25 Las Vegas Restaurant and Bar Closures to Know About — August 2024

Lakeside. | Barbara Kraft A running list of restaurant and bar closures in Las Vegas and Henderson The first half of 2024 has brought a slew of closures to restaurants and bars in Las Vegas and Henderson. While the Las Vegas Valley continues to see frequent openings, other businesses have closed or scheduled their final days of service. Check back as this list is updated regularly. See something missing? Hit up the tipline. August Banana Leaf Cafe This restaurant in Chinatown’s Shanghai Plaza offered a fine selection of Malaysian cuisine, with highlights like flaky roti canai, fish head soup, nasi lemak with coconut rice, peanuts, chicken, anchovy, and pickled vegetables. Houston’s Sinh Sinh Bistro is taking over the space. It closed in July. July Lakeside The seafood restaurant at the Wynn Las Vegas is a popular fine-dining destination for Alaskan king crab pasta, Maine lobster tails, and a dry-aged bigeye tuna chop. Whether dining inside or al fresco, most tables are in view of the Lake of Dreams, where elaborate shows featuring a larger-than-life singing frog, abstract projections on a flowing waterfall, and floating emoji balls that dance along the water’s surface take place. The Lake and its frog are staying — with a Mediterranean restaurant from an award-winning chef taking over the space. Lakeside will close in mid-July. Crown & Anchor Before making it big with the Killers, frontman Brandon Flowers wandered into the Crown & Anchor Pub near Tropicana Avenue and Maryland Parkway and discovered his girlfriend there with someone else. Thus, his indelible song, “Mr. Brightside,” was born. The bar hosted watch parties for soccer games and other British sporting events and served a menu of Cornish pasties, Scotch eggs, and fish and chips. That relic of Las Vegas history, the nearly 30-year-old, British-style pub, closed for good on July 2. Night + Market In 2021, Chef Kris Yenbamroong said he opened his “biggest and most ambitious restaurant to date” with Night + Market at Virgin Hotels. The restaurant’s LA roots could be felt in every part of the restaurant — from the disco balls to the natural wines to the pad kee mao made with pastrami from L.A.’s Langer’s Deli. It quietly closed, rebranded as Chow Fun, an Asian fusion restaurant. June Inspire Nightclub Suddenly and without fanfare, the multi-story nightclub on Fremont Street closed its doors, shut down its website, and boarded up its once lively open-air rooftop dance floor. Inspire was of the Tony Hsieh suite of downtown venues, this one was a multi-use space that was primarily a bar but had a theater for corporate events and and a DJ on the weekends for a nightclub feel. It closed in June. Sundry Food Hall Nearly a year to the day after opening at Uncommons in southwest Las Vegas, the Sundry food hall has closed shop. The 20,000-square-foot food hall saw a lot of turnover in its short existence, rotating more than a dozen different restaurants through the space. At the time of closing, the lineup in the food hall included only: Center Bar, Messina, Easy Sliders, Mabel’s, Calle, and Deo. It’s the first food hall in Vegas to call it quits. Its last day was June 22. Uncommons. The Sundry food hall. Picasso Chef Julian Serrano has announced his upcoming retirement, stepping away from Lago and closing the storied Picasso restaurant this summer. Picasso was the first Las Vegas restaurant to receive a James Beard Award nomination for Best New Restaurant and one of only two restaurants in the city to receive two Michelin stars. The restaurant inside the Bellagio became one of the first landmark restaurants on the Strip, often credited with raising the city’s dining profile to what it is today. Picasso will close in August. Holstein’s Holsteins, a burger joint in the Cosmopolitan known for its over-the-top burgers and shakes, is closing this summer. Employees of the restaurant were notified of the closure on May 10 and are being encouraged to re-apply to the hospitality group’s next restaurant, which is currently in development. Holsteins opened in 2010 and had become a favorite on the Strip over the years. Its last day of business will be July 9. The Mirage The Mirage Casino is closing permanently — with plans to reopen in three years as a nearly 700-foot-tall guitar-shaped hotel. The Mirage closure means the end of the Cirque du Soleil Beatles-themed show, Love, and the resort’s volcano fountain — which was one of the first attractions on the Las Vegas Strip. It also means final service for the resort’s restaurants: Heritage Steakhouse, Osteria Costa, Otoro, Diablo’s Cantina, Pantry, Paradise Cafe, California Pizza Kitchen, and the Still. The Mirage will close on July 17. Leinani Shak Photography The Mirage. Kitchen Table When Kitchen Table opened in Henderson in 2015, it quickly became popular for its Nutella s’mores French toast, Benedicts topped with pork belly, and crispy