Recipes
Browse by: Dish Type Ingredient Cuisine Cooking Method Diet Season Menus Recipe Collections Quick Dinners View All
How-Tos
Cooking Techniques Ingredient Guides Equipment Kitchen Tips Entertaining View All
Product Recs
Equipment Reviews Taste Tests Buying Guides Editors' Picks Books Shop View All
Culture
Cuisine Guides Food History Food Science Personal Essays Podcast Travel Diaries Profiles Food Industry SE HQ View All
Dining Out
Boston Chicago Los Angeles New Orleans New York Philadelphia Portland, OR San Francisco Washington, DC View All
Your account
Saved Recipes >
Follow us
Recipes
Browse by: Dish Type Ingredient Cuisine Cooking Method Diet Season Menus Recipe Collections Quick Dinners View All
How-Tos
Cooking Techniques Ingredient Guides Equipment Kitchen Tips Entertaining View All
Product Recs
Equipment Reviews Taste Tests Buying Guides Editors' Picks Books Shop View All
Culture
Cuisine Guides Food History Food Science Personal Essays Podcast Travel Diaries Profiles Food Industry SE HQ View All
Dining Out
Boston Chicago Los Angeles New Orleans New York Philadelphia Portland, OR San Francisco Washington, DC View All
Saved recipes >

Search for recipes and articles

Popular Searches

Staff Favorites

  • Burgers
  • Korean
  • Corn
  • Brooklyn
  • Greenpoint
  • Vegetarian
More Breadcrumbs
  • Dining Out
  • New York City
  • Brooklyn
  • Dining Out
  • New York City
  • Brooklyn
  • Greenpoint
  • Recipes
  • Diet
  • Vegetarian

The Vegetarian Option: Enid's

The Vegetarian Option

Dining out meat-free.

Howard Walfish
0 Printer-Friendly Version
Published: April 5, 2012 Last Updated: August 12, 2019
20120403-veg-option-enids-pozole.jpg

[Photographs: Howard Walfish]

The Southern-styled Enid's in Greenpoint sits right at the corner of McCarren Park. There are plenty of bars around Brooklyn that serve up Southern-inspired food, but Enid's stands out for its generous vegetarian offerings.

Their lunch menu features items like vegetarian sausage with gravy and huevos rancheros, while the brunch menu also features fried jalapeno cheese grits. During dinner they offer daily specials, like the vegetarian pozole ($4 cup/$6 bowl) pictured above.

The pozole is made with a tomatillo broth, which gives it a tart kick. The soup features a variety of complimentary textures: soft and chewy hominy, crispy strips of fried tortilla, and rich broth. A hint of cilantro brings all of the flavors together. If this soup is on the menu when you go, definitely order it.

20120403-veg-option-enids-vegburger.jpg

What's New On Serious Eats

The homemade veggie burger ($12) has the same textural problem that many other veggie burgers around the city share: it's mushy and falls apart far too easily. What it lacks in cohesion, though, it more than makes up for in flavor. The patty is slightly sweet, slightly nutty and chock full of pieces of vegetables like carrots and peas. The burger is topped with a delicious dijon mayo, the requisite lettuce and tomato, and a handful of ice cold pickle slices.

20120403-veg-option-enids-mashedpot.jpg

You can choose a side to go along with the veggie burger, and I went with a scoop of mashed potatoes topped with the vegetarian gravy. Although the mashed potatoes are rich and creamy, they and the gravy benefit enormously from a sprinkle of salt.

20120403-veg-option-enids-corn.jpg

The sides are also pretty good. The corn muffin ($3) is slightly crispy around the edges; it's served with salty butter to offset the sweetness of the muffin. It's a great vehicle for soaking up broth or for cooling your mouth after eating something spicy, like the spicy pickled beets ($4). Acidic and quite spicy, these are great palate cleansers. Note the whole pickled chiles in the bowl with the beets—eat those at your own risk.

20120403-veg-option-enids-beets.jpg

Few bars offer serious vegetarian items beyond mozzarella sticks and stuffed potato skins. But Enid's goes the extra mile for a fully vegetarian meal that completely satisfies. After my meal I took a walk in nearby McCarren Park, full and quite happy.

Enid's

560 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn NY 11222 (map) 718-349-3859
http://www.enids.net/

All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.

Howard Walfish Contributor, Vegetarian Option
  • Profile
  • Twitter

Howard Walfish is a Virginia native who has been living in New York since 2003. He is the co-founder of Eat to Blog and the creator of BrooklynVegetarian.

0 Printer-Friendly Version
Tags
  • brooklyn
  • enid's
  • greenpoint
  • southern
  • the vegetarian option
  • vegetarian option
  • Brooklyn
  • Greenpoint
  • Vegetarian
More Breadcrumbs
  • Dining Out
  • New York City
  • Brooklyn
  • Dining Out
  • New York City
  • Brooklyn
  • Greenpoint
  • Recipes
  • Diet
  • Vegetarian
HIDE COMMENTS
Sign In or Register
No comments
Comments are closed
HIDE COMMENTS

Popular Recipes

Christmas

Ultra-Crispy Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder

Pull-apart tender meat and ultra-crisp skin: It's not the most gorgeous roast in the world, but you'd be hard pressed to find one more flavorful.

J. Kenji López-Alt
French

Crème Légère

Light and fluffy crème légère.

Kristina Razon
Baking

Detroit-Style Pan Pizza

Pan pizza, Motor City–style.

J. Kenji López-Alt
American

Foolproof Pan Pizza

This cast iron pizza recipe is the easiest method for making a crisp-crusted, airy, chewy pan pizza at home.

J. Kenji López-Alt

More Brooklyn

Happy Hour: The Brazen Head in Boerum Hill

Happy Hour: The Brazen Head in Boerum Hill

Much Is Well at Allswell, A Gastropub in Williamsburg

Much Is Well at Allswell, A Gastropub in Williamsburg

Battersby in Cobble Hill: Good Food Comes in Small Spaces

Battersby in Cobble Hill: Good Food Comes in Small Spaces

Serious Eats
  • Latest
  • Masthead
  • Contact
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Jobs
  • Sitemap
  • FAQ

Follow Us

  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your California Privacy Rights
  • © 2021 Serious Eats Inc., by Dotdash

Welcome! Please sign in.

Forgot password?