100% Plant Based Comfort Food

Locally & Organically Sourced × Crafted with Love

#peaceonaplate

CATERING

We know how hard you work. Let us do the cooking for you. No matter how big or small we can cater your next event.

Custom menus tailored to your budget and event.

Catering available in Westchester, Connecticut & the Hamptons.

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PRESS

Eater Video

Edible Brooklyn Video

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"6 Entrepreneurs who are saving the world"

Pop-Up Restaurant Serves Healthy Food That Tastes Good

"Silly New Yorkers think vegan fruit sandwich is 'barbecue' "

Finally, a meat substitute that's not disgusting

New Food Entrepreneurs An inspiring showcase of today’s new food movement and the people behind it.

This Fruit Will Be Your New Favorite Meat Substitute

Jackfruit : What Is It + Why You Are Going To Want To Eat It All Summer

Can you believe this BBQ sandwich is all fruit?

This Fruit Is An Amazing Substitute For Pork

Events

Brick & Mortar Location inside Whole Foods Gowanus!

Starting September 6th, come eat with us at our new 7 day a week location. We couldn't be more excited to offer you daily specials and new menu items. Come visit!

Whole Foods Market

214 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

11am - 8pm

7 days a week

WEWORK DUMBO

February 8th

12pm - 2pm

BED BATH & BEYOND

(cooking class & demo)

850 3rd Ave Brooklyn, NY

February 19th

5pm - 6pm

Make sure to follow us on Instagram for mouth WATERING food photos and special events.

ABOUT

Chickpea and Olive is a Brooklyn based vegan food business. We sprout up all around NYC.

We are open inside Whole Foods Gowanus seven days a week. Come eat!

For the most up to date information follow us on social media.

Chickpea and Olive's recreates soul comforting food but with a healthy twist,

Better for you, the planet, and the animals. Triple win.

We select excellent ingredients and work with awesome NYC bakeries, artisans, and growers.

Delicious food. Crafted with love. We call it peace on a plate.

EXECUTIVE CHEF & CO - OWNER

Daniel Strong has worked quietly in kitchens all over manhattan. Before falling in love with Danielle Ricciardi and starting Chickpea & Olive, he was the sous chef of Dell'Anima, an Italian trattoria in Manhattan's West Village, where he directed the kitchen through everyday operations and developed dishes that gave praise to a heritage of regional cuisine. Daniel has since converted to a strict vegetarian diet, and as a result his food has transformed. In each dish he ensures that no flavor is muted, and every ingredient is used with purpose.

CEO

Danielle Ricciardi has worked in the restaurant industry for over a decade. She has bartended, served, and managed at restaurants all around NYC and Chicago. Being Italian American, family and love meant handmade manicotti and gathering around the big pot of Sunday gravy. When she was little, Danielle would help her mom in the kitchen, preparing huge family meals - never the least of which was the Christmas supper. Her passion for food is a hard wooden spoon rooted in her soul. When she founded Chickpea and Olive, it was with the goal of binding her passion for food with compassion; Chickpea and Olive is the expression of peace and compassion through food.

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

"May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all."

OM, shanti shanti shanti.