VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Red Rock Enters Tavern Biz, Marky Mark’s Mexican Premiere

Posted on: August 27, 2024, 11:42h.

Last updated on: August 27, 2024, 02:58h.

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Red Rock Resorts is about to launch its own standalone neighborhood tavern brand. Seventy Six Taverns by Station Casinos will offer food, gaming, entertainment and a full bar in seven off-Strip Las Vegas locations.

This rendering shows Red Rock Resorts’ first standalone locals’ tavern, seven of which it plans to open in suburbs around Las Vegas. (Image: Red Rock Resorts)

The name references 1976, the year Frank Fertitta Jr. founded the company’s first casino resort, Palace Station. The venture is seen as an extension of the strong connection that residents feel toward the gaming corporation, which currently operates 19 local-centric Las Vegas casinos.

“This new spot will provide guests another opportunity to enjoy Station Casinos’ friendly service, delicious food and beverage items, and the best gaming and sports viewing experiences in one convenient setting,” read a statement from Station president Scott Kreeger.

The first Seventy Six is slated to open by the end of September at 6345 N. Lamb Blvd. in North Las Vegas. That location, the former site of a Taco Bell, was a decidedly unneighborly choice for a neighborhood tavern, however, since it places it right next door to Scoundrels Tavern & Eatery, which opened its one and only location in April.

A second Seventy Six is expected to follow in January, with the other five possibly opening by January 2026.

Mark Wahlberg appears at the Las Vegas opening of his family’s Wahlburgers restaurant chain in 2017. Wahlberg, who has lived in Las Vegas for more than two years, is debuting the second location of his Flecha Cantina Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas. (Image: blog.caesars.com)

Wahlburritos?

Mark Wahlberg, the movie star and restaurateur who has called Las Vegas home for more than two years, will soon premiere the second location of his Mexican restaurant, Flecha by Mark Wahlberg, at the Town Square Mall a mile south of the Strip.

Wahlberg opened his first Flecha, which is Spanish for arrow, on June 8 in Huntington Beach, Calif.

“Our menu, crafted by renowned international chefs and mixologists, blends Mexican classics with a contemporary fire,” reads the Flecha website.

What Now Vegas broke the story via astute permitting research, and got a confirmation from the eatery’s co-founder, Randy Sharpe, who also serves as CEO of Wahlberg’s smash fast-food chain, Wahlburger’s.

Flecha will offer live music, a Sunday brunch buffet, lunch specials, and Tacos + Tequila Tuesdays, according to What Now.