{"id":330572,"date":"2024-09-13T11:10:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=330572"},"modified":"2024-09-13T11:20:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T16:20:31","slug":"vegas-dining-roundup-big-chef-leaving-las-vegas-wasting-away-again-mgm-closes-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-dining-roundup-big-chef-leaving-las-vegas-wasting-away-again-mgm-closes-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS DINING ROUNDUP: Big Chef Leaving Las Vegas, Wasting Away Again?, MGM Closes Caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sin City is bidding farewell to Chef Roy Ellamar, <\/strong>who exits on September 21 to open a new eatery at Graton Resort & Casino<\/strong> in Sonoma County, Calif.<\/p>\n

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Chef Roy Ellamar leaves Las Vegas with an impressive track record but lingering questions. (Image: summerlin.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ellamar made a huge name for himself by opening Harvest by Roy Ellamar<\/strong> at the Bellagio<\/strong> in 2015. Then he made heads scratch six years later by departing the restaurant, which continued operating without him or his name.<\/p>\n

Similar unanswered questions remain after the celebrated culinary maestro founded Fine Company <\/strong>at Downtown Summerlin <\/strong>and ditched that eight months later.<\/p>\n

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This billboard for a new Margaritaville appears in this (fairly poor) rendering proposed for the Riviera site on the north Strip. (Image: BPS Partners LLC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Parrot-headed Back to Vegas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A billboard depicted in a rendering of a mixed-use development proposed for the former Riviera site has parrot heads chirping because it includes a billboard for a new Las Vegas Margaritavlle,<\/strong> in addition to a thrill ride with coconut-shell swings.<\/p>\n

This is probably wishful thinking since the whole project itself seems to be. But, as Vital Vegas<\/em> points out,<\/a> the late singer Jimmy Buffett<\/strong>\u2019s eatery has suggested that the brand would return to Sin City.<\/p>\n

Dining Ins & Outs<\/h2>\n

The Avenue Caf\u00e9,<\/strong> a brunch spot at MGM Grand,<\/strong> will close permanently after business on November 17. MGM says its replacement will open in February 2025, though it\u2019s keeping mum on just what that will be.<\/p>\n

Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill<\/strong> is now reopened at the Venetian, <\/strong>following a remodel that closed it in June.<\/p>\n

Bank Atcharawan<\/strong>, the sommelier, chef, and restaurateur who brought\u00a0Las Vegas<\/strong>\u00a0restaurants including Chada Thai & Wine<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Lamaii<\/strong>, will open a Thai fusion restaurant called Jipata <\/strong>at 3460 Arville St. this fall, according to What Now Vegas.<\/em><\/p>\n

Andy Zhoa <\/strong>and Maya Kwong, <\/strong>the restaurateurs behind Las Vegas Chinatown\u2019s Xiao Long Dumplings,<\/strong> plan to open a second location at 6945 S. Buffalo Drive, according to building permit paperwork.<\/p>\n

Downtown\u2019s Good Pie <\/strong>pizzeria will open a second location on October 14 at 835 Seven Hills Drive in Henderson, in the same storefront previously housing Angelina\u2019s Pizza.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crab N Spice<\/strong> is adding a third Las Vegas location for its All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Boil, including king crab for $32. It will debut in Chinatown, at 3455 Arville St., this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sin City is bidding farewell to Chef Roy Ellamar, who exits on September 21 to open a new eatery at Graton Resort & Casino in Sonoma County, Calif. Ellamar made a huge name for himself by opening Harvest by Roy Ellamar at the Bellagio in 2015. 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