Controversial Vegas Italian Restaurant Piero’s Sold — Report

• Piero’s Italian Cuisine in Las Vegas has been sold to a local restaurateur, according to a reliable source
• The news comes a week after news that the founder’s son allegedly committed fraud by taking a $1.5 million loan out against the business

Piero’s Italian Cuisine, the longtime Las Vegas restaurant in the news lately for reasons other than its eggplant parmigiana, has reportedly been acquired by Amazing Brands. Led by Las Vegas resident Stephen Siegel and his wife, Judi Perez Siegel, Amazing owns Siegel’s Bagelmania and Pinkbox Doughnuts, small Las Vegas-based restaurants that the couple acquired in 2018 and expanded into successful chains.

Siegel is also the founder of Siegel Suites, a chain of extended-stay apartment hotels.

The news was broken Saturday by Las Vegas influencer Jennifer Gay on her X account @vegasstarfish. The scoop was given to her by Stephen Siegel himself.

According to Gay, the Siegels are “working closely” with previous owner Freddie Glusman “to preserve the restaurant’s legacy and its Vegas history.”

Freddie opened the original Piero’s in 1982 at 3555 S. Karen Avenue, near downtown. He relocated it to its current location, the former Villa D’Este Italian restaurant at 355 Convention Center Drive, in 1987.

Piero’s was featured in the 1995 movie “Casino.”

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Piero’s has been a hub for drama since Evan Glusman, Freddie’s son and the restaurant’s former operating manager, was arrested on April 26 for making threats to shoot up the restaurant.

It was revealed in the younger Glusman’s arrest report that he had taken out a $1.5 million loan against Piero’s, committing fraud by claiming to be its owner when he was only its operating manager. When Freddie discovered this, he fired his son.

This reportedly made Evan unstable enough to send the following text, according to his arrest report: “I hope you realize I’m drinking and I’m going home to get a gun and fucking kill them in the middle of Piero’s.”

Glusman was arrested at his home the next morning by a SWAT team, then released on $20K bail. He is due back in court May 29.

Last week, Table 34 and Bramàre, both off-Strip Las Vegas restaurants co-owned by Evan Glusman, suddenly closed, suggesting an end to the partnership that had owned and operated them, Glusman and Constantin Alexander’s Batch Hospitality.

The Piero’s loan, and the unwanted publicity generated by Evan’s arrest, may both have contributed to the sale, though nothing has been confirmed yet — including the sale.

A message left by Casino.org for the Siegels was not immediately returned. This is a developing story. We will update it when more details become available.