Crossroads Kitchen
{{short description|Vegan restaurant in Los Angeles}}
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Crossroads Kitchen is a vegan fine-dining restaurant in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles. They have since opened a location in Las Vegas, Nevada.
History
Crossroads was opened in 2013 in the Beverly Grove neighborhood by chef Tal Ronnen. According to Los Angeles magazine, the majority of customers are non-vegan.
In the 2020s the organization opened two additional locations, one in Las Vegas and one in Calabasas, California.{{Cite web |last=Heller |first=Josh |date=2024-03-15 |title=Crossroads Kitchen's Decade Of Vegan Fine Dining |url=https://laist.com/news/food/crossroads-kitchen-vegan-fine-dining |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=LAist |language=en}}
Food
The restaurant has a Mediterranean focus and a small-plates format.{{cite web |last1=Kuh |first1=Patric |title=Crossroads: A New Leaf: Fancy vegan? Fancy that. Crossroads stakes out its territory in a meatcentric marketplace |date=19 June 2013 |url=http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/crossroads-a-new-leaf/ |publisher=Los Angeles magazine |accessdate=5 April 2019}} Soy foods such as tempeh and tofu are not offered, as soybeans aren't a Mediterranean product. Signature dishes include a "seafood" tower{{cite web |last1=Scherer |first1=Josh |title=How Crossroads Kitchen Managed to Pull Off a Vegan Seafood Tower: Chef Tal Ronnen continues to push meatless boundaries |date=7 August 2015 |url=http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/how-crossroads-is-pulling-off-a-vegan-seafood-tower/ |publisher=Los Angeles magazine |accessdate=5 April 2019}} and artichoke "oysters".{{cite web |last1=Stueven |first1=Michele |title=Crossroads |date=12 May 2005 |url=https://www.laweekly.com/99-essentials/crossroads-2494384 |publisher=LA Weekly |accessdate=5 April 2019}}
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Reception
In 2013, Travel + Leisure named Crossroads Kitchen one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the U.S.{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Sarah L. |title=Best Vegetarian Restaurants in the U.S. |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/best-vegetarian-restaurants-in-the-us |publisher=Travel + Leisure |accessdate=9 February 2019}} That same year, Patric Kuh of Los Angeles magazine critiqued that he wished the restaurant "did more with raw ingredients and, ironically enough, with vegetables," and that the legume dishes lacked inspiration. In 2014 Relish named them one of the 15 best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in the U.S.{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Jennifer M. |title=15 Best Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants |url=http://relish.com/articles/best-vegan-vegetarian-restaurants/ |publisher=Relish |accessdate=9 February 2019}} In 2015, PETA named them one of the six best vegan fine-dining restaurants in the U.S.{{cite web |last1=Prater |first1=Danny |title=The Top 6 Vegan Fine-Dining Establishments in the U.S. |date=10 June 2015 |url=https://www.peta.org/living/food/vegan-fine-dining-restaurants/ |publisher=PETA |accessdate=7 February 2019}} and BuzzFeed named them one of 24 "bucket list" vegan restaurants.{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Lauren |title=24 Vegan Restaurants That Belong On Your Culinary Bucket List |date=5 July 2015 |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurenpaul/vegan-restaurants-for-your-culinary-bucket-list |publisher=BuzzFeed |accessdate=24 February 2019}}
In 2017, Tasting Table named Crossroads Kitchen one of the eight best vegan restaurants in the U.S.{{cite web |last1=Saladino |first1=Emily |title=The 8 Best Vegan Restaurants in America |date=19 January 2017 |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/dine/national/best-vegan-restaurants |publisher=Tasting Table |accessdate=8 February 2019}} and The Daily Meal named them one of the best vegan restaurants in the United States.{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Dan |title=America's Best Vegan Restaurants |date=February 2017 |url=https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/americas-best-new-vegan-restaurants-slideshow |publisher=The Daily Meal |accessdate=22 February 2019}} In 2018 USA Today named them one of the ten best vegan restaurants in the country.
{{cite news |last1=Krantz |first1=Rachel |title=These are the best vegan restaurants in the United States |newspaper=10Best |date=31 October 2018 |url=https://www.10best.com/interests/food-travel/these-are-the-best-vegan-restaurants-in-the-united-states/ |publisher=USA Today |accessdate=8 February 2019}} In 2019, Big 7 Travel named them one of 50 best vegan-friendly restaurants in the world.{{cite web |title=50 Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurants In The World |url=https://bigseventravel.com/2019/03/50-best-vegan-restaurants-in-the-world/ |publisher=Big 7 Travel |accessdate=12 March 2019}}
Oprah Winfrey called Crossroads owner and chef Tal Ronnen "America's best vegan chef" after he "helped her prep for her 21-day vegan challenge, when she also gave up sugar, gluten and alcohol."{{cite web |last1=Chandra |first1=Gowri |title=Oprah Called Tal Ronnen America's Best Vegan Chef; Here's What to Eat at His Restaurant |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/restaurants/vegan-chef-tal-ronnen-restaurant |publisher=Food & Wine |accessdate=8 February 2019}} Vogue called his cuisine, "as flavorful as it gets."{{cite web |last1=Varnell |first1=Elizabeth |title=3 Vegan Recipes Worth a Trip to the Farmers' Market—From Crossroads Chef Tal Ronnen |date=5 November 2015 |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/best-vegan-recipes-chef-tal-ronnen-crossroads-squash-sweet-potato |publisher=Vogue |accessdate=5 April 2019}}
See also
References
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