It’s time to put on those cardigans and indulge in autumnal delights—like new menu items, brunch and cocktails at True Food Kitchen. The trendy restaurant has two locations in Las Vegas, including one in The Forum Shops at Caesars, where you’ll also find a chill bar nearby.
True Food Kitchen, which advocates a healthier approach to dining, recently announced an all-new menu for brunch (available Saturdays and Sundays), and it’s tremendous. The new brunch cocktails include the Cinnamon Toastini, with Woodford Reserve, St. George Pear Spiced, cinnamon cereal milk and maple, and the Berry Cerealtini, with Prairie organic vodka, Giffard Vanille de Madagascar liqueur and berry cereal milk. Mimosas are available, as is a Bloody Mary option, but True Food Kitchen’s Clear Mary subs in tomato water and Aleppo for a twist on the savory fave.
And although you might be tempted to go straight for the entrée, do not. First indulge in the Brunch Tower, where avocado toast, smoked salmon toast, yogurt parfait, lemon-blueberry muffins, quiche bites and a wonderful apple crumble coffee cake are presented level by level. Once the entrées arrive, dig into huevos rancheros, made with pasture-raised fried eggs, Anasazi beans, queso and ranchero sauce on a corn tortilla; that sauce will make you consider ordering another one. Hawaiian fried rice is another gem, with quinoa brown rice, pineapple, pickled red onions, pineapple, uncured ham and fried eggs.
If you have returned to a True Food Kitchen before and were disappointed because your favorite dish wasn't available, take heart. The restaurant group sources seasonal items, so you you’ll find roasted Brussels sprouts with roasted mushrooms, marinated peppers, lime and a soy-ginger glaze, something that customers have requested be added to the menu. Some other intriguing items to think about include roasted butternut squash pizza, with lemon almond ricotta, caramelized onion, kale and cranberry.
And the Not Your Mama’s Meatloaf features Verde Farms grass-fed organic beef with such trimmings as herb-roasted fingerling potato, honey-roasted carrots and a mushroom jus.
Should you happen upon True Food Kitchen in between meals and want to concentrate on cocktails, that menu is really fun. The Cowboy Jam is one of the most unusual, with High West double rye, grapefruit and a Concord grape reduction. And, yes, it does show the color and flavor of grape jelly, but in a good way. The Smoke Show Old Fashioned is a nice version of the classic, featuring High West double rye, honey syrup and bitters, topped off with hickory smoke.
Two zero-proof mocktails join the fun: the What’s Up Doc?!, which combines Clean & Co. tequila, carrot, orange, jalapeño and mint; and the Non-Collins, with Seedlip Spice 94, blood orange, pomegranate and lime. Good to know you can indulge with abandon, right?
The Forum Shops at Caesars, 702.340.2600
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