{"id":320025,"date":"2024-05-15T20:43:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=320025"},"modified":"2024-05-16T16:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:50:12","slug":"vegas-restaurant-roundup-retiring-julian-serrano-to-close-picasso-jose-andres-opening-5th-strip-eatery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-restaurant-roundup-retiring-julian-serrano-to-close-picasso-jose-andres-opening-5th-strip-eatery\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Bellagio Closing Julian Serrano’s Picasso, Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s Opening 5th Strip Eatery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas culinary icon Julian Serrano<\/strong> is closing up his Picasso<\/strong> after 25 years at the Bellagio. <\/strong>It\u2019s part of a transition toward retirement by the celebrity chef — at least if you believe a press release from MGM Resorts, <\/strong>which Casino.org<\/em>‘s own Vital Vegas<\/em> does not<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It’s the finissage for Picasso at Bellagio, says Chef Julian Serrano. (Credit: Robert John Kley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Serrano, a two-time winner of the prestigious James Beard Award — for Best Chef Pacific 1998 and Best Chef Southwest 2002 — will also step away from his involvement at Bellagio\u2019s Lago,<\/strong> according to the press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank the team at MGM Resorts, who I have collaborated with over these 25 years to create something truly special at Picasso,\u201d Serrano said in the press release, which noted that he will \u201cremain at the helm\u201d of Julian Serrano Tapas<\/strong> at Aria,\u00a0<\/strong>which, as Vital Vegas<\/em> noted, is pretty much the opposite of retiring.<\/p>\n

Since opening in 1998, Picasso earned many of the industry\u2019s top culinary honors. It was the first Las Vegas restaurant to receive a James Beard nomination for Best New Restaurant. It was one of the first two Nevada restaurants to receive the Forbes Five-Star Award, and it was one of only two Las Vegas restaurants to receive two Michelin stars.<\/p>\n

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Jose Andr\u00e9s. (Image: Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Andr\u00e9s the Giant-er<\/h2>\n

When one celebrity Spanish chef closes shop, another one opens.<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s<\/strong> has announced the name of his fifth Las Vegas Strip restaurant which, as we previously reported, will open at The Shops at Crystals in Aria Campus<\/strong>\u00a0(formerly CityCenter) this summer.<\/p>\n

Bazaar Mar<\/strong> will specialize in seafood and tapas rooted in Spanish flavors.<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9s began his Las Vegas career by opening Jaleo, China Poblano, <\/strong>and \u00e9 by Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s<\/strong> simultaneously at the Cosmopolitan <\/strong>in 2010. He followed up with Bazaar Meat<\/strong> at the Sahara<\/strong> in 2014.<\/p>\n

As we previously announced,<\/a> a sixth Andr\u00e9s restaurant will also open at the Forum Shops<\/strong> at Caesars Palace<\/strong>. It will be the third outpost of Andr\u00e9s\u2019 Zaytinya<\/strong> (Turkish for \u201colive oil\u201d), a Mediterranean eatery spotlighting small (mezze) dishes from Turkey, Greece, and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Dining Ins & Outs<\/h2>\n

When Lotus of Siam,<\/strong> a local Thai favorite for decades, reopens before the year\u2019s end in its original home in the Historic Commercial Center<\/strong> at 953 E. Sahara Ave., it will be 7,000 square feet larger and sport a new bar and d\u00e9cor. Owner-chef Saipin Chutima <\/strong>closed the location for renovations in 2017, launching new venues at Red Rock Resort <\/strong>and at 620 E. Flamingo Road in the interim.<\/p>\n

Chef Fred Howard<\/strong> plans to open a Las Vegas branch of his Southern Style Eatery<\/strong> Louisiana soul food restaurant, according to What Now Vegas<\/em>. It will open in June at 1500 S. Las Vegas Blvd., with signature dishes including blackened fish, beef oxtails, and gumbo.
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\nCalifornia Noodle House<\/strong> has finally reopened at downtown\u2019s California <\/strong>casino after closing for the pandemic shutdown four years ago.<\/p>\n

The very last holdout on the site of the proposed and approved Tilman Fertitta<\/strong> casino resort site at Harmon Avenue and the Strip is Tex Mex, <\/strong>which has closed and will be demolished momentarily.<\/p>\n

China Mama<\/strong> is about to open a third location at 4480 Paradise Road, Suite 700A. Its name will be Spring by China Mama. <\/strong>The first China Mama<\/strong>, at 3420 S Jones Blvd., temporarily closed after a fire<\/a> last March.<\/p>\n

The Southern Nevada Health District<\/strong> reports closing the Jamaican VYBZ Bar & Grill<\/strong> at 2625 E. Tropicana Ave. on May 9 for scoring a whopping 60 demerits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas culinary icon Julian Serrano is closing up his Picasso after 25 years at the Bellagio. It\u2019s part of a transition toward retirement by the celebrity chef — at least if you believe a press release from MGM Resorts, which Casino.org‘s own Vital Vegas does not. Serrano, a two-time winner of the prestigious James […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":320027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81886,82353],"tags":[82409,90918,90921,82022,90923,90920,81954,84864,90922,90919,85735,90915,90917,23,82012,85662,90916,82166,85734],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Bellagio Closing Julian Serrano's Picasso, Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s Opening 5th Strip Eatery - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Las Vegas culinary icon Julian Serrano is closing up his Picasso after 25 years at the Bellagio. 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