OCEAN OF CONFUSION: Is Vegas Strip’s Cheapest Eatery Closed or Open?

Posted on: September 23, 2024, 11:23h. 

Last updated on: September 23, 2024, 11:38h.

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Ocean One Bar & Grille, the hands-down cheapest restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip, appears to be back in business after a brush with oblivion on Friday.

Ocean One Bar & Grille has been located in this busy corner of the Miracle Mile Shops, adjacent to Planet Hollywood, for 15 years. (Image: Instagram/oceanonelasvegas)

The temple of frugality inside Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops — where every lunch is $5.99 and dinner starts for only a dollar more  — never officially announced its closure. However, hungry, freaked-out, and value-conscious regulars arrived for breakfast on Friday only to find the venue suddenly locked with an eviction notice taped to the door.

This eviction notice indicates that Ocean One’s locks were changed as per NRS 118C.200, a Nevada law stating that, if locks are changed due to rent delinquency, the landlord must provide a new key during business hours once the rent is paid. (Image: Scott Roeben/Vital Vegas)

As if that weren’t enough, Ocean One’s name was removed from the Miracle Mile website’s directory of restaurants.

These are not usually good signs.

“Though it’s disappointing, it’s not really a surprise,” reported the Las Vegas Advisor, quite reasonably.  “Last January, Ocean One shuttered all six of its locations in south Florida and the Las Vegas location, the flagship of the fleet at 15 years old, was the last one in existence.”

It appeared as though serving a half-pound sirloin burger, Mexican wings, and tortilla salad for the price of a pack of gum at Harry Reid International Airport had finally done One in.

Not to mention their range of specialty cocktails — including Cosmopolitans, Blue Hawaiians, and Tequila Sunrises — priced at $12 for three.

A Miracle On the Mile for Them

Whatever happened — though someone somehow finding rent money last minute is a good guess — Ocean One announced its reopening on Saturday, as its name just as suddenly reappeared on the Miracle Mile website.

We apologize for the inconvenience,” read a post on the establishment’s Facebook page, its only public acknowledgment of the situation.

As of Monday morning, Ocean One’s website, which tracks how many people they serve each day, read 233. (On Friday, it read zero.)

Casino.org attempted to reach Ocean One chef and GM Greg Delcore, but all calls went directly to voicemail and no voicemails or emails were returned.

This story will be updated if we hear back.