Go Loco for the Graffiti Artwork Inside Mercadito

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• The dining room at Mercadito. [Photo: Jenna Dosch]
• Another look at the dining room. [Photo: Jenna Dosch]
• [Photo: Jenna Dosch]
• Looking toward the bar and the patio.
• The Erni Vales sugar skulls artwork behind the hostess stand. Find all four members of KISS on here.
• More looks at the sugar skulls from Erni Vales. [Photo: Jenna Dosch]
• [Photo: Jenna Dosch]
• Found on the back of Mercadito server's T-shirts.
• [Photo: Jenna Dosch]

Take a look inside the new Mercadito, the first of two of the Mexican restaurants coming to Las Vegas (a second arrives at Green Valley Ranch in November). This new restaurant at the front of Red Rock Resort is the first of the new anchors for the restaurant row on the north side of the resort.

Celano Design Studio created the look of this space, using "Mexican art in unexpected ways while maintaining a contemporary aesthetic with an industrial feel." Graffiti artist Erni Vales, a frequent artist for Mercadito, created the interior artwork that includes mixed media, sugar skull tiles and a butterfly theme.

Mercadito features room for 110 in the dining room, 47 on the outdoor patio and 19 more in the bar and lounge in 5,500 square feet.

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