SOL Mexican Cocina Opens in Las Vegas.

SOL Mexican Cocina is a Baja, California-inspired restaurant chain with locations in Newport Beach, Scottsdale, Denver, Los Angeles, and Irvine. Each venue creates traditional, authentic Mexican food from scratch using the same tools and techniques used by Mexican chefs for centuries. The menu features organic, seasonal dishes, sourced locally whenever possible, and ensures each dish is made fresh every day, including over 24 fresh house-made salsas.

The beverage program highlights the restaurant’s famous house-made margaritas along with over 100 of Mexico’s finest small-batch mezcal and tequila-focused drinks. Hand-muddled and shaken table-side to order, SOL’s signature margaritas wow customers using only freshly squeezed juices and 100% blue agave tequilas.

SOL Mexican Cocina has opened on the famed Las Vegas Strip inside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. “Opening SOL in a city like Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, is a milestone for XRG and we could not be more excited about it,” said Randy Sharpe, CEO of Xperience Restaurant Group. “By giving SOL a presence in Las Vegas alongside some of the best culinary concepts and chefs in the world, we believe we are in great company and cannot wait for locals and visitors alike to try SOL’s quality, authentic cuisine, an outstanding beverage program, and exceptional service.”

The restaurant features over 11,000 square feet with 305 seats in the dining room and accommodates a wide variety of festive gatherings with SoCal’s beloved Baja-inspired handcrafted bites and drinks.

 

Offering a wide variety of dining options such as SOL’s happy hour, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch, along with vegan and gluten-free menu items, SOL’s dishes and hand-muddled drinks include options such as Grilled Sweet Corn, carved tableside with butter, lime, chiles, cotixa cheese, and chipotle drizzle,  Taco Vampiro (Award Winning), double tortilla, cheese, serranos, carne asada, guacamole & pico de gallo, chipotle sauce, and cotixa cheese,  Wild Fish on Esquites, wild fish, almond-lemon crust, grilled corn esquites, tomato & basil, lime, avocado butter, and cotixa cheese and  Spanish Octopus, tender octopus, grilled & sliced, served on fingerling potatoes sauteed with chorizo, garlic, smoked Spanish paprika, tomato, green olives, white wine, and lemon.

 

Of course, there are tasty margaritas to please your palate like the House Margarita, fresh citrus juices, agave nectar, and premium tequila, shaken to order, and the Watermelon Margarita, crushed watermelon shaken with blanco tequila, fresh lime, and agave nectar. Also, try ·The Mezcalero, mezcal shaken with passion fruit, guava, and fresh lime served in a chili salt-rimmed glass.

 

 

SOL Mexican Cocina Las Vegas is open daily at 4 p.m. and includes a weekday Happy Hour, Monday through Thursday from 3-6 p.m. in the cantina only. Weekend Brunch will be Thursday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.