Perhaps the crowning accomplishment of caller renovations astatine the historical El Cortez Hotel & Casino—currently celebrating its 85th anniversary—Alex Prime Steakhouse opened this month, planting a luxury eating destination into a Downtown vicinity that’s ne'er seen thing similar it.
Emerald greenish banquettes and paneled walls with golden details acceptable the code for guests close disconnected the main casino entrance, but its swanky environs are conscionable the opening act; the paper has been crafted by good eating seasoned Joe Swan arsenic enforcement chef, nether the guidance of different longtime Vegas standouts Bart Mahoney, vice president of hospitality astatine El Cortez, and David Robins, formerly of the Wolfgang Puck group.
The visionary down Alex Prime is Kenny Epstein, who purchased the legendary casino from his mentor Jackie Gaughan successful 2008. In his ain words, Epstein shares the elements that marque this brand-new edifice truthful special, and truthful genuinely Vegas.
On New York City inspiration: “I’ve had immoderate of my favourite meals astatine the apical steakhouses successful New York City. The champion ones person a existent consciousness of elegance and meticulous service. At Alex Prime, the country is beautiful, the work is impeccable and each item is taken attraction of, from the mode the array is acceptable to the mode the steak is presented. Our eating country feels elegant yet timeless, arsenic if it’s thing you’d acquisition backmost erstwhile Vegas was glamorous.”
On the menu: “If I had to constituent to a fewer things, I’d commencement with our premier rib, tomahawk and porterhouse—all classics. The seafood bisque is fantastic. The oysters Rockefeller and our maple bacon are large ways to start, and you can’t permission without trying the lobster mac and cheese.”
On the Downtown fit: “Fremont East has truthful overmuch vigor close now, with large bars, unrecorded euphony and radical retired each nighttime of the week. Alex Prime gives radical a spot to commencement the nighttime with a large dinner, oregon to halt successful for a cocktail astatine the barroom earlier they caput out. But we besides built it to beryllium a destination connected its own. This is the benignant of edifice you program a nighttime around, whether you’re a section celebrating thing peculiar oregon a visitant who wants to spot a broadside of Downtown they didn’t expect.”
ALEX PRIME El Cortez, 702-385-5200, alexprimesteaklv.com. Sunday-Thursday, 5-10 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 5 p.m.-midnight.
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