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Lyle Kaku is executive chef at Sahara Las Vegas.
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Sahara Las Vegas has promoted
Lyle Kaku to executive chef. Kaku has served as executive sous chef at the resort since 2018 and will now play a key role in the development and opening of new restaurants coming to the property this year, including
Chickie’s & Pete’s,
Noodle Den and
Ballo. Kaku has held prominent positions at hotels and restaurants in Las Vegas, Maui, New Orleans and San Francisco. Sahara also recently announced a partnership with
Mr Yum, making it the first casino resort in Las Vegas to debut the mobile ordering platform from Melbourne, Australia. Now available at
Sugar Factory American Brasserie [Official Site]
Sugar Factory American Brasserie gets ready to open a three-story location on the center of the Las Vegas Strip this summer. The 14,000-square-foot location takes over the former Twin Peaks space at Harmon Corner, keeping the indoor climbing wall and replacing the footings with candy dots.
The new location features a walk-up goblet bar on the pedestrian bridge between Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue that overlooks the second-floor dining room and a retail candy store with more than 500 types of candy and two cases filled with homemade ice cream and gelato, milkshakes, pastries, and coffee options. For dining, 230 seats indoors, a 36-seat entry-level bar, a 30-seat carousel bar on the mezzanine level, and a 30-seat outdoor patio outfitted with fire pits that overlook the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas-based Sugar Factory American Brasserie, known for couture lollipops, celebrity sightings and $43 tropical cocktails, intends to take over the closed Brio Tuscan Grille site in The Markets at Town Center.
The company said April 14 it will open at the 4910 Big Island Drive restaurant. The projected opening is in January.
It said it has the capacity for 312 seats, comprising 175 inside, 22 at the bar and 115 on the patio, in the property’s total 10,800 square feet of space.
Special features include an Instagram feature cafe in the front; indoor-outdoor dining and a bar with operable doors to a large outdoor patio with a trellis and lighting; and a large video wall. There will a flower and candy wall.
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