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Chef Michael Mina Plans an Off-Strip Restaurant With Adam Sobel in Southwest Las Vegas

The fast-casual restaurant debuts at UnCommons in 2022

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Michael Mina
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Maybe it feels like Las Vegas can call San Francisco-based chef Michael Mina one of its own since he has so many restaurants in the city. Since his restaurant Aqua opened at the Bellagio in 1998 overlooking the conservatory and botanical gardens, Mina’s name became synonymous with the city with restaurants such as the former Seablue and Nobhill Tavern at the MGM Grand, now home to International Smoke; StripSteak at Mandalay Bay; Bardot Brasserie at Aria, which replaced American Fish in 2014, and his namesake Michael Mina, which took over the Aqua space in 2004 and went through a makeover in 2018.

Now the chef finally plans a restaurant off the Strip at UnCommons, the $400 million mixed-use property under construction over 40 acres south of the 215 Beltway at Durango Drive. So far, Mina and his management company Mina Group haven’t announced what the restaurant will be, only to say that it will be fast-casual, developed with partner Adam Sobel, and combines “East Coast nostalgia with premium ingredients.”

Sobel joined Mina Group in 2011 when he took over Mina’s Bourbon Steak as executive chef in Washington, D.C., after opening Bradley Ogden at Caesars Palace, then moving on to become chef de cuisine at Restaurant Guy Savoy. This restaurant joins an off-Strip location for Urth Caffe and an 18,000-square-foot food hall Platform One from Batch Hospitality, with dining outlets from a dozen local chefs including Geno Bernardo, who had Nove Italiano at the Palms and ran Herringbone at Aria; Claudia Andracki from Desert Bloom Eco Farm near Pahrump; Jessica Perlstein, the executive sous chef at Main St. Provisions; and Roy Ellamar, who has Harvest at the Bellagio.

UnCommons plans to open in 2022 with work spaces that feature floor-to-ceiling windows, breakout spaces for individual work or small group collaboration, a conference center that can be used to host small meetings and workshops, and more. Fitness studios, an open-air common areas, contemporary residential units, a luxury movie theater, and food and beverage options are set to fill the space.

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Nobhill Tavern

3799 Las Vegas Boulevard S, Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-891-7337

Caesars Palace

3570 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109 (866) 227-5938 Visit Website

Urth Caffe

3131 Las Vegas Blvd. S. , Las Vegas, NV 89109 Visit Website

Mandalay Bay

3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard, , NV 89119 (702) 632-7777 Visit Website

StripSteak

3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard, , NV 89119 (702) 632-7200 Visit Website

Ikea

6500 Ikea Way, Las Vegas, NV 89148 (888) 888-4532 Visit Website

International Smoke

3799 South Las Vegas Boulevard, , NV 89109 (702) 891-3922 Visit Website

Restaurant Guy Savoy

3570 South Las Vegas Boulevard, , NV 89109 (702) 731-7286 Visit Website

UnCommons

Durango Drive and the 215 Beltway, Las Vegas, NV 89113 Visit Website

Platform One

215 Beltway and Durango Drive South, Las Vegas, NV 89113 Visit Website

Michael Mina

3600 South Las Vegas Boulevard, , NV 89109 (866) 259-7111 Visit Website

Seablue

3799 Las Vegas Boulevard S, Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-891-3486 Visit Website

Las Vegas

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MGM Grand

3799 South Las Vegas Boulevard, , NV 89109 (877) 880-0880 Visit Website

Bardot Brasserie

3730 South Las Vegas Boulevard, , NV 89109 (702) 590-8610 Visit Website

Main St. Provisions

1214 South Main Street, , NV 89104 (702) 457-0111 Visit Website

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