Time was, if it happened in Vegas, some of it probably happened at the Palms. The property offered a signature mix of eats, cocktails, nightlife and celebrity, a perpetual party that seemed ahead of its time. The Palms was The Cosmopolitan before The Cosmopolitan. And off the Strip, no less.
Economic challenges and ownership changes beset the Palms over the years, and when it emerged from the pandemic in 2022 with new owners, there was cool to be recaptured. Today, Laguna Pool House & Kitchen, in the Palms Place tower next door to the casino, is doing its part.
A restaurant from the late chef Kerry Simon once occupied the soaring glass-walled space along the sixth-floor pool at the tower.
