VEGAS DINING NEWS: Resorts World Wants Pizza the Action, Private A’s Steakhouse, T-Mobile BBQ, Another Health Closure

Resorts World has announced that the replacement for Mulberry Street Pizza, which closed on Monday (Sept. 14), will be another Big Apple-sounding slicery. However, unlike Mulberry Street, which is an established L.A. brand, Amici New York Pizzeria will be an entirely new creation of Resorts World.

Instead of collecting rent from a successful restaurant, Resorts World aspires to collect profit directly from pizza-hungry patrons. And, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, it’s bringing out a big gun for the task: Chef Ricky McCormick, who currently leads the team at Resorts World’s Stubborn Seed and previously headed the kitchen at Michelin-starred Restaurant Guy Savoy in Las Vegas and multiple Gordon Ramsay restaurants.

Since Mulberry Street was always the busiest restaurant at Resorts World, here’s the question: Was its popularity based on name recognition, or just pizza-hungry resort guests, late-night Zouk Nightclub partiers, and random passersby seeking a slice that smells and looks good?

What better place for a gamble than Las Vegas, right?

As we previously reported, Mulberry Street is currently scouting a new Strip location.

Private Stake-house

A private steakhouse and lounge is being planned for the $2 billion Athletics ballpark rising from the former Tropicana demolition site on the Strip. The Athletic Club will only be accessible to season ticket holders and their guests during games and other stadium events.

The venue, to be located directly behind home plate at field level, is projected to debut along with the ballpark in February 2028.

Renowned restaurateur Will Guidara—celebrated for his tenure co-owning New York City’s three Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park and pioneering the “Unreasonable Hospitality” movement—is spearheading the design.

Dining Ins & Outs

Hockey fans heading to Vegas Golden Knights games can now partake in way-cheaper stadium eats than the Athletic Club will offer. SMKD (Smoked Meats, Killer Drinks) BBQ has launched an upper-concourse food cart at T-Mobile Arena. Spearheaded by Top Chef Season 7 alumnus and Beat Bobby Flay champ Chef Alex Reznik (in partnership with Ogden Hospitality), the expansion builds on the success of SMKD’s brick-and-mortar location, which opened in November 2025 at 10895 S. Eastern Ave. in Henderson.

Caesars Palace welcomes Barcelona’s SIPS Drinkery House, regarded by many as one of the world’s best bars, for a two-month pop-up at the Vista Cocktail Lounge from Oct. 31 through Dec. 31.

Stix Asia—the 18,000-square-foot food hall replacing the former Sundry food hall at UnCommons in southwest Las Vegas—announced its first three restaurants this week, all of which began in Tokyo: Ginza Bairin, founded in 1927; the Ramen Bario ramen spot; and Nanamusubi. The food hall is expected to open over the winter with a dozen concepts representing cuisines from around Asia.

Health to Pay

K Ssam Bap—a Korean restaurant in the mini-mall at 3909 W. Sahara Ave.– was reportedly closed by the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) for the second time since it opened just a year ago.

According to SNHD, a routine inspection on Thursday (Sept. 10) found 16 health violations resulting in 58 demerits. The violations were for food not being properly cooled, improper cleaning and sanitation of food contact surfaces, food not stored at proper temperatures, and food spoiled, contaminated or adulterated, among other infractions.

The restaurant was also closed after a routine inspection on June 23, 2026 uncovered 17 health violations resulting in 53 demerits.