Las Vegas Mixtape v8: Vintage Neon, Amped Up Live Music, And Vegan Steak

Track #3: Barry’s Downtown Prime @Circa on Fremont St

From the Vegan menu at Barry’s Downtown Prime:  Vegetable Salisbury Steak (Image: Vegas 411)

There are a thousand steakhouses in Vegas—a carnivore’s paradise—and everyone has their favorite one. You can roll authentically old school at The Golden Steer or walk down the staircase from the casino floor of Circa and into the modern throwback ambience of Barry’s Downtown Prime. The posh restaurant’s elegant design touches—like “warm ebonized brown white oak parquet floors, walnut millwork, burnished brass, and moody antique mirrors”—immediately impress.

A contrarian at heart, I skipped the steak and seafood choices and went vegan for New Year’s Eve. I ushered in 2024 with Chef Barry’s nicely spiced Vegan Cauliflower Curry Soup, with Baby Spinach and Toasted Almonds, followed by the flavorful Vegetable Salisbury Steak, a soy plant-based creation with Roasted Pepper, Mushroom Gravy, and Crispy Onion Straws.

For my next visit, I’m already thinking about their Vegan Chicken Marsala, with “tomato petals preserved with lemon vinaigrette.”