What Are The Two Oldest Restaurants in Las Vegas?
After 1999, when the Green Shack closed out on Boulder Highway, El Sombrero on Main Street just south of downtown was the oldest restaurant in Las Vegas. But it too closed, in April 2014, after 61 years in business -- all in the same family. It reopened in the same building and with the same name, though under new ownership and with a completely new look and menu, five months later, but no longer qualifies as one of the oldest.
The newest oldest restaurant in Las Vegas is now Bob Taylor's Original Ranch House and Supper Club, which opened in its current location in 1955. It's at 6250 Rio Vista Street, way up on the northwest side of the city, a little west of Rainbow and a little north of Azure. It's a good, though a little dated, steakhouse that specializes in mesquite-grilled meats. You won't believe you're in Vegas if you eat there. Bob Taylor, by the way, sold the place in 1980 and died in 2010 at the age of 87.
Similar to El Sombrero, you'd never know it from the unremarkable exterior, but the second-oldest is now the Golden Steer, on W. Sahara just west of the Strip. It opened in 1958 as a small restaurant and bar. Over the years, the GS expanded by swallowing the neighboring stores -- it now has an extensive bar and three dining areas. It was remodeled once in the '70s and again in the '90s. But two things haven't changed: the quality of the beef served and the big-ass golden cow that stands proudly below the sign out front.
