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New vegan-friendly Mexican restaurant opens Downtown

Diana Edelman
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El Zaguan is a vegan-friendly Mexican restaurant in Downtown Las Vegas serving authentic, traditional Mexican food. For more vegan options in Las Vegas, visit www.vegansbaby.com

There’s a new vegan-friendly Mexican restaurant open in Downtown Las Vegas. The cozy spot on Main Street is home to El Zaguán Mexican Bistro.

You can’t miss the bright building, and it’s a good thing because inside home-cooked vegan eats await.

El Zaguan is a vegan-friendly Mexican restaurant in Downtown Las Vegas serving authentic, traditional Mexican food. For more vegan options in Las Vegas, visit www.vegansbaby.com

The restaurant opened at the beginning of March and celebrated its grand opening only a few days ago. With exposed brick walls, gorgeous tiling and an intimate vibe, El Zaguán seats around 40 people in its 2,640 square-foot venue.

While the restaurant isn’t vegan, many of the staff are, including Yvette Mendoza, one of the owners of El Zaguán, who went vegetarian two years ago (her daugher has been vegetarian), and later shifted to a vegan diet.

“I’m vegan myself and many of our friends and family members are vegan so it was very important to us that we included these options in our menu,” she says. “When I have people over for dinner, I want everyone to feel welcome and enjoy a delicious meal and that’s exactly how we want our customers to feel when they visit El Zaguán.”

It’s the goal of the restaurant to serve the vegan community authentic, traditional Mexican food using the recipes the owners grew up with … minus a few tweaks but “still full of love and flavor.”

“We don’t want anyone to feel like they are missing out on traditional Mexican food,” says Mendoza. “We put a lot of pride and detail into every dish.”

Stay tuned, this is just the start for this local Mexican restaurant. El Zaguán has plans to expand their vegan offerings in the future.
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Diana Edelman

Diana Edelman is a vegan lifestyle and travel expert and the founder of Vegans, Baby, where she shares curated guidance on vegan living, dining, travel planning, hotels, and ethical products. An award-winning travel blogger whose work was named among the Top 100 Travel Blogs in the World, she brings two decades of experience in travel journalism, public relations, and animal advocacy. Diana is also a James Beard Foundation judge (2025) and a frequent media contributor.

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