Stanton Social Prime
AT CAESARS PALACE
3570 SOUTH LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD,
LAS VEGAS
Stanton Social Prime: A Steakhouse
with Las Vegas Flair
Celebrity chef and heavy metal music enthusiast
Chris Santos has a new restaurant on the Las Vegas
Strip that offers an experience akin to a Metallica
guitar riff—both elegant and over-the-top.
With flaming tomahawk steaks served dangling
from a hook over the table, sculptural desserts, and
a glitzy decor, Stanton Social Prime is the Las Vegas
reincarnation of Santos' famed former Lower East
Side steakhouse in New York City, Stanton Social,
which closed in 2019 after 15 years.
Santos, a graduate of Rhode Island cooking
school Johnson & Wales, says his global travels
have had a big impact on his culinary creativity.
"It was eye-opening, whether it was walking
down a street in France with a baguette or having
an ahead-of-its-time molecular gastronomy dinner
in Spain," he said in an interview with Inked
Magazine.
In addition to Stanton Social, Santos is known
for his Beauty & Essex restaurant chain, which has
locations in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas.
The restaurants feature elevated, multi-ethnic
dishes such as Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
Dumplings, Tuna Poke Wonton Tacos, and Oven
Braised Chicken Meatballs.
Santos was also a judge on the Food Network
TV show Chopped for 15 years, and still makes
guest appearances on various TV cooking shows.
With Stanton Social Prime, located in
Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Santos and Tao Group
Hospitality, the restaurant/nightclub company in
which Santos is a partner, have created a venue
that seeks to capture the ambiance and excitement
of the Las Vegas Strip. It features an art deco-
inspired design by renowned architecture firm
Rockwell Group, complete with velvet curtains,
bold colors, and flourishes that evoke Las Vegas
floorshow costume design.
Las Vegas' specialty food scene is an essential part of its glitzy
nightlife. Check out an over-the-top steakhouse, European-style
shopping destination, and foods from acclaimed chefs while in
town for the Winter Fancy Food Show.
Sin City Specialties
BY MARK HAMSTRA AND GEORGE HAJJAR
PHOTO: STANTON SOCIAL PRIME
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