Carson Kitchen was created by restauranteur Cory Harwell and the late chef Kerry Simon who was often a judge on many Food Network TV Shows. The Las Vegas location is downtown in a midcentury converted hotel that formally was the John E Carson Hotel. It’s pretty easy to miss and just walk by but right around opening time is a small line of people waiting to get in by a door that is hard to notice.
You have options inside. Do you want to sit on the rooftop? Outside, or at the bar? You can sit at the kitchen counter and catch some action.
Or you can grab a seat in the main inside dining area.
The menu offers fine chef quality comfort foods. You can get starters like crispy chicken skins with smoked honey. A few of the other starters are hot dog burnt ends, and asada style venison tacos. They also offer sandwiches and flatbreads. Other plates like beet tartare, macaroni and cheese, three bean salad with ham and green goddess dressing, and gin riggies (rabbit & snake sausage with tomato cream. Some of the entrees are things like chicken thighs, pork meatloaf, salmon with strawberry pico, and short ribs with Mississippi jus and pepperacini pesto.
We were told orders do not necessarily come out together here. They come out of the kitchen as they are done.
We decided to start with the beet tartare.
It’s a bed of whipped goat cheese topped with soft beets, crushed pistachios, and mandarin oranges with thin crisp flatbreads.
For our mains we shared the secret Sunday chicken sandwich with spicy pickle aioli and house prepared tater tots.
About ten minutes latter we also shared the jerk turkey burger that also comes with house prepared tater tots.
The flavors are really great from both the sandwiches. The chicken sandwich is special with that spicy pickle aioli that really cuts threw everything. The tater tots are also exceptional with a very good real potato flavor and are perfectly crisp.
This was my first trip to Carson Kitchen in downtown Las Vegas NV.
Carson Kitchen – Fine Comfort Foods
124 South 6TH Street Las Vegas NV
702-473-9523
www.CarsonKitchen.com
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