Vasari.

Scouting Set
Not for Construction

Doc Field Set — Las Vegas Dates Sun 07.26 – Mon 07.27 Anchor Level 1 · studio + café + recovery Stops 07

Before you go

Book now — a class at Sunday Pilates (03) and the Pilates class at Ember & Frost (05). Small studios; spots go.
Call now — The Stirling Club (07) to arrange a tour. Members-only, no walk-ins.
Cafés close 4pm — catch Bungalow (01) and Vesta (02) on a morning or lunch break; they're ~5 min from the market.

Sun — 07.26

Market day. Cafés on a break; after the floor closes, run the west side — anchor first, then the recovery stop.

Bungalow Coffee Co

RefCafé

Arts District·~5 min from market·Mon 7a–4p·bungalowcoffeeco.com·702-331-4207

Big-format café in polished concrete and black tile with high ceilings — the closest read on your exposed-structure, surface-mount language at real café scale.

Shoot

Polished concrete floor + tile joints at the counter
Ceiling — how fixtures & speakers surface-mount to it
Counter + pickup zone
Booth / bar / communal zoning of the big room
Sightline from front door to order point

Ask

Peak-hour throughput at the counter
How the large room still feels intimate
Roaster / equipment behind the bar

Vesta Coffee Roasters

RefCafé

Arts District·~5 min from market·Mon 7a–4p·vestacoffee.com·702-685-1777

Minimalist, coffee-forward room where the kitchen is smaller than the counter — a direct read on sizing a cold-prep café BOH.

Shoot

Kitchen-to-counter footprint ratio
The pared palette — count the materials
On-site roaster placement
La Marzocco / counter layout
~25-seat plan

Ask

How they sized kitchen vs counter for a drink-led menu
Water filtration for Vegas water
Where cold + pastry prep happen in a tight BOH

Sunday Pilates

AnchorStudio

Summerlin / Fort Apache·~20 min·Mon 6a–8:30p·Book a class·sundaypilates.com·702-798-8000

Your exact model in the wild — contemporary reformers you'd own, a full Cadillac room, and a separate weightlifting room. Pilates + strength, their IP. Take a class.

Shoot

Reformer spacing + mirror sightlines
The Cadillac room
Strength room + how it meets the reformer floor
Prop / spring / dumbbell storage
Front desk + retail niche
Lighting fixtures against the ceiling

Ask

How they scale easy→hard on the same reformers
Reformer make, and why
How strength room + reformer floor split sound / HVAC
Instructors trained in-house vs certified
What they'd change in the layout if rebuilding

Project Wellbeing

RefRecovery / performance

SW / Buffalo Dr·~20 min·Mon 6a–8p·projectwellbeing.co·702-525-7791

The high end — cold plunge, full-body red-light bed, IV, sauna, hyperbaric, and PT across one 15k-SF floor, run on a member-concierge model.

Shoot

The red-light bed + plunge
How PT, recovery, and IV share one floor
The concierge / front-of-house
Equipment-to-recovery flow

Ask

How the concierge model works
How they spec "clinical-grade" plunge + red light (temps, dosing, brands)
Hyperbaric buildout requirements
What they'd buy first on a budget

Mon — 07.27

Appointments wrap ~1pm — the afternoon's yours. Ember & Frost is the priority. Add Cold Summer and the Stirling tour as the day allows; note Ember (north) and Cold Summer (south) sit at opposite ends, so pick by energy.

Ember & Frost

Must-hitConcept mirror

North LV / Losee Rd·~22 min·Mon 5a–9p·Book Pilates·emberxfrost.com·702-829-6633

The clearest example of your whole concept — a reformer studio with sauna, cold plunge, red light, and lymphatic in one small footprint. Take the Pilates class; tour the wellness room.

Shoot

How the wet recovery room meets the reformer floor (doors, wet/dry line)
Recovery-room finishes + drainage
Small-footprint zoning
Check-in flow
Lighting

Ask

Handling humidity between movement + recovery in a tight space
Waterproofing / drainage approach
Is recovery in every membership + how it's priced
Sauna infrared vs traditional + heater spec
How they keep the plunge sanitary
Biggest buildout surprise

Cold Summer

Must-hitCafé + wellness

South / E Sunset Rd·~15 min·Mon 9a–8p·coldsummer.com·702-476-9215

Your café-meets-wellness question, already built — café + two cold plunges + sauna + red light, with a smoothie-membership perk. Do a plunge, then the café.

Shoot

Café counter relative to the plunge / sauna rooms — the sightline + handoff
Smoothie station + menu board
The wet / dry hygiene separation
Two-plunge setup
Seating

Ask

How the smoothie / café perk works at handoff after a session
How café hygiene stays separate from wet areas (code)
Plunge temps + filtration
Whether the café pulls walk-ins on its own — your street-facing question

The Stirling Club

Must-hitStructural comp

Near Strip / Paradise Rd·~10 min·By appointment·Call ahead·thestirlingclub.com·702-732-9700

The structural comp — a members' club built into a residential tower, with gym, spa, and Pilates. Vasari's model at 73k SF. Members-only; arrange the tour early in the week.

Shoot

The arrival / lobby sequence
How wellness connects to social / dining
Member vs guest wayfinding
The material story

Ask

Resident (tower) vs outside-member access + tiers
How residents flow between tower and club
How they zone F&B against wellness
What drives retention
What they'd redo on the residential-club integration