Fremont Street’s backyard barbecue food truck has upgraded its backyard.
Project BBQ, which began as a food truck in March 2017 and set up near the corner of Fremont and Main when construction began on the Circa Resort in 2019, has been serving up brisket sandwiches, smoked pork ribs and more just outside Circa’s doors since the casino opened. Just before the close of 2025, a major upgrade to its patio setting added more seats, a retractable canopy protecting diners from the elements, and misters and heaters to keep things comfortable year-round.
“We’ve had to shut down for about 17 days every year due to rain, so that canopy really came in handy over the holidays,” says co-owner Rob Baker. “And because I kind of lost the whole element of cooking and being part of the guest experience, we added an outdoor barbecue so me and the chefs can stand out there and talk to people and listen to their stories about how they do it [barbecue], and show them how we do it, right in front of them.”
Those changes have only strengthened the backyard cookout vibes, a rare experience along the Fremont Street Experience and across Downtown. And Baker and his team added some new dishes to match the more modern environment, including a brisket grilled cheese sandwich, the BBQ Chicken Philly ($19), a grilled Italian sausage on a hoagie roll with peppers and onions ($15) and elote in a cup ($12). Project BBQ also has partnered with Omaha Steaks to create unique offerings including those sandwiches as well as filet mignon steak kabobs ($25) and hot honey smoked sausage kabobs ($22), plus the Game Time Special group meal anchored by a Tomahawk steak.
PROJECT BBQ Circa, 702-726-5491, circalasvegas.com. Breakfast daily, 8 a.m.-noon; Sunday & Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Monday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 a.m.; Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m.-2:30 a.m.
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