11 of the Highest Grossing U.S. Restaurants Are in Las Vegas

Top of the World at the Strat landed the top spot among Las Vegas restaurants in Restaurant Business magazine’s newest list of top grossing independent restaurants in the country for 2019. Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab at the Forum Shops at Caesars, which took the top spot in 2018, came in second among Las Vegas eateries.

The magazine estimates that Top of the World made $25.2 million in sales with 246,054 meals served in 2019, landing in the No. 7 spot on the list.

Carmine’s, the Italian restaurant that serves family-style dishes in Times Square, took the top spot on the list with an estimated $39.1 million in sales and 469,803 meals served. It’s sister restaurant at the Forum Shops in Caesars came in 65th with $15.1 million in estimated sales.

Virgil’s Real Barbecue — also, like Carmine’s, from Alicart Restaurant Group — at The Linq Promenade made the list for the first time in the 100th spot.

The full chart of 100 includes 21 New York destinations, 11 in Las Vegas, nine in Washington, D.C., and 11 in California.

Here’s the full list of Las Vegas restaurants:

7. Top of the World

$25.2 million in estimated sales

246,054 meals served

17. Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab at the Forum Shops at Caesars

$22.2 million in estimated sales

286,000 meals served

21. Bazaar Meat by José Andrés at the Sahara Las Vegas

$22.2 million in estimated sales

190,000 meals served

22. SW Steakhouse at Wynn Las Vegas

$21.5 million in estimated sales

145,700 meals served

25. Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Las Vegas

$20.1 million in estimated sales

319,200 meals served

37. Lavo Italian Restaurant & Lounge at the Palazzo

$18.4 million in estimated sales

115,500 meals served

38. Prime Steakhouse at the Bellagio

18.2 million in estimated sales

113,600 meals served

56. Delmonico Steakhouse at the Venetian

$16.2 million in estimated sales

133,0000 meals served

65. Carmine’s at the Forum Shops at Caesars

$15.1 million in estimated sales

176,221 meals served

75. Beauty & Essex at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

$14.1 million in estimated sales

150,000 meals served

100. Virgil’s Real Barbecue at The Linq Promenade

$11.4 million in estimated sales

208,276 meals served

• 10 of the Highest Grossing U.S. Restaurants Are in Las Vegas [ELV]