The NACS Show 2026, the National Association of Convenience Stores annual convention and trade show, comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Rd, October 6 through 9. Sessions and programming begin Tuesday; the expo floor runs Wednesday the 7th through Friday the 9th. Between 25,000 and 26,000 convenience store and fuel retail professionals fill LVCC for four days: c-store chain operators, convenience store owners, fuel retail executives, food and beverage buyers, and technology vendors who serve the convenience channel. Rock N' Potato is on the Las Vegas Strip at Showcase Mall, approximately 1.1 miles west of LVCC. Counter service, no reservation, open until 11:30pm Tuesday through Thursday and until 1:00am on Friday.
This crowd spends their days on the show floor evaluating food and beverage trends, sourcing products, and benchmarking what good food-to-go execution looks like. They know what they want at dinner and they do not want to wait for it. Rock N' Potato holds a 4.8 on Google and a 4.9 on TripAdvisor. Counter service means you walk in, you order, you eat. No reservation, no hold, no wasted time at the end of a long expo day.
Getting from LVCC to Rock N' Potato
The Las Vegas Convention Center is at 3150 Paradise Rd, east of the Strip. Rock N' Potato is at Showcase Mall, 3785 S Las Vegas Blvd, Suite 207, approximately 1.1 miles west. A rideshare from the convention center takes about five to ten minutes. The LVCC Monorail connects to the Strip monorail system as another option. Showcase Mall is next to M&M World on Las Vegas Blvd. Take the escalator from street level to the second-floor food court. Suite 207.
The Strip is the right direction from LVCC. The convention center area during a show this size gets dense by early evening, and the nearby options take the pressure. One mile west is a short trip and a meaningfully different situation.
A food industry crowd that knows what it wants
The NACS Show is not a generic trade show audience. These are the people who decide what food looks like in the convenience channel. They spend the expo floor evaluating packaged snacks, foodservice programs, beverages, and fresh food concepts. By the time the floor closes each evening, they have already sampled more product than most people see in a week. What they want at dinner is a real meal: something assembled with skill, portioned honestly, and worth the bill.
Rock N' Potato is the answer to that specific request. The Dirty Motley at $15.95 and the Birria King at $16.95 are not convenience food dressed up as a restaurant meal. They are built from real ingredients at prices that do not require an expense report justification. For a food industry buyer who has spent the day thinking critically about quality and value, the menu speaks directly to what they are actually looking for.
The Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake at $8.95 is the detail that keeps people talking about this place. A food industry crowd is exactly the audience that notices when a dessert is doing something original rather than playing it safe.
What to order at Rock N' Potato during NACS Show week
These are the right orders for NACS Show week:
Dirty Motley $15.95
A loaded baked potato built without any apology. The name was not chosen to be subtle. This is the anchor order for a crowd that has been evaluating food products all day and wants to eat something that was made to be genuinely good rather than optimized for a category. Load it up, sit down, eat well. The Dirty Motley is the reason NACS attendees come back the second night.
Birria King $16.95
Slow-braised birria in a full burger. Rich, filling, and completely distinct from anything available on the expo floor. When you have been tasting the same category of products for eight hours and you want a meal that comes from a different direction entirely, this is the order. The kind of thing you describe to the people who did not come with you.
Wings $10.95
Buffalo, Garlic Parmesan, or Mango Habanero. Wings are the group order that gets the table started while everyone figures out the main course. For a crew of buyers and operators who have been moving through a busy expo all day, wings on the table immediately is the right move. Pick the flavor at the counter. Done.
Cheese Fries $8.95
Crispy fries, melted cheese. Simple, honest, and the thing that disappears fastest when it lands on the table. The add-on for the group. Put one down and the side situation is handled.
Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake $8.95
The dessert on the Rock N' Potato menu that a food industry crowd actually notices. Fruity Pebbles as a cheesecake element is not playing it safe, and a room full of food and beverage professionals who spend their working lives thinking about what makes a product worth talking about will understand exactly what this is doing. Order it. It is $8.95 and it earns every dollar.
Browse the full menu before you leave the convention center so you walk in with your order ready. Counter service moves fast when you are already decided.
Hours during NACS Show week
The NACS Show runs Tuesday October 6 through Friday October 9, with the expo floor open Wednesday through Friday. Rock N' Potato hours that week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday open 8:00am to 11:30pm. Friday open 8:00am to 1:00am. The final expo day, Friday the 9th, has the late window. Whether the last day runs long or the group decides to extend the evening on the Strip, the kitchen is running until 1:00am.
Find Rock N' Potato
Rock N' Potato at Showcase Mall
Suite 207, 3785 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
On the Las Vegas Strip at Showcase Mall, next to M&M World. Take the escalator up from street level to the second-floor food court. Suite 207. Approximately 1.1 miles west of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
NACS Show 2026 hours: Tue Oct 6, Wed Oct 7, Thu Oct 8: 8:00am to 11:30pm. Fri Oct 9: 8:00am to 1:00am.
Phone: (725) 205-3293
Rating: 4.8 stars on Google, 4.9 on TripAdvisor.
The short version
Food near LVCC for NACS Show 2026: Rock N' Potato is at Showcase Mall on the Las Vegas Strip, approximately 1.1 miles west of the convention center. Counter service, no reservation. Open until 11:30pm Tuesday through Thursday, until 1:00am Friday. The Dirty Motley at $15.95, the Birria King at $16.95, Wings at $10.95, Cheese Fries at $8.95, and the Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake at $8.95. Rated 4.8 on Google and 4.9 on TripAdvisor. A food industry crowd deserves a proper dinner. This is it.
Check the full menu before you leave the show floor.
Rock N' Potato is not affiliated with the NACS Show, the Las Vegas Convention Center, or any scheduled events. Event details are subject to change; confirm at official sources.