The 15 Biggest Independent Restaurants in Las Vegas Based on Sales

Once again, Restaurant Business Online came out with a list of the top independent moneymaking restaurants nationwide. Overall, 15 of the biggest restaurants in terms of sales are right here in Las Vegas. Last year, 20 Las Vegas restaurants made the list.

For the second consecutive year, Tao Asian Bistro at the Venetian leads all others with gross food-and-beverage sales of $47 million in 2014, down from $64.4 million in 2013 sales.

Nine of the Las Vegas restaurants are steakhouses, and some of the splashiest names on the list include Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich, Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck and Jean-George Vongerichten with two.

The top 10 independent restaurants and their 2014 sales are as follows:

1. Tao Asian Bistro
$47 million
Average check: $70

15. Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab
$20.9 million
Average check: $75

17. Carnevino
$19.9 million
Average check: $175

18. SW Steakhouse
$19.3 million
Average check: $110

23. Prime Steakhouse
$17.6 million
Average check: $150

27. Mon Ami Gabi
$17.2 million
Average check: $65

39. Top of the World
$16.2 million
Average check: $93

42. Lavo Italian Restaurant
$16 million
Average check: $65

43. Craftsteak
$16 million
Average check: $100

69. Jean-Georges Steakhouse
$14.1 million
Average check: $110

74. Delmonico Steakhouse
$13.8 million
Average check: $85

76. N9NE Steakhouse
$13.66
Average check: $80

91. Spago
$12.6 million
Average check: $56

94. Bartolotta Ristorante
$12.3 million
Average check: $101

98. Fix
$12.05 million
Average check: $75