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Vegas buffet plate · Las Vegas
The Strip's all-you-can-eat ritual: from Bacchanal Buffet's 250-item global spread at Caesars Palace to Wicked Spoon's small-plate brunch at the Cosmopolitan. Crab leg, prime rib, dim sum, dessert, all on one tray.
The Vegas buffet was invented in 1946 by Beldon Katleman at the El Rancho Vegas hotel as a midnight 'Buckaroo Buffet' to keep gamblers in the casino. By the 1960s every Strip hotel ran one; the format ran 24 hours at most casinos until the 1990s. The pandemic of 2020 thinned the herd severely: by 2026 only a handful of Strip buffets remain. Bacchanal at Caesars Palace ($65 brunch to $85 weekend dinner, 250 items, 10 kitchens) is the gold standard. Wicked Spoon at the Cosmopolitan runs small-plate brunch. The Buffet at Wynn returned in 2022. Most off-Strip and downtown buffets are gone for good.