Bazaar Meat Eyes an August Opening at the Venetian Resort | Eater Vegas

"Announced in October 2024 that it would close at the Sahara Las Vegas and migrate down Las Vegas Boulevard to reopen at the Palazzo at the Venetian Resort; the Sahara confirmed to Eater Las Vegas that the restaurant is signed with the Sahara to stay open through June 30, and a representative for the Venetian told Eater Vegas that the resort is tracking toward an opening date in late August 2025. Since opening in 2014, the restaurant has cemented itself as one of Las Vegas’s best steakhouses, with small bites that have become icons in their own right — crispy chicken-bechamel fritters playfully served in a sneaker, delicate cones of crème fraîche and caviar, and squares of foie gras tucked into tufts of cotton candy. The dining room is described as an ode to all things carnivorous: legs of jamón ibérico loom over a sushi counter–style meat bar, open-fire grills in the middle of the dining room crackle and roar with cuts of Black Angus steak, and overhead chandeliers of antlers set the mood for tender suckling pig and heaping “Vaca Vieja” eight-year-old Holstein steaks. The planned move is part of the Venetian’s $1.5 billion reinvestment project; Patrick Nichols, the president and CEO of the Venetian Resort, told Eater Vegas that the restaurant is slated for a 10,000-square-foot space in the Palazzo tower directly beneath Lavo (a space that previously housed Dal Toro Ristorante before closing in 2016), with additional neighboring space that used to be the 40/40 Club. When it reopens, it will join the property’s roster of legacy steakhouses including establishments by Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, and Smith & Wollensky." - Janna Karel