this place out
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I can’t believe a place like this exists. Why are all the good vegan places in NYC? Someday…
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And this wasn’t there when I lived around the corner! Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!?
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How was the service? I was really disappointed:
http://a-soy-bean.blogspot.com/2009/12/vast-disappointment-of-cocoa-v.html
young and ukraine January 30th, 2010 at 11:18