Gordon Ramsay’s Restaurant Empire Expands to Kansas City and Lake Tahoe

KANSAS CITY and LAKE TAHOE — Television personality and chef Gordon Ramsay picked up $100 million in capital from Lion Capital back in June, and it appears he’s moving forward with his promise to open 100 new restaurants by 2024. Already, he announced plans to open in North Kansas City and Lake Tahoe. The Kansas City Star reports the chef plans to open a Gordon Ramsay Steak at Harrah’s North Kansas City in November. The 10,000-square-foot restaurant plans to serve his beef Wellington and sticky toffee pudding, along with dishes that “pay a nod to classic KC barbecue favorites.” Ramsay opened Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas in 2012. In Lake Tahoe, he plans to open Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen, taking over the Sage Room at Harveys, one of Tahoe’s first fine dining restaurants. Like the version in front of Caesars Palace on the Strip, the space takes on elements of Hell’s Kitchen, the long-running Fox reality show, with designs and menu items pulled from the show. [Kansas City Star/Fox 11]

SANTA FE STATION — Bok Bok Chicken opens inside the resort on Aug. 30 and offering 20 percent off to all Boarding Pass members all of September. The Mediterranean restaurant has another location opening at Texas Station and a third opening, the first built from the ground up, at Town Square in the next couple months as well. The restaurant already has four locations in Las Vegas and a fifth in Los Angeles. [EaterWire]

SPRING VALLEY — Pinkbox Doughnuts opens a new store at 9435 W. Tropicana Ave. with giveaways from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7. The first 100 customers get free T-shirts, while customers who buy a doughnut with pink filling earn an entry into a drawing to win the grand prize of free doughnuts for a year. Doughnut eating competitions, a face painter, a balloon artist, and more round out the events. This location also plans to sell crop-top sweatshirts, T-shirts, hats, hooded sweatshirts, customizable stickers, and “squishy balls” made in the likeness of Pinky. [EaterWire]

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