The San Francisco ‘49ers will tackle the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs for Tremendous Bowl LVIII this Sunday. No less than 15,000 individuals will have a good time by heading to the sport’s host metropolis, Las Vegas, the place movie star chef and tv character Man Fieri is throwing an enormous tailgate competition.
Hosted by Caesars Leisure, Man Fieri’s Flavortown Tailgate takes place on February 11 and is strategically situated close to Allegiant Stadium and adjoining to Caesars Discussion board. The occasion affords a family-friendly atmosphere, together with stay performances from nation music star Dustin Lynch and digital musical artist Diplo.
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The occasion is a collaboration between Man Fieri and Medium Uncommon—which helped placed on the inaugural occasion in Phoenix, AZ final yr, which broke information for the world’s largest tailgate occasion.
“Holy moly, we’re again,” Fieri mentioned in an announcement. “This Tailgate is on fireplace—the proper mixture of meals, drinks, tailgate enjoyable, and music … It’s a recipe for fulfillment.”
Billed as the most important meals competition in america, Man Fieri’s Flavortown Tailgate will supply a dynamic mixture of choices, together with vegan meals hand-selected by Fieri.
Man Fieri takes vegan meals to Flavortown
The occasion will function greater than 20 restaurant pop-ups, together with distinctive Man Fieri ideas and a “Style of Las Vegas” part. Pepsi is sponsoring the occasion so loads of chilly sodas will probably be available to enhance the meals.
As one would anticipate, the competition is pretty meat-heavy, with Fieri-created specials corresponding to Kobe Cheeseburgers, Shaved Prime Rib Sandwiches, and Garbage can Nachos. The occasion counts meat big Tyson Meals and Papa John’s as companions and can function a meat smoke pit courtesy of grill firm Kingsford.
Meals Community
It’s going to additionally spotlight greater than 10 eateries that Fieri has visited as host of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives—a long-running Meals Community present that has more and more highlighted plant-based choices throughout the nation.
Fieri himself has delved deeper into cooking and consuming plant-based meals, usually showcasing vegan choices at festivals corresponding to Stagecoach in Indio, CA and the Meals & Wine Basic in Aspen, CO.
For his Las Vegas occasion, Fieri made positive that vegan choices had their second within the highlight, too.
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One of many featured eateries on the tailgate will probably be No Butcher, the primary vegan butcher store to open in Las Vegas. No Butcher serves an array of plant-based sandwiches and different deli choices that function its housemade vegan meats and cheeses. It additionally affords these things by the pound, identical to different butcher retailers.
“During the last years we already noticed a development {that a} vital share of our prospects are usually not vegans (but), however take pleasure in our sandwiches,” No Butcher posted to social media. “We at all times tried to supply meals that’s interesting to everybody.”
For the occasion, No Butcher will supply the Greek Sandwich, a favourite of Fieri’s from the present that options plant-based gyro meat, tzatziki sauce, greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions, all served on a crispy ciabatta roll.
Down2Earth
One other native eatery, Down2Earth Plant Based mostly Delicacies, may also be on the tailgate serving its thoughtfully crafted vegan soul meals. Attendees can anticipate Truffle Mac n’ Cheese together with Southern Fried Oyster Mushrooms.
Chef and proprietor Stephen Parker hopes the eatery’s decadent dishes will fulfill tailgaters in additional methods than one.
“Our mission is to offer plant primarily based consolation meals to nourish our souls and strengthen our minds,” Parker tells VegNews.
Admission to Man Fieri’s Flavortown Tailgate is free, with basic tickets accessible via TickPick. The Style of Flavortown Ticket, priced at $119.99, ensures entry to the occasion and comes with a singular memento passport, providing 13 tasting vouchers to pattern dishes from chosen Man Fieri ideas and different taking part eating places.
Las Vegas’ vegan meals scene
In case you have bother discovering 13 vegan choices on the competition, you possibly can pop over to a lot of Sin Metropolis’s vegan-friendly eating places for a veritable buffet of plant-based fare.
Upscale choices corresponding to Crossroads Kitchen supply connoisseur vegan dishes, whereas Chef Kenny’s Asian Vegan Restaurant caters to a various palate with every part from steak sushi rolls to vegan dim sum.
Tacotarian
Tacotarian boasts a powerful number of plant-based tacos and Graze Kitchen serves up an array of consolation meals, from Korean BBQ nachos to grilled marinated tofu.
Even conventional steakhouse settings corresponding to Barry’s Downtown Prime have embraced plant-based delicacies, providing luxurious vegan dishes from meatloaf to desserts.
For pizza lovers, Guerrilla Pizza’s Detroit-style vegan pizza is a must-try, too.
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Anna Starostinetskaya is the Senior Information Editor at VegNews and is at all times maintaining a tally of all issues vegan in her dwelling metropolis of San Francisco, CA and in every single place else.
