Chaia's Chinatown location puts vegetables at the center of the menu instead of on the side, filling handmade corn tortillas with seasonal produce and house-made salsas. The menu shifts with what's in season, so the lineup isn't static from one visit to the next.
The space leans minimal and functional rather than atmospheric, and the format moves quickly — this reads as a counter-service taco stop, not a lingering sit-down meal. Even skeptics of an all-vegetarian taco shop tend to come away convinced once they've actually tried it.
The space leans minimal and functional rather than atmospheric, and the format moves quickly — this reads as a counter-service taco stop, not a lingering sit-down meal. Even skeptics of an all-vegetarian taco shop tend to come away convinced once they've actually tried it.