Posted on: March 15, 2024, 10:21h.
Last updated on: March 15, 2024, 10:43h.
Margaritaville on the Las Vegas Strip will close by the end of May. The X/Twitter account “Las Vegas Locally” broke the news this week, and Vital Vegas confirmed that singer Jimmy Buffett’s famed restaurant has lost its lease with Caesars Entertainment.
Margaritaville opened at the Flamingo in 2003, boasting five bars, two patios overlooking the Strip, and a volcano that spills margaritas into two 300-gallon blenders.
In 2011, Buffett expanded his restaurant and bar to add the first Margaritaville Casino in an adjacent space, though his casino empire was supposed to have launched years earlier with the Margaritaville Casino Resort in Biloxi, Miss. The casino portion of Margaritaville closed in 2018.
Buffett died last September 1 due to complications from skin cancer.
Bayless Lands at Caesars
Michelin-starred chef Rick Bayless has partnered with Caesars Entertainment to bring his Tortazo Mexican restaurant to the Caesars Palace food court. The station is slated to open in late summer.
Tortazo’s menu includes tacos, guacamole, and, famously, the torta. The Mexican sandwich is a fluffy telera roll brushed with black beans.
“Chef Rick is a powerhouse — bringing a new, eclectic offering to our brand — and is the perfect addition to our roster of culinary superstars that our guests can experience and enjoy,” Caesars Entertainment president Anthony Carano said in a statement.
Dining Ins & Outs
Lindo Michoacan, the family-owned Mexican eatery that has served Las Vegas for more than 30 years, is expanding to Palace Station this spring. The restaurant replaces Tacos & Tequila, which opened on the property in April 2022 and closed less than a year and a half later. Michoacan opened its first restaurant on East Desert Inn Road in 1990, and it’s still there.
The Southern Nevada Health District closed El Taquero Mucho, at 2025 E. Sahara Ave., on March 6 for 47 demerits. Also recently shuttered by the government agency was Jack Cebu Lechon, at 4777 E. Charleston Blvd., for 23 demerits.
