VEGAN High-concept vegetarian and vegan creations work their way onto the menu here, giving nonmeat eaters reasons to turn cartwheels over a place that caters to their diets with panache and the kind of culinary firepower that could translate into staying power. The masterminds are Eric Tucker and Alison Bagby, and there is no shortage of produce, Asian constituents, and elements associated with Mexican cooking in their Pan-cultural cuisine. It’s multi-ethnic, multicultural repast, sometimes with Korean kick, often with the cashew cheese and cream crucial to many vegan recipes. Occasionally there are too many challenging elements on the plates, but almost everything is presented Instagram-worthy, especially the chickpea panisse frites and the fresh corn and seared amaranth tamale. The back patio is one of the most inviting spaces in Rockridge. Serves dinner daily.
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