Hogs & Heifers Finds New Home to Raise Hell

By Scott Roeben, on July 24 2025
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A longtime downtown fixture, Hogs & Heifers, has announced it has found a new location after being given the boot by its landlord, Downtown Grand.

Hogs & Heifers operated on 3rd Street, across from Downtown Grand, for two decades. It closed July 6, 2025, when the venue’s lease expired.

The rowdy, biker-friendly bar, loved by some and loathed by others (mainly its landlord and people trying to sleep in the nearby hotel tower), will reopen at 307 and 319 Main Street.

Hogs & Heifers
Hogs & Heifers hasn’t been put out to pasture just yet.

Where is that, exactly, you ask? And by “you” we mean “everyone, including us.”

In a statement posted on social media, Hogs & Heifers owner Michelle Dell describes the new location thusly, “Positioned between the Bridger Hotel and Las Vegas City Hall lie two vacant lots, one of which was once home to the historic Little Hotel Rooming House.”

First order of business with this fixer-upper, tree trimming.

The new location announcement then goes a smidge off the rails, as statements sometimes do.

Here’s more: “This exciting move marks a new chapter for the beloved institution, which has welcomed more than 200,000 visitors annually and served as a cornerstone of Downtown Las Vegas since 2005. The newly secured half-acre parcel will offer an expanded bar footprint, on-site parking, and ample space for community events—ushering in new opportunities for growth, independence and charitable engagement.”

No one thinks Hogs & Heifers has ever “served as a cornerstone of downtown Las Vegas.” Except for maybe owner Michelle Dell.

Quibbles with embellishing history aside, fans of Hogs & Heifers will no doubt be excited to hear the bar will have a new home.

Our sources say the shoes on the powerline were included in the sale.

If you’re unfamiliar with Hogs & Heifers, let’s just say it’s an experience.

Modeled after its original New York City location, the Vegas version of Hogs & Heifers has become known for its unpretentious vibe, loud music, bras hanging from the ceiling and sassy bartenders who dance on the bar and give as much attitude as they get.

If you haven’t been berated by a Hogs & Heifers bartender through a bullhorn for looking at your smartphone, you haven’t really done Vegas.

The noise complaints were frequent, and it appears Hogs & Heifers will now have a buffer on both sides of the establishment.

Take that, olds.

The new Hogs & Heifers will be exactly 2,119 feet from its previous location, as the Gambel’s quail flies.

Yes, quail can fly. It’s the only way they can avoid the cats their idiot owners let outside.

Yes, the most common quail in Las Vegas is the Gambel’s quail. We are not making this up, and the fact the “gamble” quail is the most common quail in Las Vegas should be a question on every game show, ever.

While the new Hogs & Heifers isn’t far from Fremont Street, make no mistake, it’s a sketchy location, despite being a block away from Plaza’s parking garage exit.

Bikers won’t care, but the average tourist might.

Due to the proximity of this high-voltage electrical equipment, guests will get free neurological disorders with every purchase.

You know we’ll be there because one of our top kinks is being berated by bartenders through bullhorns. That, and taking victory laps whenever we beat the Las Vegas Review-Journal to a story. (We get to indulge in that one pretty much every day.)

We recently did a recap of the Hogs & Heifers drama, and we aren’t doing it again. We are too busy scaring away cats trying to murder our Gambel’s quail.

On the way out, Hogs & Heifers couldn’t resist throwing some shade at Downtown Grand and its owners, CIM Group, on Facebook.

As our fellow youths say, zing.

We trust Hogs & Heifers owner Michelle Dell will experience no schadenfreude as things continue to go downhill at Downtown Grand. The potentially lifesaving sale to Penske (Rolling Stone) fell through and there’s extreme drama behind the scenes nobody’s really talking about, despite it being one of the biggest stories in Las Vegas right now. Outstanding loan commitments and anemic business levels (Downtown Grand has never been profitable, as far as we know), are likely to lead to some big headlines in the very near future. Gird.

The new Hogs & Heifers is slated to open in December 2025.