Royal Britannia Gastro Pub Closes at Grand Canal Shoppes

By Scott Roeben, on August 12 2024

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Royal Britannia Gastro Pub has closed at Venetian. Technically, in the Grand Canal Shoppes at Venetian.

We probably wouldn’t be writing about this had we not strolled by the other day and taken a photo.

Prior to closing, staff informed customers the pub would be replaced with a Fogo de Chao, which you have probably been mispronouncing.

An anagram of Royal Britannia Gastro Pub is “bipartisan granular booty.” This will serve you well on a gameshow someday, or perhaps in the naming of your children.

The Royal Britannia Gastro Pub had its fans, but it was a bit tough to find deep in the bowels of the sprawling Grand Canal Shoppes. Maybe not the bowels, but certainly the small intestine, also known as the “west wing.”

It was next to Smith & Wollensky.

Royal Britannia served its takes on British food, which might have been part of the problem right there, all due respect.

The pub also served bespoke scotches and whiskeys. All scotches are whiskey, but not the other way around. This is literally the full extent of our knowledge of scotches and whiskeys, except to say bourbon is also a whiskey and also that we sometimes misuse the word “literally.”

All the pub signs are gone, but a few remnants of Royal Britannia Gastro Pub remain.

Royal Britannia Gastro Pub has gone for a Burton, carked it, popped its clogs and is brown bread.

Here’s a peek inside the gutted pub. Which, honestly, would make a great name for a pub.

They may take our spotted dick, but they will never take our freedom! Or something!

As for what’s next, the rumored Fogo de Chao, sometimes with a squiggly line over the “a,” is all about the meat.

The Brazilian steakhouse is pronounced “fo-go dee shown,” but they let even uncultured customers in.

Here’s another story we wrote about Fogo de Chao. You’re still saying it wrong in your head! Give it time.

Another popular British pub in Las Vegas closed recently, Crown & Anchor.

Is this a trend? No, weirdo. Not everything is a trend.

You can still get great fish and chips. Try Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips at The Linq, McMullan’s Irish Pub near The Orleans and the Village Pub at Ellis Island.

Ketchup, not tartar sauce, weirdo.