Once Again, the Slanted Door Delays Its Strip Debut

Officially announced in May 2017, promised for 2018, delayed until summer 2019, and now eyeing a winter 2020 debut, The Slanted Door is in no rush to expand from San Francisco to the Las Vegas Strip.

Now on its second executive chef before it even served a single meal, Charles Phan’s 8,200-square-foot Vietnamese restaurant is planned for the prominent corner space at the Las Vegas Boulevard entrance to the Forum Shops at Caesars.

The restaurant recently enlisted former Greene St. Kitchen chef de cuisine Lanny Chin to oversee the kitchen after former Momofuku chef Shaun King, who had taken the job, departed for Portland, Oregon, in May. The Slanted Door allocated an estimated construction budget of $3 million for the remodel back in 2018, still hidden behind plywood for the last two years.

The first out-of-state expansion for the award-winning brand features “vibrant home-style Vietnamese food in a modern setting.”

Also on the way to this section of the Forum Shops, Frida Mexican Cuisine and True Food Kitchen, currently hiring and advising potential employees to expect a winter 2020 arrival.

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