Chef Sterling Buckley, who has previously helmed the kitchens at restaurants like La Cave at the Wynn and Honey Salt in Summerlin, is leading Palate in the new Colorado building in the Arts District. His menu has dishes like soy-charred short ribs, longganisa sliders made with the sweet Filipino sausage, beef tartare, and charcuterie. Behind the bar, signature cocktails include a tequila drink with nitro-muddled rose petals and a classic espresso martini with a topping of pale green matcha cold foam.

Mi Barrio serves brunch all day and every day. There’s huevos rancheros and chilaquiles, plus French toast topped with jam, sweetened condensed milk, and Gansitos cookies. Benedicts are made over sopes with chicharrones and hollandaise sauce. Order a coffee, a coffee cocktail, or choose any of seven flavors of bottomless mimosas.

Spearheaded by Michelin-starred chef Masa Ito and Kevin Kim, the new omakase restaurant at the Fontainebleau. You can order agua fresca juice blends — either spiked or as is. Or go for a boozy El Pajarito in a cactus-shaped glass.

Chef Alon Shaya’s groovy residency takes over Jardin in the evenings. Shaya imagines his grandma’s fictional heydey, landing in Vegas via a Thunderbird convertible, armed with her recipes of Israeli and Mediterranean food. Herby falafel is swirled with creamy tahini, black truffle adorns bowls of hummus, and pomegranate Jell-O gets the fancy cake treatment.

 Chamon goes all in on onigiri and tempura. The tight menu features tempura bowls and a grab-and-go selection of onigiri. A tendon bowl piles hot and crispy ebi shrimp, soft-boiled eggs, lotus rook, and enoki mushrooms over steamed rice. Precisely shaped triangles of onigiri combine seasoned rice with salmon ikura, edamame, and spicy takana greens.

The industry veterans behind Piero’s Italian Cuisine and Table 34 have opened a new fine-dining Italian restaurant. Menu highlights include a pan-fried swordfish Milanese in a caviar sauce, braised beef cheek pizza laden with dollops of goat cheese, and a toast layered in ’nduja, caciocavallo cheese, and caramelized onions. Stay late, sipping cocktails like one that emulates a caprese salad — with tomato gin and flavors of balsamic vinegar, strawberry, lemon, basil, and cucumber — until 3 a.m.

This new American-style tavern inside the Rio Las Vegas features dishes like lollipop-style buffalo wings, lobster pot pie, and a 32-ounce tomahawk steak. And for dessert, a roving cart sidles up tableside for ice cream sundaes. You’ll also find draft beers, fine wines, and cocktails inside this wood-paneled restaurant with homages to classic rock music spanning the walls.

The not-so-secret Wine Cellar Tasting Room is again open at the Rio. The Tuscany-inspired room and cave-like space offers wine and spirit tastings with charcuterie plates and fancy cheeses like a French Brie, creamy Camembert, and Hook’s 12-year-aged cheddar. Sip everything from everyday wines to ultra-expensive vintages.

One of the most highly anticipated new restaurants of 2024 is All’Antico Vinaio. The sandwich shop became popular in Florence, Italy for its round-the-block lines, square slices of schiacciata bread, and sandwiches piled with cured meats and cheeses. Find sandwiches like the la schiacciata del boss sandwich with prosciutto Toscano, pecorino Toscano, and truffle cream; and the la summer, made with prosciutto Toscano, mozzarella, tomato, and basil.

The Salt Lake City-based Dominican barbecue restaurant Hog and Tradition smokes a 16-hour slow-smoked brisket and sandwiches it between slices of Texas toast in a grilled cheese with mozzarella cheese, chipotle mayo, and pickled onions. The barbecue joint also grills up pulled pork, chicharróns, and ribs. Pair it all with ube cornbread, apple coleslaw, and Southern bread pudding.

This sunny new brunch spot has pancakes and French toast with toppings of lemon poppy drizzle and blueberries, coconut frosting and berries, and cream cheese frosting and cinnamon sugar. Or you can order a recreation of that omelet that appeared on The Bear.