The Strip Lands a New Burger and Barbecue Restaurant

The Forum Shops at Caesars now has a burger and barbecue restaurant. Smoked Burgers & BBQ just opened in The Otheroom space at the front of the shopping center with a menu of smoked chicken wings, loaded barbecue nachos, and chopped beef brisket.

Hospitality Boulevard, which owns the Wellesbourne in Los Angeles, created this restaurant that includes pig candy with apple wood-smoked candied bacon, buttermilk fried chicken blueberry sliders, Louisiana hot links, and a smoked pork sandwich. Burgers include a barbecue variation, Mexican, and mushroom burger. At $27, the St. Louis ribs are the most expensive item on the menu.

Salted caramel banana pudding highlights the dessert menu.

To go along with the name, Smoked Burgers & BBQ serves a smoked barbecue bloody Mary made with Jack Daniels and a smoked Manhattan. Non-alcoholic beverages include sweet tea and lemonade.

Smoked Burgers & BBQ, Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-816-0897. Open from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

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