If the Mad Hatter owned a restaurant in Downtown Las Vegas, it would be Palate, with velvet chairs and oversized chandeliers fit for a fantasy ballroom. It’s the perfect setting for homestyle Southern food punched up with quirky, all-over-the-map influences. Think scallops with black garlic grits and fall-apart, soy-glazed charred short ribs. The cocktails are video-worthy, like the Lucy In The Sky, served in a mushroom-shaped glass next to a pile of steel wool that glimmers—yes, like diamonds—after it’s set on fire. The food makes for great fuel before or after a show at Swan Dive upstairs, and the brunch goes hard, too. Grab the Morning Glory board with banana french toast, pork belly, and foie gras cornbread, and cure your hangover (or just start the party all over again) with bottomless mimosas.