Las Vegas Specialty

This health food café is an amazing resource when you’ve overindulged a bit. From two conveniently locations (one on either side of town), they offer up raw and vegan meals, cold pressed juice, and a small market with supplements and clean snacks.

This casual restaurant and juice bar is a local favorite off the strip. They open early—7am—and serve breakfast, lunch, and early dinner. With a number of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options, the menu has a California bend: Poblano Breakfast Wrap, acai bowls, Ahi Tuna Tacos, salads, wraps, and burgers made from natural grass fed beef (or black beans). This is also a good spot to pick up a juice or smoothie after a long night out, when cleansing might be on the mind.

The vegan donuts at this no-frills strip mall bakery are nothing short of legendary. And it’s not just the exceptional quality that keeps fans coming back again and again (they taste just like the real thing, if not better), it’s also the sheer size of the selection: fritters, Boston cream-filled, jelly, maple, classic glazed, and the list just keeps going from there. It's kind of the perfect pit-stop on the way to the airport.

With more than 30 years of experience and legions of loyal locals to back it up, this Vegas standby is known for churning out some of the best old-fashioned frozen custard in the state. The cash-only walk-up counter is in a somewhat out-of-the-way part of town and usually has a bit of a wait, but don’t let that deter you—the creamy sundaes (hot apple walnut is unreal), thick milkshakes, and floats are well worth the wait.

Although the indoor lava cove, designated pirate's lair, and leopard print booths may suggest otherwise, this six-months-old Chinatown tiki bar is actually genuinely good, not gimmicky. There’s an authentic Polynesian food menu to support a cocktail offering that includes the Painkiller (rum, OJ, and Dole pineapple whip), Trader Vic’s Mai Tai, and a Dark & Stormy that's really solid for a landlocked city.

While the bar menu at this local watering hole is all about hearty, well-prepared comfort staples—sliders, fish & chips, and a really good cobb salad—the real draw here is the beer. The selection is as vast as it is far-reaching, with some of the 200+ brews (regulars are awarded loyalty cards) hailing from as far as Jamaica and Scotland. And lest you forget you’re still technically in Vegas, it’s open 24/7.

This is the tiny sister operation (and neighbor) to the much-loved Raku Grill, though the focus here is on the dessert bar. You'll find Japanese sweets of every variety: The menu is split up into a three-course prix fixe and a small selection of a la cart daily specials. From fresh sorbet to fruit-flavored tiramisu, everything is made by hand on the spot under the watchful eye of Executive Pastry Chef Mio Ogasawara.