New Dining Options Coming To Crossroads Collective
A Mexican restaurant, eggroll purveyor and plant-based cafe plan to join the food hall.
Inside Crossroads Collective. Photo taken Aug. 30, 2022 by Cari Taylor-Carlson.
Dining options have dwindled in recent months at Crossroads Collective, but the food hall will soon reverse the trend with the addition of three new concepts.
Ready to Roll, a mobile eggroll purveyor, shared plans earlier this month to join the lineup. Mex Avenue, Temple Goddess and Adonis Burger Co. followed in short order.
Wauwatosa-based Mex Avenue aims to open its second location later this fall at the food hall, 2238 N. Farwell Ave. The family-owned Mexican restaurant is led by Melissa Escobar.
Mex Avenue’s current menu features tortilla-based entrees including tacos, burritos, enchiladas, chimichangas, tostadas, flautas amd quesadillas. Most entree items are also available a la carte.
The restaurant also serves quesabirria tacos, birria ramen and a build-your-own bowl option, as well as sides of rice and beans, fries, Mexican corn, chips and guacamole. A weekend brunch menu includes red and green chilaquiles, enfrijoladas, breakfast tacos, breakfast burritos and churro pancakes. To drink, Mex Avenue offers a variety of Jarritos and other sodas, plus aguas frescas in flavors like horchata, mango and tamarind.
The owners of Mex Avenue have not yet announced an opening date for the new Milwaukee location. A liquor license for the business is pending before the Milwaukee Common Council.
Escobar did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.
Temple Goddess and Adonis Burger Reboot
Two additional vendors, Temple Goddess and Adonis Burger, are also moving towards an opening in the coming months. Owners Eve Savva and Gregory Cilmi opened Temple Goddess in Florida, later relocating the concept to Paper Table, where they added Adonis Burger to their portfolio.
But Savva and Cilmi were two of the numerous vendors that struggled to thrive at the food hall due to a lack of support and communication, technological issues and other problems reported by previous tenants. The restaurants will get a fresh start at Crossroads Collective.
A previous menu for Temple Goddess featured a variety of plant-based food and beverages including soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts with flavors inspired by Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Indian cuisines.
Adonis Burger will serve an assortment of plant-based burgers with various toppings.
If all goes well, Cilmi said, both concepts are slated to open at the end of November.
The new additions will double the amount of vendors at Crossroads, which is currently home to Scratch Ice Cream, The Pharmacy, Nute’s Cafe and Kawa.
Dia Bom, a Latin-Asian fusion restaurant, recently left the food hall and opened its own brick-and-mortar space in the Harbor District. The restaurant is currently offering takeout only, but plans to ramp up to full service in early 2024.
Crossroads Collective is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Update: Information about one new dining option was added after publication.
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