3 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Las Vegas — March 28

Your handy guide on where to eat this weekend It’s the most pressing question of the weekend: “Where should I eat?” Here, Eater editors issue tried and true recommendations for places to check out this weekend. For a breakfast sandwich with a side of vibes: Publicus Janna Karel Publicus. With broad floor-to-ceiling windows, bookcases teeming with novelties, and bold and cheery large-scale art on the wall of eggs and bacon, Publicus stands out among its neighboring coffee shops downtown. The queue moves past a display of daily specials — bento boxes with sticky fried chicken and cucumber salad, bowls of pozole overflowing with avocado slices, vegan carrot cake with pillowy frosting, and almond croissants playfully presented next to identically spiky Stegosaurus figurines. Visits before lunchtime call for a breakfast sandwich. Go for the supreme version, with soft bread piled with over-medium eggs, crispy hash browns, melted cheese, thick-cut bacon, and tangy aioli. The beverage menu offers several coffee drinks but go for the Death Cream, a caffeinated cold brew with luscious sweet cream. Sit at the communal benches around fake trees, at tables in view of a wall-sized mural of the earth, or slip away into the backroom and dine near the suspended steel art sculpture of an upturned hand. 1126 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101. — Janna Karel, Editor, Eater Vegas For a hearty prix-fixe brunch with Southern flavors: Delmonico Steakhouse Matthew Kang Delmonico Steakhouse. On the tail end of a long weekend in Vegas, sometimes comfort is the best option. Delmonico Steakhouse inside the Venetian has a handy $50 three-course prix fixe brunch that should please a crew nursing hangovers and short sleep. Choose a starter, like French onion soup, lobster bisque, or New Orleans barbecue shrimp; then indulge in either fried chicken and waffles, a smash burger, or a focaccia steak sandwich (among numerous options). Desserts are simple but satisfying, including sorbets or banana cream pie (which costs a bit extra). The fried chicken and waffles are presented in crunchy, well-battered pieces that feel pretty elegant for brunch. I’m not sure why, but Delmonico isn’t that popular on weekends, making reservations very easy to come by. The Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109. — Matthew Kang, lead editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest For a new Italian hot spot with retro vibes: Caramella Janna Karel Caramella. The newest restaurant from Tao Group Hospitality is a little retro, a lot Italian, and even has a couple of hidden secrets for making a night out more of an event. At Planet Hollywood’s Caramella, which opened in December of 2024, Tao Group chief culinary officer Ralph Scamardella, created a menu of savory pastas, tender steak, and decadently cheesy chicken Parmesan. Scamardella is also behind the menus at other nightclub-style restaurants like Stanton Social Prime at Caesars Palace and Lavo Italian Restaurant at the Palazzo. For dinner, the move is to order for the table. Go for a heaping serving of malfadine with sweet and tender blue crab, lemon, and toasted breadcrumbs. The chicken Parmesan is a must-order — stuffed with cheese, fried to crispy, and slathered in peppery sauce and even more cheese. A starter of salty prosciutto with sweet figs and aged balsamic hits just right, especially when combined with slices of buttery garlic bread. Weekend visits mean scanning for desserts in the small candy shop — which quietly gives way to a hidden bar with an oversized disco ball DJ booth and cocktails like the Set Me Fredo with tequila and pistachio gelato. If you’re dining inside, make a stop on the outdoor balcony for a photo opportunity against the Vegas skyline. Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109. — Janna Karel, Editor, Eater Vegas