{"id":215712,"date":"2022-06-02T07:51:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T14:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=215712"},"modified":"2022-06-02T08:52:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:52:11","slug":"resorts-world-las-vegas-controversial-taco-joint-el-cabron-shutters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-las-vegas-controversial-taco-joint-el-cabron-shutters\/","title":{"rendered":"Resorts World Las Vegas Controversial Taco Joint El Cabron Shutters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Resorts World Las Vegas is down an eatery at the $4.3 billion Strip complex.<\/p>\n

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Tacos El Cabron outside Resorts World Las Vegas has closed permanently. The eatery became the subject of a regulatory controversy in April of 2022. (Image: Yelp)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Soon after Resorts World opened on the Strip’s northern end in June 2021, a taco joint called Tacos El Cabron began serving street tacos and San Diego-style Mission burritos outside the casino’s plaza entrance on the ground level. Less than a year later, the taco stand has closed.<\/p>\n

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The restaurant in April became engulfed in scandal after allegations regarding its ownership were raised. The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) initiated a probe into Tacos El Cabron’s ownership<\/a> structure after San Diego resident and frequent Las Vegas gambler Brandon Sattler said a convicted felon had a stake in the operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nevada gaming laws prohibit convicted felons from owning 5% or more of a business located on the grounds of a non-restricted gaming enterprise, such as Resort World. Sattler alleged that David Stroj, who has been convicted on illegal bookmaking charges, was a partial owner of the taco establishment.<\/p>\n

Stroj denied he had any skin in the taco game, and claimed that his father, Peter Stroj, maintained full ownership of the restaurant.<\/p>\n

Tacos Tossed<\/b><\/h2>\n

Resorts World responded to the claims that a convicted felon owned a business on its casino’s premises. It claimed that it was left in the dark regarding David Stroj’s alleged position. The casino said if the younger Stroj was discovered to have a more than 5% stake in Tacos El Cabron, “We will act immediately to ensure full compliance with all gaming authorities.”<\/p>\n

Though no word was made public whether David Stroj was found to have such ownership, Tacos El Cabron quietly shuttered last week. Casino.org’s <\/i>Scott Roeben of Vital Vegas <\/i>reported on Twitter that the Tacos El Cabron signage had disappeared from the small building.<\/p>\n

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Told the controversial Tacos El Cabron has quietly closed at Resorts World. Signage is gone, restaurant has been removed from Resorts World and Tacos El Cabron Web sites. Nothing to see here. Background: https:\/\/t.co\/1jLD3cukoT<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n