The Saddest Restaurant Closures in Las Vegas, Spring 2026

The first three months of 2026 saw a number of notable restaurants and bars close. Not only did Las Vegas lose two restaurants at Cosmopolitan, but Guy Fieri’s El Burro Borracho and a 60-year-old dive bar were also among the casualties. Below is a curated list of the city’s most noteworthy restaurant and bar closures since the beginning of the year. 

LPM Restaurant and Bar 

LPM Restaurant and Bar at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas closed permanently on March 31. The French-Mediterranean restaurant, popular for brunch and known for its Tomatini cocktail —  tomato juice and vodka with white balsamic vinegar, simple syrup, and fresh cracked pepper — opened in November 2023 but lost momentum over the past year. Starters included prawns floating in olive oil and buttery escargot, while mains were mostly pasta- and fish-focused. A replacement for the restaurant has not been announced.      

Blue Ribbon American Grill and Oyster Bar

Las Vegas’s Blue Ribbon has closed and construction walls are up as the Cosmopolitan prepares the space to reopen as the Vegas version of buzzy New York City restaurant the Corner Store in late 2026. Famous for its crispy fried chicken, Blue Ribbon was a surf-and-turf destination with a Vegas-tourist-luring oyster bar. Fresh seafood towers, crab-stuffed sea bass, and baked lobster came from the sea side of the menu, while land options included a perfectly pink prime rib and wagyu burger topped with oxtail marmalade and a sunny side up egg. Blue Ribbon’s closure ended a 15-year run at the resort.  

El Burro Borracho 

Guy Fieri’s Mexican cantina inside Rio Las Vegas abruptly closed in mid-March and was quickly replaced with a new restaurant called Tacos Del Rio Cocina and Bar. El Burro Borracho opened in 2016 as a partnership between Fieri and Caesars Entertainment, owners of the property at the time. Following the resort’s sale to a real estate firm, it remained a staple of the Rio’s restaurant offerings but, in similar situation to Hash House A Go Go, executives decided to end the partnership and run the restaurant themselves. El Burro Borracho was best known for its trash can nachos. 

Champagne’s Cafe

It’s the end of an era: One of the city’s oldest bars has sadly closed. Champagne’s Cafe, which opened in 1966 as Sundown Liquors, recently poured its final pint with bar owner Greg Sims citing road construction and a downturn in visitation as the reasons for the closure. The Maryland Parkway dive bar was frequented by video poker players and karaoke singers and a popular spot for cheap drinks.

Gastropub Nisei Bar and Grill

In late February, Chef Winston Matsuuchi took to Instagram to inform customers of the temporary closure of Gastropub Nisei Bar and Grill. In the announcement, Matsuuchi thanked the Chinatown community and said that while the location “wasn’t getting the traction needed,” it likely won’t be the end of Nisei. He says he plans to hold pop-ups in the future and look for a new location. Specializing in Asian fusion, Nisei served dishes such as chicken katsu sliders and short rib tacos.

Fiorella Pasta Bar 

Another Marc Vetri restaurant has unceremoniously shut down. Following the end-of-the-year closure of Vetri Cucina at Palms Casino Resort, word came that Fiorella Pasta Bar at Durango Resort would also be shuttering. The restaurant ultimately closed on March 27. Located in the resort’s food hall, Fiorella’s small menu consisted of antipasti and pasta dishes such as fettuccine shrimp scampi and butternut squash gnocchi. Fiorella’s closing coincides with a property-wide expansion that will bring new restaurants onboard.   

Ciao Vino

Just 18 months after making its debut in Summerlin’s Boca Park shopping center, Ciao Vino has closed. The Italian restaurant served blistering wood-fired pizzas and specialities such as squid ink fettuccine with Dungeness crab and farro risotto with Australian prawns.

Egg Works 

The South Rainbow Boulevard location of Egg Works closed March 29. Brad Burdsall, owner of Egg Works and Egg & I restaurants, said in a lengthy Instagram post that the breakfast spot would close after 28 years as he looks to slow down and prepare for “semi-retirement.” Another five other Egg Works restaurants and the Egg & I locations will remain open.