Monday, October 15, 2018

SVCC 2018 -- Golden Road Brewing


I met up with a vegan friend, Amanda, for lunch today. Many of the restaurants participating in the Sacramento Vegan Chef Challenge are closed on Monday, so we were happy to discover that Golden Road Brewing was open.



Unfortunately, they were out of most of their vegetables, and the produce truck wasn’t due to arrive until mid-afternoon. This meant they were out of the ingredients they needed for all of their salads, the avocado fries, and the dish they had created specifically for the challenge – artichoke buffalo wings.



Not to worry, though – Golden Road Brewing has several vegan options on their regular menu, and Amanda and I had no trouble choosing a few dishes to share. The veganized asada fries were topped with soyrizo, Heidi Ho cheese, guacamole, and pico de gallo. If you order this, bring a big appetite: it is a huge plate of fries, and even with two of us working on it, we couldn’t finish the whole thing. 



The drunken zucchini tacos may have been my favorite of the three dishes we ordered. Small corn tortillas were filled with beer-battered fried zucchini, grilled corn, roasted pimientos, cilantro, and salsa. Loved the fried zucchini!



The buffalo cauliflower was also fried in a beer batter and served with a dill ranch sauce. These spicy cauliflower bites were very tasty.



Golden Road Brewing is located at 1830 L Street, and their phone number is 916-382-9445. Their website address is http://goldenroad.la/sacramentopub, and their Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/goldenroadsacramento/. They are open Sunday through Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Thursday through Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to midnight.

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