Mr. Glitterati

Try the Raspberry Napoleon

Choosing the best, the brightest, the most delicious restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip is an impossible task. But there’s no problem finding one of the sweetest.

Opened just a couple months ago in a Strip-front space at Paris Las Vegas, Sugar Factory American Brasserie is a fantasyland for lovers of sweet treats. Much more than a restaurant, it is a veritable campus of chocolates, pastries, candy and every other toothache-inducing treasure imaginable. There’s a new location of the popular Sugar Factory retail store, featuring classic candies, celebrity-endorsed lollipops and everything in between; the Chocolate Lounge, a special experience where you can pair decadent fondue with wine or champagne; and an outdoor cafe with gelato and ice cream.

With all this sugary scenery, it’d be easy to assume that the restaurant’s cuisine isn’t serious, but that’s the sweetest surprise of all.  Save room for the impressive array of savory food. Start your meal with ahi tuna sliders, fried macaroni and cheese pops or mussels with white wine, garlic and shallots. For lunch, enjoy a terrific thin-crust pizza or the moist, eggy goodness of a classic Monte Cristo sandwich. (Here, it’s called “The Full Monty” and comes with tangy tomato jam.) The grill thrills at dinner, when you can opt for steak frites, crispy fries with a perfect rosemary and garlic-rubbed skirt steak, a Black Angus filet or a juicy New York strip.

Don’t forget: This is a 24-hour joint. Signature breakfast options include savory or sweet crêpes, the Manhattan Eggs Benedict with smoked Atlantic salmon, strawberry brioche French toast or pancakes in flavors of red velvet, lemon-blueberry or Nutella with chocolate chips. You’re probably going to need lots of coffee with this stuff. For you late-risers (you know who you are), the menu graciously offers a selection of all-day breakfast items, including banana split waffles and crêpes filled with bacon, eggs and cheese.

The Sugar Factory Brasserie is directly below the brand-new nightclub Chateau. And the location—combined with a beautiful, modern-bordello décor, awe-inspiring views of Bellagio’s fountains and an utterly amazing dessert selection—creates the go-to spot for after-dinner treats. If you’re full, you can sample petite pastries like chocolate éclairs, creamy napoleons, vanilla-apricot panna cotta or a lemon meringue tart. If you wisely skipped a meal, you can accommodate chocolate lava cake, a warm apple tart or carrot cake with toasted coconut cream cheese icing.

Or, if you brought your friends and you’re here to party, share a giant, bubbling Goblet Pop cocktail and go for broke with the King Kong. It’s a 24-scoop ice cream sundae complete with every sauce, sprinkle and topping you’ve ever heard about. And some gummy bears. And some giant lollipops. It wouldn’t be finished without those.

Sugar Factory American Brasserie
Paris Las Vegas, open 24 hours daily.  702.331.5100