Iconic Vegas steakhouse debuting NYC offshoot
Golden Steer, the almost 70-year-old Vegas steakhouse known for its big chops, dishes made tableside and Rat Pack origins, will open an outpost in New York City on Friday.
The first-ever expansion occupies the ground floor of 1 Fifth Ave., one of the most famous residential buildings in the city. The restaurant is co-owned by husband-and-wife team Nick McMillan and Amanda Signorelli, who took over operations of the original Golden Steer in 2019, continuing the legacy of Amanda’s father, Dr. Michael J. Signorelli, who purchased the restaurant in 2001.
“Opening in New York has been extremely exciting and an incredible moment of pride as a Las Vegas native, having the opportunity to bring the Vegas I grew up with to this world-class culinary city,” Signorelli said of the arrival in New York. “Honoring Las Vegas history and the history of One Fifth has been a true joy.”
On the menu
The New York menu mixes Golden Steer classics such as whole roasted bone marrow and Gotham-exclusive dishes such as in-house steer sausage made with prime beef trimmings. Executive chef Brendan Scott leads the kitchen.
The cocktail program revives recipes and techniques from #1 Bar, 1 Fifth Ave.’s original tenant, which opened in 1934. Cocktail highlights include The Gibson, served with housemade pickles and optional blue cheese-stuffed olives; a New York Fizz with bourbon, apricot-lavender syrup, egg white and club soda; and The Showgirl, fashioned from passion fruit and hibiscus syrup and poured tableside with rosé Champagne and pink pearl dust.
Design: Vegas meets New York
Modellus Novus, the architectural firm behind the design of such New York restaurants as Tatiana (whose chef-owner is opening Maroon restaurant this year in Sahara Las Vegas), created the look and feel of the new Golden Steer.
The cocktail lounge showcases black tufted booths, curved banquettes and fringed lighting. A corridor known as The Strip celebrates Vegas as it connects the lounge and the main dining room, with millwork that recalls the original Golden Steer and oil paintings inspired by the Wild West and Gold Rush eras. The main dining area showcases stained glass.
Golden Steer also offers two private dining rooms: The Mob Room, which pays homage to some of the restaurant’s famed customers and is outfitted with heavy wood trim, and its counterpart, The Showgirl Room, with gold-trimmed wall panels, fringed lighting and an original showgirl headdress and jeweled costume on display.
Visit goldensteer.com or follow @goldensteernyc on Instagram.
Contact Johnathan L. Wright at jwright@reviewjournal.com. Follow @JLWTaste on Instagram.
