Chloe Coscarelli Reclaims Her Place in NYC Vegan Food Scene With Opening of CHLOE
In a tale of redemption, celebrity vegan chef and cookbook author Chloe Coscarelli has opened her new vegan restaurant, CHLOE, at 185 Bleecker Street in New York City, the original site of her first restaurant, By Chloe. Coscarelli, the first vegan chef to win Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars,” co-founded By Chloe with Samantha Wasser of ESquared Hospitality in 2015. The restaurant, which opened its first location in Greenwich Village, quickly gained recognition for its plant-based menu, leading to rapid expansion across New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and internationally to London and Canada. An abrupt halt In March 2017, a legal dispute arose between Coscarelli and her business partners at ESquared Hospitality over the brand’s direction. According to the lawsuit, the company wanted to mass-produce her …