VEGAS DINING NEWS: Cathédrale Doors Closing, Bellagio Getting Lakeside Seafoodery, SW Steakhouse Closing for Remodel

Cathédrale at Aria will plate its last meal on May 31. Opened almost exactly two years ago, the upscale eatery was a venture by Tao Group Hospitality. Seating 266, it was designed to replicate the success of its New York City flagship with a dramatic ambiance and upscale coastal cuisine from France, Spain, Italy, and Greece.

The reason for its closure was not announced by Aria or the restaurant. It never is, nor does it ever really need to be. That’s because no restaurant or show ever closes in Las Vegas without suffering from either poor business or a sex scandal. And there was no sex scandal at Cathédrale.

No immediate plans for the space have been announced, and Cathédrale’s East Village location is unaffected.

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SW Steakhouse at The Wynn is slated to close momentarily for a remodel by noted designer Todd-Avery Lenahan that will shift its light aesthetic to darker tones, thus maximizing the upscale eatery’s views of the Lake of Dreams. Since steak is a major revenue-generator for Wynn, the pop-up Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse at Tableau is likely to continue operating during the several months the remodel takes to complete.

Clark County Planning Commission documents obtained by Vital Vegas reveal a boating dock and patio planned for the Bellagio’s lake. According to Las Vegas Locally, it may be part of a new, as-yet-unannounced seafood restaurant

The commission also approved designs for a 7,000 square-foot Polynesian restaurant and bar called Grand Tiki Las Vegas to take over a shuttered credit union branch just east of the Strip at 110 E. Harmon Ave. The remodel will cost $1.9 million remodel and is expected to finish by late September.

Four Queens is opening up a café called, based on a recent trademark filing, Some Like It Hot.

Salt & Straw, a chain ice cream shop operating in several states and in Las Vegas at the Uncommons food hall, is headed to the Flamingo between Gordon Ramsay Burger and the retail space formerly used by Margaritaville.

The food court at the Fashion Show mall will soon add Zoi’s Mediterranean Cuisine.

Crazy D’s Hot Chicken is headed to 5840 S. Rainbow Blvd., according to What Now Vegas. The chain has five locations in Reno, plus one each in Woodland, Calif. and South Jordan, Utah.