Crossroads Kitchen Calabasas

Simply put, Crossroads is a high-end vegan restaurant for omnivores. Plant-based chef-to-the-stars Tal Ronnen has been reinventing meat-free meals with flavorful and imaginative dishes for more than a decade now along Melrose, and that continues at this newer location at the Commons at Calabasas. The fare draws celebrities and other monied locals, as well as a surprisingly older, suit-clad type. The Rockefeller-style baked mushroom “scallops’’ and spicy maple-glazed Brussels sprouts with shiitake bacon are standout plates, as are the faux fried artichoke oysters. For a more substantial dish, try the carbonara, which comes topped with a tomato “egg yolk” that really bursts, or the lasagna, layered with dairy-free cheese from Ronnen’s own retail operation