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sorry fancy vegans, XIV restaurant is no more!
5August 24th, 2011LA restaurants, xivthis is very bad news for LA vegans who like to class it up. XIV, the home of uber fancy vegan-friendly tasting menus, has shuttered according to eaterLA.
RIP: pine nut terrine. cranberry, cardamom, flatbread. $8 (one of the finest dishes in my blogging memory!)
while we only ate there a couple of times, XIV was THE place in los angeles to get cushy vegan food. it offered special occasion perks like no strictly vegan restaurant can or does—creative cocktails, celebrity customers, and overpriced extravagance.
we were sad when XIV switched out their vegan menu for a vegetarian one, but now we’re even sadder that they’re gone altogether.
oh well! at least we’ve still got the bazaar at SLS in weho, which i hear is getting more vegan-friendly by the minute. and we’ve also still got veggie grill (right across the street from the old XIV location) for great quick casual cuisine!
Tags: fancy, hollywood, xiv
5 responses to “sorry fancy vegans, XIV restaurant is no more!” 
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I have to admit, the restaurant’s decor is “tip top” but the vegan food was “ok”. Places like Native Foods will never close down because their food is exceptional!!
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Gregalor August 24th, 2011 at 21:24
Yeah, the funny thing is, the occasional fancy restaurant will try to wow us with vegetables marinated in some obscure spice or whatever, when all we really need to knock our socks off is a mock fried chicken sandwich.
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I totally agree – was happy they offered vegan options but wasn’t impressed the 2 times I went. Plus the service wasn’t very good. Though, I did like the atmosphere – fun for a night out.
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Gauri Radha गौरी राधा August 25th, 2011 at 09:02
No more vegan restaurant shut-downs in 2011, there have been too many already 🙁
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Schramm August 25th, 2011 at 10:17
Honestly I would prefer a meal at XIV over almost anywhere. You can keep your country fried wheat gluten and potatoes and gravy. XIV offered an exceptional menu of foods created from vegetables. The level of complexity was unrivaled – Madeline, millennium – those guys do not execute at the same level. Not to slight M&M, but these are two different leagues we are talking about, and XIV was the majors.
Oscar August 24th, 2011 at 20:08