Kwame Onwuachi’s Vegas steakhouse
Chef Kwame Onwuachi is launching Maroon, a Caribbean steakhouse at the Sahara in Las Vegas, with an opening slated for late April 2026 (neon.reviewjournal.com). It’s being billed as one of the biggest Vegas restaurant debuts this spring—worth bookmarking if you travel to Sin City (neon.reviewjournal.com).
Sahara announced Maroon will open on April 24, 2026. (neon.reviewjournal.com) The restaurant will take over the space that previously housed Bazaar Meat by José Andrés, which moved to the Venetian in July 2025. (casino.org) Onwuachi bills Maroon as a modern Caribbean steakhouse that fuses classic American steakhouse technique with Afro‑Caribbean flavors and live‑fire cooking, anchoring the room with a custom jerk pit. (vegas.eater.com) Kwame Onwuachi is a James Beard Award winner and a former Food & Wine Best New Chef, and his portfolio includes NYC’s Tatiana and Washington, D.C.’s Dōgon. (neon.reviewjournal.com) Maroon will be Onwuachi’s first West Coast restaurant and is being noted as one of the few Black chef‑led restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip. (vegaschanges.com) Sahara’s official restaurant page lists hiring for Maroon’s opening team and solicits resumes for line‑cook roles ahead of the April debut. (saharalasvegas.com) Local outlets and dining trade coverage have ranked Maroon among the most anticipated Las Vegas restaurant debuts of spring 2026. (neon.reviewjournal.com)
