Big Slide Brewery - LAKE PLACID

Big Slide does a great job maintaining multiple vegan options on their menu as it changes based on seasonal availability. They normally have a vegan sandwich, pizza, and entree option, and now even dessert! At the time of this review they had a pulled jackfruit pita sandwich, Korean BBQ “chicken” pizza, and tofu au vin, plus carrot cake. Excellent beer with friendly service and awesome food. You can’t make reservations but can join the waitlist via their website prior to arrival to avoid waiting for a table.

It's a cute place but the vegan options were not good at all. My husband had the Tofu Au vin. It was like they took a block or two of tofu, sliced it in thirds, threw in sauteed vegetables and smothered the hell out of it with a brown salty sauce. You couldn't really tell from looking what vegetables were in there because of the amount of sauce. He took a few bites and was done. I ordered the vegan Korean bbq pizza. It wasn't good at all. I had a slice thinking it would get better and I was SO hungry. My husband tasted it and spit his bite into his napkin. They took off the cost of one meal. A no-go if you eat a vegan diet. Updated from previous review on 2022-12-23

We liked this place very much. There are few vegan options around Lake Placid and this was the best in our experience. The pizza was very good. One of us is also gluten free and all the sandwiches and pizzas can be GF, which is huge for us. The server was super helpful pointing out what could be vegan and GF beyond the obvious. Good, house brewed beers (the porter is excellent). The place was hopping and there was a bit of a wait as they do not take reservations but you can hang out at the bar with a beer or mocktail for the kids.

2 vegan options 1 vegan desert…. But worth it. We had the vegan pizza and a pita, both were full of flavour and so good. The chefs here are super talented. We didn’t have room for dessert, but if the main dishes are any indication of how the dessert would have been I can guarantee it would have been great!

There are only a few vegan options on the menu (plus more that are vegetarian), but those that exist are clearly marked and done extremely well. Staff is well-versed and attentive to dietary needs. Vegan pizza option (Buffalo chicken) was absolutely phenomenal, and as a bonus, their GF crust is also vegan. Would happily have gone back the following night, but tried Lake Placid Brewery (same owners, I believe, and also good options)