The pastrami pandemonium is real.
The Hat, the pastrami dip sandwich shop that finally opened in Las Vegas after a seven-year wait, has cut the line. Literally.
“Due to high demand and long wait times, we will stop accepting guests in-line and drive thru at 12:00 a.m.,” the restaurant announced in a recent Instagram post. “We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and support.”
The Hat, 6215 S. Rainbow Blvd., lists its hours on its website as 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The Vegas store is the first location for The Hat outside its native Southern California. In 2019, plans for a Vegas outpost first emerged. That project, at the same South Rainbow site, never came to fruition. In June 2025, Neon broke the news the restaurant was officially coming to town, following the filing of Clark County building permits and confirmation by the company. Unrelenting online enthusiasm followed.
Besides its signature dish, the menu offers pastrami burgers and pastrami chili cheese fries, hot sandwiches like tuna melts and roast beef, cold sandwiches like tuna and turkey, plus burgers, hot dogs, chili dogs and sides.
The restaurant began in 1951 as a roadside stand in Alhambra, California, serving pastrami dip sandwiches. Today, there are 11 locations in SoCal.
The Hat, the pastrami dip sandwich shop that finally opened in Las Vegas after a seven-year wait, has cut the line. Literally.
“Due to high demand and long wait times, we will stop accepting guests in-line and drive thru at 12:00 a.m.,” the restaurant announced in a recent Instagram post. “We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and support.”
The Hat, 6215 S. Rainbow Blvd., lists its hours on its website as 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The Vegas store is the first location for The Hat outside its native Southern California. In 2019, plans for a Vegas outpost first emerged. That project, at the same South Rainbow site, never came to fruition. In June 2025, Neon broke the news the restaurant was officially coming to town, following the filing of Clark County building permits and confirmation by the company. Unrelenting online enthusiasm followed.
Besides its signature dish, the menu offers pastrami burgers and pastrami chili cheese fries, hot sandwiches like tuna melts and roast beef, cold sandwiches like tuna and turkey, plus burgers, hot dogs, chili dogs and sides.
The restaurant began in 1951 as a roadside stand in Alhambra, California, serving pastrami dip sandwiches. Today, there are 11 locations in SoCal.
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