You’ve probably walked right by. Next time, less walk, more eat. You won’t be disappointed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMaybe, just maybe, if the restaurant changes at Rio Las Vegas are successful, the resort can take back the large chunk of its casino floor currently being used as a timeshare sales office.<\/p>\nSadly, we’re not kidding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSeriously, though, Rio. What’s next? A pharmacy in the table games pit?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The only all-seafood buffet in Las Vegas, Village Seafood Buffet at Rio, has closed and relocated to the hotel’s Carnival World Buffet. Here’s a peek over the new curtain at the former Village Seafood Buffet. We couldn’t resist slipping inside the now-closed Village Seafood Buffet to bid a farewell, security breach-style. Seafood lovers are still in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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