Eater Vegas - All the New Bars, Restaurants, and Breweries Headed to the Arts District That MatterThe Las Vegas Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife Bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52682/favicon-32x32.png2021-10-07T12:00:00-07:00http://vegas.eater.com/rss/stream/206233302021-10-07T12:00:00-07:002021-10-07T12:00:00-07:00Houston’s Hot Chicken to Bring a Las Vegas Team Sports Restaurant to the Arts District
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<figcaption>A collection of dishes at Houston’s Hot Chicken. | <a class="ql-link" href="https://www.facebook.com/houstonshotchicken/photos/140593004871918" target="_blank">Houston’s Hot Chicken/Facebook</a></figcaption>
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<p>Hot chicken is coming to the corner of Main Street and California Avenue</p> <p id="dCGmYr">Houston Crosta is wasting no time expanding his hot chicken sandwich concept and new details confirm <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2021/7/22/22587385/houstons-hot-chicken-opening-arts-district-green-valley-ranch">his scheduled move</a> to the Arts District will create a family-friendly tribute to local sports teams. <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/houston-s-hot-chicken">Houston’s Hot Chicken</a> takes over the prominent corner space at 1201 S. Main Street with a 2,464-square-foot sports bar that plans to display signed memorabilia from local athletes, plus decor celebrating <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/las-vegas">Las Vegas</a> sports teams including the Raiders, Aviators, Aces, Golden Knights, and Lights. Already equipped with a distinctive curved front entrance, one section of the restaurant will welcome families, while the adult lounge area features its own bar. </p>
<p id="zHGZKc">The sports bar sits between the <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/cream-me-ice-creamery">Cream Me Ice Creamery</a> on Main Street and <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/yu-or-mi-sushi-bar">Yu-Or-Mi Sushi Bar</a> on California Avenue. Later this fall, local institution Freed’s Bakery is on track to debut a retail-only outlet next door. </p>
<p id="fuWZnp">While Houston’s hasn’t revealed a potential menu or possible opening date, its Green Valley Parkway outpost in Henderson focuses on sandwiches and tenders. Prepared with heat levels ranging from zero to “liftoff,” waivers must be signed by diners attempting to eat its food challenge-worthy chicken pieces spiced with 2 million Scoville Heat Units of fieriness. </p>
<p id="ZYWSLm">Still in the works, an announced expansion to West Ann Road and into Fashion Show mall on the Strip. Crosta is also co-owner of southwest sandwich restaurant <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/egg-sammie">Egg Sammie</a>, currently closed while it undergoes a remodel.</p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/2021/10/7/22714720/houstons-hot-chicken-opening-soon-arts-districtBradley Martin2021-10-06T12:00:00-07:002021-10-06T12:00:00-07:00Austin’s Swan Dive to Create a Music Venue and ‘Elegant Dive Bar’ in the Arts District
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<p>National touring bands and a speakeasy vibe head to Main Street</p> <p id="Z8GH1v">A new music venue headed to the Arts District imports an “elegant dive bar vibe” and a decade of success booking national touring acts in Austin, Texas. Harvey Graham, who operates Downtown’s <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/77282/oddfellows">Oddfellows</a> on the <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2021/5/10/22426625/downtowns-oddfellows-nightclub-makeover">ground floor of the Ogden</a> condominium tower, will oversee <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/swan-dive">Swan Dive</a> when it opens. Graham is well-known in Austin as a nightlife entrepreneur for his Barbarella bar and the original Swan Dive space, a fixture on Red River Street since 2012.</p>
<p id="1JnlYt">The <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/las-vegas">Las Vegas</a> location heads to the second floor of The Colorado, a still under construction, mixed-use building at 1301 S. Main Street. Swan Dive’s 5,583-square-foot interior will be upgraded with a 3,952-square-foot outdoor viewing deck. The main bar area will serve customers indoors and out, with patio seating looking down on both Main Street and Colorado Avenue.</p>
<p id="TaFxjq">The venue plans to keep long, daily hours from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. with an interior imagined as a “vintage, dilapidated speakeasy,” an echo of the white and gray color-scheme at the Texas location, frequently hired for photography and video shoots.</p>
<p id="NVwYiP">Yet to reveal an estimated debut date, plans submitted to the <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/city-of-las-vegas">City of Las Vegas</a> do not include a kitchen facility.</p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/2021/10/6/22712996/austin-texas-swan-dive-music-venue-dive-bar-opening-soon-arts-districtBradley Martin2021-09-17T09:00:27-07:002021-09-17T09:00:27-07:00Dave’s Hot Chicken and Oming’s Kitchen Plot Second Locations on the Strip and the Northeast
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<figcaption>Dave’s Hot Chicken. | Dave’s Hot Chicken/<a class="ql-link" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIoat3hhZfD/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></figcaption>
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<p>A roundup of some of the smaller restaurants headed to Las Vegas</p> <div class="c-float-right"> <figure class="e-image">
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<p id="DsrEXW">Wildly popular <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/dave-s-hot-chicken">Dave’s Hot Chicken</a> <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2021/6/25/22547624/daves-hot-chicken-las-vegas-restaurant-opening-date-july-2-2021">just opened</a> at Sahara Avenue cross Fort Apache Road from <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/village-square">Village Square</a> in July, and already the Nashville hot chicken specialist plans to open a second location, this time at the Grand Bazaar Shops. The restaurant takes over the former home of Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken at the outdoor mall in front of Bally’s. </p>
<p id="yt3Gh8">Dave’s offers hot chicken tenders and sliders, along with sides of house-made kale slaw, creamy mac n’ cheese, and crispy French fries. Dave’s offers seven various spice levels ranging from No Spice to Reaper, which requires a signed waiver for those who dare. Each heat level uses a different spice blend. Look for an opening at the end of the first quarter 2022. </p>
<h3 id="UMuDC4">Oming’s Kitchen plots a second location for Filipino barbecue</h3>
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<p id="EIeCwA">Filipino favorite <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/61715/oming-s-kitchen">Oming’s Kitchen</a> plots a second location, this time at Winterwood Pavilion at 2232 S. Nellis Boulevard near Sahara Avenue. The 1,840-square-foot restaurant is set to open late spring of 2022. </p>
<p id="y8s6aN">At the original location on Blue Diamond Road and on the food truck open since 2014, the Filipino restaurant specializes in char-grilled street-style Filipino barbecue. New entrées include adobo beef with adobo shaved rib-eye served over jasmine rice and lechon, a roasted pork belly. New breakfast items include tocino with sliced sweet pork served with white rice and eggs. Breakfast items are now served all day. </p>
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<h3 id="5iXqiA">A new post-apocalyptic healthy restaurant heads to the Gateway District</h3>
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<p id="htQUK7">Making a splash in the emerging Gateway District bar and restaurant scene takes imagination and a new proposed restaurant headed to Commerce Street can guarantee it conjured up a truly original concept. <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/liquid-diet">Liquid Diet</a> filed paperwork to move into suite 130 at 1415 S. Commerce Street, planning a considerable overhaul of the 1,344-square-foot building and adding a 480-square-foot rear patio. The restaurant sits about 60 feet back from the street, and future customers will walk through the small parking lot, past new murals, and enter a themed space “telling a story of post-civilization recovery.” </p>
<p id="kFP0GH">The menu focuses on fresh and healthy ingredients, and inside and out, the space will be upgraded with a woodland decor. Some of the teased highlights include costume-wearing staff pouring specialty fresh-pressed beverages and “unexpected immersive entertainment.” Project applicant Bret Pfister is a veteran local performer and director, and was most-recently seen in <em>The Miss Behave Gameshow</em> at the Bally’s resort. An estimated debut date was not revealed.</p>
<h3 id="08W0F0">Another seafood boil brings spicy crabs</h3>
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<p id="JglIlA">Seafood boils seem to be all the rage lately with new ones opening regularly in the past year — think <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/angry-crab-shack">Angry Crab Shack</a>, <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/the-vikings-boiling-seafood">The Vikings Boiling Seafood</a>, and more. On Lake Mead Boulevard and Buffalo Drive, <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/crab-n-spice">Crab N Spice</a> plans to open a 3,229-square-foot restaurant with seafood boils. </p>
<p id="4Hg5hd">Co-owner McMillian (Ian) Latayan recommends garlic noodles or Cajun pasta when the restaurant opens, hopefully in October. Diners can choose a sauce from options that range from mild spicy to spicy Assin8 and then use it on a variety of seafood such as crab legs, Dungeness crab, shrimp, mussels, clams, crawfish, and more ordered by the pound. Diners can add sausage, corn, quail eggs, or potatoes to their bags as well.</p>
<p id="68PKNU">Latayan says the restaurant that seats 100 at 7501 W. Lake Mead Boulevard in suite 100 near <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/grape-street-cafe">Grape Street Cafe</a> will feature decorations reminiscent of a pier setting with wood beams with ropes and pine wood and bricks on the walls. Outside, the restaurant plans to have a shaded patio with misters that can seat another 30 to 40 customers.</p>
<p id="4i5UVi">The bib-providing, boil-in-the-bag specialists Crab N Spice originally launched in 2014 and now operates in Palmdale, Ventura, Sacramento, and Bakersfield, California.</p>
<h3 id="qY3fj9">Sandwiches headed to <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/ellis-island">Ellis Island</a>
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<figcaption>A sandwich with focaccia from chef Ismaele Romano, coming soon to Via Focaccia at Ellis Island.</figcaption>
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<p id="EPCA8K">Chef Ismaele Romano, who won the title World Sandwich Champion at the International Pizza Expo in August, plans to open <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/via-focaccia">Via Focaccia</a> at <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/63005/ellis-island">Ellis Island</a>. The Sicilian chef’s porchetta and eggplant sandwich served on kale and dandelion-infused focaccia took first place in the competition, and is just one of the menu items coming to the casino floor at the resort east of the Strip. Diners can expect homemade Sicilian recipes using traditional preparations and Italian ingredients that Romano ate as a boy growing up in Italy. Ellis Island anticipates the restaurant will open sometime in September. </p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/2021/9/10/22665366/new-restaurants-coming-soon-las-vegasBradley MartinSusan Stapleton2021-08-17T10:00:00-07:002021-08-17T10:00:00-07:00Chef Todd English Helms a Boutique Hotel and Restaurant Opening in the Arts District
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<figcaption>A rendering of a bar going into English Hotel | Z Life</figcaption>
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<p>The English Hotel with English’s the Pepper Club looks at a 2022 opening</p> <p id="WG09zx">Chef Todd English opens a hotel and restaurant in the Arts District. The chef, who has <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/the-beast-food-hall">The Beast Food Hall</a> at <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/area-15">Area15</a> and Olives by Todd English at <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/virgin-hotels">Virgin Hotels</a>, teamed up with Z Life Co. on the $30 million project that brings <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/the-english-hotel">The English Hotel</a> and The <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/pepper-club">Pepper Club</a> with sushi and oysters, <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/hotel-with-todd-english-restaurant-to-open-in-arts-district-2421565/">according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal</a>. </p>
<p id="KKkc5O">The four-story, 38,000-square-foot boutique hotel features 74 rooms, a private pool deck, and a bar and restaurant with a patio and glass-enclosed chef’s table at 921 S. Main St. near Coolidge Avenue. </p>
<p id="fkVcMf">The hotel has no opening date yet. </p>
<p id="FAuOuX">Last year, Z Life planned to open the hotel <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2020/4/20/21227373/charlie-palmer-fall-debut-2020-bar-cloe-arts-district">with chef Charlie Palmer</a> of <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/aureole">Aureole</a> fame at the helm. </p>
<p id="FVB5iP">• <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/hotel-with-todd-english-restaurant-to-open-in-arts-district-2421565/">Hotel with Todd English restaurant to open in Arts District</a> [LVRJ]</p>
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<p>The new owner of Egg Sammie plans to expand his Houston’s Hot Chicken to the Arts District and Green Valley Ranch</p> <p id="11cJIb">Houston Crosta recently partnered with Edmond Barseghian to purchase southwest sandwich restaurant <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/egg-sammie">Egg Sammie</a>, and now Crosta has ambitious plans to launch his hot chicken brand across Las Vegas.</p>
<p id="h6S0Ry">Initially offering a trial <a href="https://www.houstonshotchicken.com/order-online">delivery and takeout service</a>, <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/houston-s-hot-chicken">Houston’s Hot Chicken</a> has announced it will debut at the intersection of Green Valley and Pebble Road, taking over 2,029 square feet inside the former <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/brooklyn-bagel-deli">Brooklyn Bagel Deli</a>, occupying a convenient corner space. </p>
<p id="B70FCr">Paperwork has also been filed for the casual restaurant to operate a tavern at 1201 S. Main Street in the Arts District. Early leasing documents shared that the project would fill 2,648 square feet and sit between <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/yu-or-mi-sushi-bar">Yu-Or-Mi Sushi Bar</a>, <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/cream-me-ice-creamery">Cream Me Ice Creamery</a>, and the under-construction, retail-only expansion of <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2021/5/3/22416723/harmon-sells-restaurants-best-bakers-america-watermark-freeds-bakery">Freed’s Bakery</a>. </p>
<p id="jWeb74">The early menu features hot chicken sandwiches, with spice levels ranging from 1 to 10, plus hand-cut fries and a fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich. </p>
<p id="QVNi4w">A Summerlin location and a permanent space neighboring Crosta’s Royalty Exotic Cars car rental business on Dean Martin Road are both promoted as “coming soon.” An estimated opening date downtown or in Green Valley have not been revealed.</p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/2021/7/22/22587385/houstons-hot-chicken-opening-arts-district-green-valley-ranchBradley Martin2021-06-02T12:00:00-07:002021-06-02T12:00:00-07:00Art Haus to Revamp the Downtown Dinner and a Movie Experience
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<p>The venue opens with a new look, cocktails, and expanded menu </p> <p id="fQ0BkY">Replacing the ill-fated <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2016/10/6/13182670/eclipse-theaters-opening-fall">Eclipse Theater</a> and its moody, dark interior, Art Houz Theaters has made a big commitment to return the dinner and movie experience downtown.</p>
<p id="ES31PP">Announcing a June 3 debut, the three-story complex will launch at the corner of Third Street and Gass Avenue, filling the approximately 72,000-square-foot entertainment complex with new artwork, fixtures, and a light, open-plan environment.</p>
<p id="2Wp24t">Scheduled to offer first run films, a renewed emphasis has been placed on luring customers to its upper-level bar and its revamped restaurant, serving Thursday to Sunday from 3 p.m. to midnight.</p>
<p id="eMCiCG">Theater spaces can be booked for corporate presentations and as smaller, private event spaces, catered with the new menu available in the extended dining areas, or out on the patio.</p>
<p id="EuHgme">Previewed appetizers include pork belly, chicken “lollipopz,” bison meatballs, and kielbasa sausage hot dogs, plus salads, flatbreads, entrées of fried chicken, sea bass, duck breast, filet mignon, and the Art Haus burger, and dessert options of lemon cream cake, tiramisu, or milk and cookies.</p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/2021/6/2/22463606/art-haus-opening-downtown-dinner-movie-theaterBradley Martin2021-05-20T13:00:00-07:002021-05-20T13:00:00-07:00A Horror-Themed Restaurant and Bar Heads to the Arts District
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<p>The Nightmare Café started construction downtown</p> <p id="Y6KTaq">The veil of mystery has been lifted. An ambitious downtown expansion will stretch retailer Nightmare Toys into the space next door and bring a unique, horror-themed bar and restaurant to the southern edge of the Arts District. </p>
<p id="4uaYH1">The <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/nightmare-caf">Nightmare Café</a> will move into 1307 S. Commerce Street at the intersection with<strong> </strong>Colorado Avenue and replace a series of auto shop tenants. Paperwork originally filed with the city late last year included applications for permits to add new restrooms, a kitchen and bar, and also dropped hints that barbecue would feature on the menu.</p>
<p id="dy43Yt">The exterior has been updated with a plywood mural featuring portraits of Pennywise and <em>Friday the 13th</em> icon Jason Voorhees, created by Tony Castillo and Derek Douglas of The Wall Saints. The team was previously responsible for the indoor murals at close neighbors <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/servehzah-craft-beer-bottle-shop-taproom">SerVehZah Craft Beer Bottle Shop & Taproom</a>.</p>
<p id="DejnQA">Launched in summer 2020, Nightmare Toys quickly became a local hot spot for horror film celebrity appearances and signings, as well as a go-to destination for fans tracking down collectibles, masks, and costumes.</p>
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<p>Taverna Costera is back on track for a spring opening along with Dragon’s Alley Coffee Co.</p> <p id="ySiAcF">Pushing to be fully operational by the first Friday in May, “at the latest,” <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/taverna-costera">Taverna Costera</a> and sibling venture <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/dragon-s-alley-coffee-co">Dragon’s Alley Coffee Co.</a> are confidently promising Arts District visitors they will be able to host Mother’s Day brunch on the rooftop or out on the courtyard patio.</p>
<p id="iGkk4O">Developed by local entrepreneur Jeff Hwang and very unlucky to begin construction during <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2020/3/4/21163984/taverna-costa-fusion-restaurant-coffee-shop-rooftop-bar-opening-june-arts-district">the 2020 coronavirus pandemic shutdowns</a>, Taverna Costera will soon become the dining centerpiece of the 1st & Main mixed-use complex at 1031 S. First St.</p>
<p id="KLtfIz">Overseen by chef Ray Samlow, the self-described<strong> </strong>“Coastal Mediterranean fusion” restaurant’s original plans <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2020/3/4/21163984/taverna-costa-fusion-restaurant-coffee-shop-rooftop-bar-opening-june-arts-district">included a nine-seat bar</a> and room for 42 people inside, serving a menu inspired by “coastal French, Italian, Spanish, and Greek cuisines and beyond.”</p>
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