Black Tap Rattles the Burger Scene in Las Vegas

Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer

Address: Venetian, 3377 Las Vegas Blvd. S.

Phone: 702-414-2337

Hours: Open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to midnight and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Crazy milkshakes, burgers galore, and a menu of craft beers on tap and in cans make their debut on Saturday when Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer opens at the Venetian. Chef Joe Isidori, whose DJT at Trump International earned a Michelin star in 2009, teams up with Chris Barish, who opened Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesars Palace and Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas, for this new restaurant.

Diners can find the All-American Burger for $16 and the Greg Norman Burger with wagyu beef, house buttermilk-dill, blue cheese and arugula for $20 are the highlights of the menu. Chicken dishes include the $17 crispy chicken sandwich and six spicy Korean barbecue wings for $14 (with a $5 option for fries on the side).

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But it’s the shakes that might be even more enticing than the burgers. Black Tap’s CrazyShake menu gets an upgrade with its own bar, where diners can add alcohol for a boozy treat. A cotton candy version features a blue and pink pearl chocolate rim, a pink lollipop, rock candy, whipped cream and cotton candy, while newcomer the Bam Bam Fruity Pebbles shake features a Fruity Pebbles rim and a Rice Krispies treat, a strawberry Pop Tart and a Laffy Taffy rope. All specialty shakes go for $15.

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Black Tap takes over the home of B&B Burgers & Beer from now-disgraced Mario Batali, who stepped away from his business after sexual misconduct allegations, and Sammy DeMarco’s short-lived Rattlecan.

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