11/27/2025
He’s cooking up history again!
Kwame Onwuachi, the James Beard Award-winning chef, TIME 100 honoree, and cultural force behind some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the country, is heading west. Onwuachi, who brought Afro-Caribbean excellence to fine dining through his flagship restaurant Tatiana in New York and Dōgon in Washington, D.C., is now planting a new flag on the Las Vegas Strip with Maroon, a Caribbean steakhouse set to open inside the Sahara Las Vegas.
It marks a monumental milestone: Maroon will be the first Black chef-led restaurant on the Strip. But for , the achievement isn’t just personal, it’s purposeful.
“It’s not just about being the first,” he told Travel + Leisure. “It’s about making sure we’re not the last. It’s about opening the door and then holding it open for others.”