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Eater
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
Award-Winning Chef Kwame Onwuachi Opens a First-of-Its-Kind Steakhouse in Las Vegas
Chef Kwame Onwuachi — a James Beard Award winner, Top Chef champion, and the force behind New York's acclaimed Tatiana — is heading to Las Vegas. His next project: a first-of-its-kind steakhouse on the Strip that draws from his Afro-Caribbean heritage while shaping the city's next wave of chef-driven dining. The Sahara announced that Onwuachi's newest restaurant, Maroon, will open at the resort in late 2025. Unlike his acclaimed New York restaurant Tatiana — twice named the best in the city by The New York Times and his Dōgon restaurant in Washington, D.C., Maroon is a wholly new concept — a Caribbean steakhouse that embraces Jamaican cooking, including jerk cooking methods, with Las Vegas's unique brand of showstopping steakhouses. Fittingly, Maroon will open in the space currently occupied by chef José Andrés's Bazaar Meat — which is closing and reopening at the Venetian Resort this year. Maroon takes its name from the Maroons of Jamaica — enslaved Africans who escaped bondage and created self-sufficient communities in Jamaica's Blue Mountains. In his book, My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef, Onwuachi writes, 'There they lived a hardscrabble existence, eking out a life from subsistence farming and occasional raids on the British occupiers.' It was in that rugged terrain, he explains, that Jamaican pepper, Thai bird chili, wild thyme, and a breed of wild hog thrived. 'Jerk was born, and it lives still two hundred years later,' he writes. At Maroon, Onwuachi's menu will feature live-fire cooking, jerk rubs, dry-aged cuts, scotch bonnet-infused sauces, grilled seafood, and sides that draw on West African, Jamaican, and Creole traditions, according to Travel and Leisure. It will echo the Afro-Caribbean influences seen at Tatiana — where curried goat patties and braised oxtails take center stage — and at Dōgon, his D.C. restaurant with dishes like curry-brushed branzino, charbroiled oysters, and grilled wagyu short rib with red stew jam. The restaurant is a first for Las Vegas — a Black-owned Strip restaurant that puts diasporic flavors front and center, telling a story that's as personal as it is universal. Its bold vision and Onwuachi's star power add momentum to a growing wave of out-of-town talent bringing fresh ideas to the Strip — like Simon Kim's Korean steakhouse, Cote, and Jeremy Ford's tasting menu stunner, Stubborn Seed. It's no surprise that Onwuachi is leaning into big ideas with Maroon. He was named as one of Time 's 100 Most Influential People of 2025; he acted as the culinary lead of the 2025 Met Gala, where he curated a menu infused with Caribbean flavors; and he is one of the subjects of Netflix's Chef's Table seventh season. In 2023, the World's 50 Best awarded Tatiana as the One to Watch. In 2019, the San Francisco Chronicle called Onwuachi 'the most important chef in America,' the same year he won the James Beard Award for Emerging Chef. Maroon marks a major moment for the Sahara, a resort on the quieter north end of the Strip. Its last headline-grabbing restaurant debut was Shawn McClain's Balla in 2022. Now, with Onwuachi's arrival — and newcomers like Stubborn Seed at Resorts World, and Mother Wolf and Kyu at the Fontainebleau — the north end is quickly becoming one of the Strip's most exciting culinary frontiers. Sign up for our newsletter.
Washington Post
07-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
The 20 best new restaurants in the D.C. area
By Tom Sietsema May 7, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. EDT 8 minutes ago 1 min Every year around this time, I get to answer one of my favorite questions: 'What's new?' Let me share the bounty, which includes imports from New York, tasting menus from top chefs, some welcome bargains plus several places with original ideas that you won't find anywhere else in the country — unless I'm missing a menu that includes pheasant under glass or a setting that marries church and steak. This has not been an easy year in Washington. Federal layoffs and labor issues have taken their toll on restaurants, and diners seem more hesitant than before to pay ever-higher prices to eat away from home. Even the big cheeses worry about the fate of downtown. That means that as much as we all want to follow what's fresh, being a regular at your favorite restaurant, old or new, might be more important than ever. Restaurants are an investment of time and money. Diverse as they are, these 20 newcomers brim with rewards. Story continues below advertisement Advertisement LIST MAP Filter D.C. Maryland Virginia Vegetarian-friendly Entrees under $25 Showing all 20 restaurants La' Shukran 417 Morse St. NE, alley entrance, D.C. Middle Eastern Dōgon by Kwame Onwuachi 1330 Maryland Ave. SW, D.C. Afro-Caribbean Osteria Mozza 3276 M St. NW, D.C. Italian The Occidental 1475 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, D.C. American Wye Oak Tavern 211 E. Church St., Frederick, Md. American Alara 1303 Wisconsin Ave. NW, D.C. Mediterranean Butterworth's 319 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, D.C. French Cordelia Fishbar 550 Morse St. NE, D.C. Seafood The Duchess 1002 W. 36th St., Baltimore Guamanian Elena James All Day 8551 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. American Elmina 2208 14th St. NW, D.C. Ghanaian Elyse 10822 Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, Va. American Evelyn Rose 111 Church St. NW, Vienna, Va. American Kayu 1250 H St. NE, D.C. Filipino Minetta Tavern 1287 Fourth St. NE, D.C. American La Plaza Bar & Tapas 3917 14th St. NW, D.C. Spanish Raw Omakase 1326 14th St. NW, third floor, D.C. Japanese Rosedale 4465 Connecticut Ave. NW, D.C. American San Pancho 7056 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, Md. Mexican Tapori 600 H Street NE, Suite E, D.C. Indian and Nepalese Use Ctrl + scroll to zoom the map Use two fingers to move the map © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors Story continues below advertisement Advertisement
Time Out
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
This 'Top Chef' alum is opening an Indian rum bar and restaurant in Miami this summer
Summer is heating up in Miami, and your list of must-visit new restaurants just got longer: Las' Lap Miami, helmed by award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi, is scheduled to open in The Daydrift hotel in South Beach on June 10—and we are already salivating. This will be the West Indian restaurant and rum bar's second location in the U.S. The first one debuted in New York City back in 2018 and still stands strong. There will be plenty of vibes to choose from at Las' Lap Miami. Picture yourself sipping something tropical on a velvet banquette in a moody, plum-colored room accented with botanical wallpaper? There's an area that looks just like that. Prefer the outdoors? Head to the patio to watch the boats pass on the canal or get the evening going on the rooftop jungle bar. Onwuachi will oversee the menu, putting a West Indian spin on the Las' Lap format. "It's been a successful formula in New York, and Miami feels like the natural next step," Onwuachi told the Miami New Times. "With my grandfather being from Trinidad, this partnership felt like the perfect way to contribute to Las' Lap's story and be part of Miami's already dynamic culture." Las' Lap Miami is the latest project for the celebrated chef who shows no signs of slowing down. In April alone, Onwuachi was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2025 by Time and his eatery Dōgon in Washington, D.C. appeared on Condé Nast Traveler 's 2025 Hot List as one of the world's best new restaurants. After competing on Top Chef season 13 in California back in 2015, Onwuachi served as a guest judge on the show. In 2019, he was named the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the year. In addition to Dōgon's recent accolade, his restaurant Tatiana was named New York City's top restaurant by New York Times in 2024. Onwuachi also found the time to write a cookbook, My America, and a memoir that is set to be adapted into a movie, Notes from a Young Black Chef. Did we mention that he serves as the executive producer for Food & Wine?
Forbes
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Star Chef Kwame Onwuachi On Eating Around D.C. And Loving Golf
Onwuachi oversees top restaurants in New York and Washington, D.C. Tatiana, chef Kwame Onwuachi's delicious ode to Afro-Caribbean cuisine, is one of those popular New York City restaurants you have to strategize for to get a reservation. The 35-year-old talent's other establishment, Dōgon, sits in the new Salamander Washington D.C. and is only slightly less demanding when it comes to getting on its calendar. Little did we know that scheduling an interview with the man Time magazine recently named one of the 100 most influential people in the world would take so much planning, too. But we should have realized that, between running two of the most coveted restaurants on the East Coast, sprinting to meetings, filming YouTube shows and participating in culinary events like the upcoming SAVOR lifestyle festival in Texas (May 1 to 4), every second counts for Onwuachi. On Forbes Travel Guide's third attempt to get on the chef's calendar, we were successful. And like that first bite of Tatiana's oxtail and crab rangoon, it all proved worth the wait because the Bronx-born Onwuachi cooked up thoughtful takes on his culinary journey, his love for golf and his favorite places to eat around the nation's capital. Even when smiling, chef is all business in the kitchen. I would say being able to take care of my mom. My family and friends are the biggest things that make me smile, for sure. I don't think [my happiness] is associated with any accolade. It's just that I've worked really hard to get to where I'm at. Being able to be surrounded by so many people that I care about and make sure that they're good [makes me happy]. I've been a partner with [festival sponsor] Lexus for probably half a decade at this point. We have a really good relationship. I'm also a huge fan of golf. So, it was a no-brainer for me. It was like a win-win. Onwuachi gets on the green as often as possible. My friend in L.A. introduced me to the game. I just really got enamored with the stillness of it, of how you have to be so focused. And I think I found some parallels in my actual life. It's something that is my therapy. That's the thing that keeps me Zen. And I just love being out there also in nature. It's really beautiful. It's been cold in New York, so not too much [lately]. But I play often. I probably play a couple times a week, in the morning. I'm doing a [Fork & Fire] dinner with a bunch of chefs. I'll be making hamachi guisado, which is based off of a Hispanic stew, but I've made that stew into a crudo sauce. I put olives and red onion and cilantro in it. It's going to be really, really good and really refreshing in that heat. I would say both experiences are a cultural throughline showcasing Afro-Caribbean cuisine. We would start the day at the Call Your Mother Deli for an everything bagel with lox and cream cheese. From there, we would head to and spend a few hours at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. We'd hit Chercher for lunch and play nine holes of golf at East Potomac Golf Course. We would wrap up the day with dinner at Albi and drinks at Copycat Co.
