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| Established | 2013 |
| Chef | Tal Ronnen, Scot Jones |
| Pastry chef | Serafina Magnussen |
| Food type | Vegan, Mediterranean |
| Street address | 8284 Melrose Ave |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | California |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 90046 |
| Country | United States |
| Website | crossroadskitchen |
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.[1][2] According to Los Angeles magazine, the majority of customers are non-vegan.[1]
In the 2020s the organization opened two additional locations, one in Las Vegas and one in Calabasas, California.[3]
Food
The restaurant has a Mediterranean focus and a small-plates format.[1][3] Soy foods such as tempeh and tofu are not offered, as soybeans aren't a Mediterranean product.[1] Signature dishes include a "seafood" tower[4] and artichoke "oysters".[5]
Kite Hill cheeses
Ronnen also cofounded Kite Hill, a producer of vegan cheeses.[3]
Reception
In 2013, Travel + Leisure named Crossroads Kitchen one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the U.S.[6] 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.[1] In 2014 Relish named them one of the 15 best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in the U.S.[7] In 2015, PETA named them one of the six best vegan fine-dining restaurants in the U.S.[8] and BuzzFeed named them one of 24 "bucket list" vegan restaurants.[9]
In 2017, Tasting Table named Crossroads Kitchen one of the eight best vegan restaurants in the U.S.[10] and The Daily Meal named them one of the best vegan restaurants in the United States.[11] In 2018 USA Today named them one of the ten best vegan restaurants in the country. [12] In 2019, Big 7 Travel named them one of 50 best vegan-friendly restaurants in the world.[13]
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."[2] Vogue called his cuisine, "as flavorful as it gets."[14]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Kuh, Patric (June 19, 2013). "Crossroads: A New Leaf: Fancy vegan? Fancy that. Crossroads stakes out its territory in a meatcentric marketplace". Los Angeles magazine. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ a b Chandra, Gowri. "Oprah Called Tal Ronnen America's Best Vegan Chef; Here's What to Eat at His Restaurant". Food & Wine. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ a b c Heller, Josh (March 15, 2024). "Crossroads Kitchen's Decade Of Vegan Fine Dining". LAist. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ Scherer, Josh (August 7, 2015). "How Crossroads Kitchen Managed to Pull Off a Vegan Seafood Tower: Chef Tal Ronnen continues to push meatless boundaries". Los Angeles magazine. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Stueven, Michele (May 12, 2005). "Crossroads". LA Weekly. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Stewart, Sarah L. "Best Vegetarian Restaurants in the U.S." Travel + Leisure. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ Wood, Jennifer M. "15 Best Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants". Relish. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ Prater, Danny (June 10, 2015). "The Top 6 Vegan Fine-Dining Establishments in the U.S." PETA. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
- ^ Paul, Lauren (July 5, 2015). "24 Vegan Restaurants That Belong On Your Culinary Bucket List". BuzzFeed. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ Saladino, Emily (January 19, 2017). "The 8 Best Vegan Restaurants in America". Tasting Table. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Myers, Dan (February 2017). "America's Best Vegan Restaurants". The Daily Meal. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ^ Krantz, Rachel (October 31, 2018). "These are the best vegan restaurants in the United States". 10Best. USA Today. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ "50 Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurants In The World". Big 7 Travel. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ Varnell, Elizabeth (November 5, 2015). "3 Vegan Recipes Worth a Trip to the Farmers' Market—From Crossroads Chef Tal Ronnen". Vogue. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
