Tao Group Acquires Hakkasan Group to Combine Two Nightlife and Restaurant Behemoths
The deal gives the new company 61 entertainment dining and nightlife venues in 22 markets across five continents
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A blockbuster nightlife and restaurant deal out of New York City combines two of the biggest hospitality groups with venues across Las Vegas. Tao Group Hospitality acquired Hakkasan Group to create a combined company that operates 61 entertainment dining and nightlife venues in 22 markets across five continents. The new combined company brings together Tao Group Hospitality’s Tao at the Venetian, Lavo at the Palazzo, and Beauty & Essex and Marquee at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas with Hakkasan Group’s Hakkasan and Wet Republic at the MGM Grand, Omnia at Caesars Palace, Jewel at Aria, and Casa Calavera at Virgin Hotels.
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Dishes include chorizo and egg tacos with Oaxaca cheese, potato, salsa verde, cilantro, greens, and pickled red onions; sweet corn tamales with piña colada sauce, mint-agave marinated berries, and whipped cream; huevos rancheros with three farm eggs, ranchero sauce, corn tortilla, Mexican rice, beans, and a choice of achiote chicken, shredded beef, or pork carnitas; and the Calavera breakfast plato with three farm eggs, applewood smoked bacon, poblano-onion breakfast potato, beans, and grilled telera bread. On the sweet side of the menu, a coconut and yogurt parfait with vanilla yogurt, mango and passion fruit compote, coconut, and granola; Juanito cakes stack with five yellow corn cakes served with whipped butter, maple syrup, chocolate sauce, and berry compote; and an acai and granola