It’s not where you think.
Just 1.5 miles west of the North End of the Las Vegas Strip—in an area few travelers venture out to—is a cluster of Asian restaurants serving everything from Korean BBQ to boba tea. It couldn’t be more different than, say, Treasure Island’s over-the-top pirate theme or The Venetian Resort’s attempt at replicating Venice’s canals with stripe-shirted men paddling tourists along.
This neighborhood is the real deal.
Welcome to Las Vegas’ Chinatown. Marked by an ornate archway on Spring Mountain Road, a road that takes you out to Red Rocks if you keep heading west, this entrance is not that different from Chinatowns in San Francisco and New York City. And yet instead of historic high-rise buildings, this sea of bright and shiny strip malls spanning four blocks also celebrates cuisine from Asian cultures. More importantly, it’s where members of the local Asian community often eat.
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