Restaurants in Paradise

Bombay Club beams authentic subcontinental cuisine directly into the mouths of Massachusetts's midnight children. Owners Vinod and Shikha Kapoor’s menu encompasses India’s many culinary regions, including the Kapoors' own Punjab region, with a variety of dishes freshly made from the exotic Indian ingredient of "scratch." Lay out bread-beds in your stomach for visiting food with Bombay Club's specialty naan ($3.25), which comes with your choice of garlic and cilantro, roasted poppy seeds and cantaloupe seeds, or fresh basil topping. From there, the menu turns into a garden of forking paths for your path-fork. Adventurous archaeologists can excavate the spice-and-sauce staple that is tikka masala for artifacts of paneer cheese ($14), chicken ($14), fish ($16), lamb ($15), or seafood ($18). For something sweeter, crack into the coconut-flavored curry dish of malabar, available in a chicken ($14) or fish ($16) variation. Otherwise, feed your inner Josh Rogan with the lamb rogan josh ($15)—tender pieces of lamb accented with onions, ginger, garlic, and yogurt.

The speedy service at Parsley Mediterranean Grill belies the care with which chefs prepare each meal. Owners Effie and Ygal marinate steak and chicken for the shawarma dishes daily before they’re grilled, yielding tender, rotisserie-style meats. These are then wrapped, like a Roman emperor after his bath, in toasty pita bread, which staffers customize to order with toppings such as fresh parsley, chopped onions, and Tahina dressing. Falafel wraps, crisp salads, and hummus provide options for vegetarians.

The trademark red velvet pancakes may pop off the pages of the menu like firecrackers in a cave, but BabyStacks brings more to the literal table than just flapjacks. A full breakfast and brunch syllabus means customizable four-egg omelets cracked farm-fresh with inventive insulating mélanges such as cilantro, pico de gallo, and ground pork. Sandwiches and burgers bubble with swiss, pepper jack, and golden cheddar. To further solidify the eatery’s reputation as a veritable resort for pancakes, the kitchen team also stacks sundry other varieties, including bacon, s’more, and honey whole wheat, inducing the realization of sweet dreams without making patrons slather their mattresses in maple syrup.

At Public House, located within The Venetian, executive chef Anthony Meidenbauer and his crew reinvent pub classics with a gourmet flare and pair them with wine, spirits, and more than 200 premium beers. Inside the kitchen, chefs grill dry-aged steaks and flip through their brains' built-in cookbooks before whipping up inventive fare such as scallops served with oxtail stew. Customers can call upon the on-staff certified cicerone, or beer sommelier, to help choose domestic or international brews that best accentuate their selections' flavors. A climate-controlled cube chills wine, scotch, and bourbon, and handmade garnishes top both specialty cocktails and any bartenders dressed in formal attire

Since its conception as a Hollywood street stand in 1939, Pink's Hot Dogs has served as a refueling station for celebrities. Jack Nicholson, Ozzy Osbourne, and Kim Kardashian have all eaten its signature franks, either at the original LA locale or the new Vegas venue in the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Today, two types of dogs populate the menu: classic dogs and Pink's special dogs. The first collection hosts traditional bun-and-beef offerings such as polish sausages, chili dogs, and Chicago-style dogs, onto which guests can pile their preferred toppings. The special dogs, however, defy convention. Inside the Three Dog Night's tortilla, american cheese, bacon, and chili surround a trio of hot dogs. Guacamole and jalapeños imbue the Spicy Mojave dog with southern zest, and the Showgirl dog adds sauerkraut and sour cream to its traditional fixings before wrapping itself in a bun or single fishnet stocking. Sodas, frozen pink lemonade cocktails, and a collection of domestic beers complement hot dogs of all kinds.

A glass bull's head wields dominion over the dining room from a wall of exposed brick, its transparent visage glowing red in solidarity with the smoky blaze of the kitchen's burger grill. Cowhide chairs mingle with exposed filament bulbs hanging from ceilings of spackled plaster in LBS's saloon-style space, which would exude the feel of the uncolonized Old West if not for the red and blue license plates composing a metallic American Flag that looms above the bar. Voted one of the best beer and burger spots in America by Draft magazine, LBS flips more than 10 types of burgers forged from Hereford beef, free-range turkey, and veggie-friendly ingredients alongside a slate of frosty beers. Meanwhile, shakes and malts infused with chocolate notes, fruit flavors, or cookie crumbs journey toward awaiting palates via biodegradable straws made from a fully sustainable, corn-based polymer. Burger buffs can wrangle a cheese-topped patty within the rustic dining room located inside the Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, or by tracking down the mobile Patty Wagon, which offers a meal on the go without the mess of eating soup on horseback.