Chef Tal Ronnen promotes his restaurant, Crossroads Kitchen, as “an intersection where vegans, flexitarians, omnivores and meat eaters can cross paths to share a delicious meal and a good time,” he says.
However, the menu is strictly vegan, but eaters of all persuasions will be totally satiated—so go for it in celebration of Veganuary!
When Crossroads Kitchen opened in May of 2022 it was the first upscale, all-vegan restaurant to establish itself on the Las Vegas Strip, and the industry waited with bated breath to see if the reception would be a welcomed one. Well, mission accomplished. While veganism has become a trendy movement, Crossroads proved that it was more than a trend—it’s honest-to-goodness delicious, well-prepared, creative food.
Some highlights that we’ve come to love include the calamari fritti; here, hearts of palm take the place of squid, and it’s served with lemon and diablo sauce. Spicy rigatoni vodka and the sausage, pepper and onion pizza are both fabulous Italian delights, and the Impossible meatballs and stuffed zucchini blossoms are the perfect opening companion.
“Protein” here includes an eggplant skirt steak that would make you swear you were knifing into a nice cut of steak, and the scallopini Milanese is a tender and thinly sliced substitution of what should be a cut of veal.
Right now, guests that would like a taste of a few popular dishes should think about indulging in two different Crossroads tasting menus. The seven-course menu for $175 per person includes the popular eggplant short rib, mushroom and leek tart, and a cauliflower and leek soup, while the five-course tasting menu for $85 per person spotlights the scallop fettucine, mushroom Bianca pizza and a lovely honeycrisp apple and gem lettuce salad. Both tasting menus close the meal with a chef’s selection of dessert; Crossroads no doubt excels at sweet treats that won’t even make you miss that pesty dairy.
If a full vegan meal is something you’re not quite ready to dive into, Crossroads has a welcoming lounge area where you can sip on inspired cocktails with healthy ingredients, and you can order some apps to get your feet wet like the caviar and chips, cheese plate and figs and feta (all amazing substitutions for real seafood and dairy).
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