For NFL draft weekend, six burger choices on the Strip

By Johnathan L. Wright • Las Vegas Review-Journal

3 years ago

A Gold Standard burger from Holsteins Shakes and Buns in The Cosmopolitan is dressed with aged ... — A Gold Standard burger from Holsteins Shakes and Buns in The Cosmopolitan is dressed with aged goat’s milk cheddar, smoked bacon and tomato confit. (The Cosmopolitan)

At Gordon Ramsay Burger in Planet Hollywood, the Hell’s Kitchen version includes Asadero, a melting cheese from Northern Mexico. (Caesars Entertainment)

The new burger from Bazaar Meat in Sahara Las Vegas blends (50-50) Wagyu short rib and brisket. (Sahara Las Vegas)

Prime grade beef and foie gras elevate the Billionaire Burger at Holsteins Shakes and Buns in The Cosmopolitan. (The Cosmopolitan).

Burger Barn in the Famous Foods Street Eats hall in Resorts World offers a Lucky Tiger Burger topped by slaw made with tobanjan, a spicy chili soybean paste. (Resorts World)

Old Homestead burger courtesy Old Homestead Steakhouse

Old Homestead burger courtesy Old Homestead Steakhouse Caesars Palace

To celebrate NFL draft weekend, here are some burger selections, as only the Las Vegas Strip can do burgers.

Bazaar Meat in the Sahara Las Vegas is offering its first-ever burger, a 50-50 blend of Wagyu short rib and brisket, in the restaurant’s Bar Centro. Pub cheese, special sauce and shredded iceberg accompany the burger, $18.

Burger Barn, one of 18 vendors in Famous Food Street Eats at Resorts World Las Vegas, serves a Lucky Tiger Burger with teriyaki, kimchi, and spicy slaw made using tobanjan (chili soybean paste). The food hall is modeled after the hawker street stalls of Southeast Asia, $10.

At Gordon Ramsay Burger in Planet Hollywood Resort, fans can choose from eight burgers, including a Hell’s Kitchen version dressed with asadero cheese (a semisoft melter from northern Mexico), roasted jalapeno, avocado and roasted tomatoes, $17.99.

The Billionaire Burger at Holsteins Shakes and Buns in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas features foie gras, prime grade beef, port reduction, truffle aioli and a frazzle of frisee, $36. Only feeling millionaire-ish? The Gold Standard burger brings together aged goat milk cheddar, smoked bacon and tomato confit, $23.

With an OH burger at Old Homestead Steakhouse in Caesars Palace, a thick dry-aged patty is not enough. Heavens, no. It must be aided by cheddar, caramelized onions, foie gras butter and french fries cooked in duck fat, $39.95

The 2022 NFL draft runs April 28-30 at the NFL Draft Experience and Draft Theater, behind the High Roller observation wheel at The Linq Hotel.

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