The Best New Vegan Restaurant in America || Eat Seeker: Fancy Radish

Know for stuffy steakhouses and a dime a dozen fast-casual restaurants, the last restaurant you’d expect to find in Washington, D.C. is the country’s most exciting vegan spot. Chef-owners Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby, are rockstars within the plant-based culinary scene, with a laundry list of hit Philadelphia restaurants like Vedge. After setting their sights outside the city of Brotherly love, the two landed on D.C. as the perfect place for their new laid-back plant-based location. Serving a mix of approachable and fun veggie dishes, like their must-order rutabaga fondue, which astoundingly mimics melted cheese. They also play off different Asian-styles of cuisine, like their mouth-numbing dan dan noodles, which could bring an end to all of D.C.’s partisan issues.

Eat Seeker gets right to the meat of a restaurant's story. Each episode focuses on a single chef or owner from some of the best, most innovative restaurants all across the country and gives you a behind-the-counter look at their process and how they make some some of the most exciting dishes in America. From Michelin star restaurants to tacos trucks and pizza shops, we got you covered. What is the chef’s vision, and how do they make it happen? What’s the story behind the food? What’s the food behind the story?

Producer
Phoebe Melnick

Camera
Bernardo Garcia, Tim Freccia

Editor
David Carson

Assistant Editor
Leonard Klein

Graphics Art Director
Ted McGrath

Animators
Fredy Delgado, Megan Chong

Production Coordinator
Sarah Barry
Line Producer
Emily Tufaro

Post-Production Supervisor
Daniel Byrne

Senior Producer
Chas Truslow

Supervising Producer
Stasia Tomlinson

Creative Director
Tom O’Quinn

Executive Producer
Justin Lundstrom

Special Thanks
Fancy Radish

Music
Track Title: Cinemascape
Composer: Billy Lincoln, Kat Green
00:00:00

Track Title: Shimmering
Composer: Stephane Hirondelle
01:40:08

Track Title: Zippo 70
Composer: Billy Lincoln, Kat Green
02:51:14

Track Title: Lucky Breaks
Composer: Stephen Baker
03:50:15

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[mediocrecyclist]

Food honestly looked amazing and very thought out. Can see why this places deserves some respect.

[jonesyh]

DC doesn't have a lot of vegan restaurants but the ones they do have are fireeee

[habanerofire]

I am fixated on that carrot ice cream. What a fantastic idea. Some roasted carrots, coconut cream and a touch of ginger. That would be bomb.

[MegaAedu]

That's exactly what I'm saying and especially thinking all the time after I have finished my homemade vegan meals: IT'S NOT THE MEAT WHICH MAKES THE FOOD DELICIOUS, BUT HOW YOU PREPARE IT!
I eat so much better since I stopped eating meat, eggs and dairy. One of the best choices of my life!

[vanshalfcabs]

intro starts “people want a good flavored dish”, already in love . Try vegan if you can, peace on earth!!

[MoorishBrooklyn]

Pretty good. Plant based food (vegetarian, vegan, raw food, fruitarian, juicing) has come a long way and is only getting better and better.

[sciencerulezangel]

If you want to be a vegan/vegetarian, one cuisine one must definitely master is Indian cuisine! The abundance of spices available, the art of Indian cooking is incredible with the tsunami of flavours is a vegetarian paradise!

[kathleenswenning]

Can we have an update on this awesome restaurant Wow what exciting delicious looking and sounding food, so innovated!!!!

[julianpsihogios]

Went to this restaurant in September of 2021. Best meal of my life. Thank you Chefs.

[hellohappyvegan]

putting on my list of places to visit and eat!! especially that noodle dish omg!!!

[pabloescobar]

Salute to you we need more and more vegan restaurants

[RC]

I wish we had a restaurant like this where I live. Those recipes looked delicious YUM!

[brettbearty]

What happened to your restaurant after the shutdown? Well both of you are so inspiring to so many of us. Thank You !

[IsmokeHiphopLive]

Wow everything looks amazing i need some ASAP

[fernandogarza]

If I had the menu of this restaurant for free, I’d be vegan for sure (I’m trying to be, it’s hard in Mexico, specially in family meeting, Mexicans will HATE you if you reject their food

[artiseworks]

This food looks so enticingly delicious! Do you have any recipes posted from online by any chance?

[rockopocko]

GET in bellllyyyy noooww you little vegetables.

[jairomedina]

Why does this guy kinda look like luke bryan? haha


awesome

[BBAiken]

My vegan food is really this good like this lol 😂

[mistypedhi]

BREADS ON OAK ON OAK STREET IN NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HANDS DOWN