Calabash African Kitchen
senegambian
Main Dishes
Jollof Rice
Peanut Butter Stew “Mafe”
Egusi Soup
Red Stew “Chu”
Okra Stew “Soup Kanja”
Cassava Leaf Stew “Palasas”
Bean Stew
Appetizers
Akara / Black Eyed Pea Fritters
Fried Plantains
Fataya Pies / Empenadas (non-Vegan)
Beignets / Puff Puffs
Sides
Fufu / Pounded Yam
Jollof Rice
White Rice
French Fries
Fonio
Attieke “Cassava Couscous”
Salad (dressing non-Vegan)
Menu as captured Aug 19, 2026 · source ↗
Tied with 1 other venue on equal evidence.
We hold 7,900 venues in Las Vegas, NV and could score 547 of them. Positions are counted against those 547.
v1.7.4 7.6/100 = sourcing 0.4/50 (named-farm 0 distinct, named-region 0 distinct, attribute 1 distinct [class=certification-word x0.30], buzzword 0 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 7.2/18 (capped at 35% of the 0.4-point evidence base).
1 signal is withheld while we re-check the source. It cites a menu capture that failed our plausibility review — a page that didn’t look like a real menu when we re-read it. The claims may well be accurate; we don’t publish evidence we can’t stand behind, and the ranking above was scored before this check, so it still counts them.
sourcing
Halal
Attribute“Ready To Order? * Halal meats, oxtail & chicken drumsticks excluded. Non-Halal on occasion substituted when Halal unavailable. We do not maintain separate”
on the menu · source ↗
Book on the restaurant's own site ↗link checked Aug 19, 2026
Authority & awards
- James Beard Semifinalist, Best Chef: Southwest 2026 ↗
James Beard Foundation
AwardJan 21, 2026
“Oulay Ceesay Fisher, Calabash African Kitchen, Las Vegas, NV”
Local authority
- Calabash African Kitchen brings tastes of the Senegambia region to the Las Vegas dining landscape ↗
Las Vegas Weekly
Local authorityBrock Radke · May 26, 2022