Controversial Vegas Italian Restaurant Piero’s Sold — Report
Posted on: May 10, 2025, 07:26h.
Last updated on: May 20, 2025, 08:52h.
- 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.
Last Comments ( 7 )
The Siegel's did an AMAZING job with Bagel Mania and I am super excited to see what they will do with Piero's. I used to have dinner at Piero's at least once a week. It was very conveniently located, as I lived at Turnberry Place (practically next door). It was my favorite restaurant for years, until Evan took over. After trying to sabotage an event I hosted there, I never returned. I missed the rest of the staff and the ossobuco! I can hardly wait for the transition!
Multiple loans. More than one. Evan should be doing hard time for this, but he has a County Judge who will pull some strings for him and get him a lite sentence. Judge Harmony Letizia. She's taken care of many, many things for that family.
wow, I wonder what that CHIP THIEF BW old WEBBY is going to do now that his BF is going to PRISON
He's a slum lord who charges way too much to stay at his property's. Rent is more then a one bedroom in a great part of town around 1700 a month. Cockroaches, People don't care about the property not well maintained not well secured my car got shot in the parking lot very dirty don't offer Won't ever stay there again. He should go to jail as a swim Lord unless he fixes the place up no one should rent there
What bank would lend money to someone that they had not verified as an owner? Hello Mr. Loan officer, I own McDonald's, I'd like to borrow 2 Billion dollars. I swear I'm good for it.
Not a fan of the Siegels. Had a poor response from Stephen Siegal on a previous Pinkbox review a couple years ago.. Furthermore, a friends daughter who worked for them at Pinkbox said they were terrible to their employees. I am not giving them my dollars!
Zoom in on that Siegel fella's face. Good lord, creepy