{"id":14865,"date":"2016-07-07T21:35:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T04:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=14865"},"modified":"2016-07-07T21:40:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T04:40:19","slug":"stewart-ogden-closes-downtown-grand-freedom-beat-in-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/stewart-ogden-closes-downtown-grand-freedom-beat-in-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart + Ogden Closes at Downtown Grand, Freedom Beat Already in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>As first predicted by our seemingly clairvoyant <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/748589549454913536\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter account<\/a>, Downtown Grand has closed the doors to its Stewart + Ogden restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel&rsquo;s 24-hour cafe closed July 5, 2016.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14869\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14869 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Stewart + Ogden closed\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/stewart_ogden_closed12.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Grand was formerly the Lady Luck. Stewart + Ogden&nbsp;now also falls into the &ldquo;former&rdquo; category.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Construction of a new restaurant, Freedom Beat, is already underway.<\/p>\n<p>The new offering will expand the restaurant&rsquo;s footprint to include another closed restaurant at Downtown Grand, Red Mansion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14870\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14870 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Stewart + Odgen\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/stewart_ogden_closed2.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With construction walls, all things are possible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Word has it Stewart + Ogden has already been gutted, a good sign the restaurant will get a significant overhaul rather than a superficial revamp.<\/p>\n<p>Staffers at the hotel say the renderings for Freedom Beat are impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The menu at Freedom Beat will be American, although details haven&rsquo;t been released yet.<\/p>\n<p>It bodes well for the menu that &ldquo;Hell&rsquo;s Kitchen&rdquo; winner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fork2mouth\">Scott Commings<\/a> is helping to build the new restaurant&rsquo;s menu. Commings won season 12 of the popular cooking competition show, and took the reins as Executive Chef at Gordon Ramsay Pub &amp; Grill at Caesars Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Guests seeking sustenance at Downtown Grand aren&rsquo;t without options. A temporary restaurant has been set up inside the hotel&rsquo;s Art Bar, near the registration desk.<\/p>\n<p>Art Bar is replete with the former restaurant&rsquo;s chairs, mainly because we think &ldquo;replete&rdquo; makes things sound fancier.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14871\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14871 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Freedom Beat\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/stewart_ogden_closed3.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&rsquo;re always up for a better experience, especially if there&rsquo;s liquor involved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Stewart + Ogden menu has been slimmed down slightly, but there&rsquo;s still a solid selection of breakfast dishes, salads, burgers and sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>Most dishes run in the $10-12 range. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/stewart_ogden_menu_lrg4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14872\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14872 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Stewart + Ogden closed\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/stewart_ogden_closed4.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There&rsquo;s still a functioning bar at Art Bar. Don&rsquo;t freak out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Much as the rebrand of its pool complex to Citrus has livened things up at Downtown Grand, a change-out of its hotel restaurant could be a welcome addition. We hear there will be an entertainment component to the new restaurant, an intriguing prospect. (Please, no dueling pianos!&nbsp;That did not go well at the closed Mob Bar.)<\/p>\n<p>Across the street, Pizza Rock and Triple George are doing brisk business, but The Commissary continues to struggle with its challenging location. It&rsquo;s expected that restaurant will close soon as well. There&rsquo;s been no word on where the Commissary&rsquo;s collection of 100 tequila varieties will end up, but we have some suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>Staffers say Freedom Beat is being fast-tracked, and should be open for business in a mere month or two. The new restaurant hasn&rsquo;t even been officially announced, but that&rsquo;s never stopped us before.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re always up for something new, so we can&rsquo;t wait to try the new restaurant at Downtown Grand!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As first predicted by our seemingly clairvoyant Twitter account, Downtown Grand has closed the doors to its Stewart + Ogden restaurant. The hotel&rsquo;s 24-hour cafe closed July 5, 2016. Construction of a new restaurant, Freedom Beat, is already underway. The new offering will expand the restaurant&rsquo;s footprint to include another closed restaurant at Downtown Grand, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,23,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-downtownlasvegas","category-vegas","category-lasvegasrestaurants"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stewart + Ogden Closes at Downtown Grand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Downtown Grand has closed its Stewart + Ogden restaurant in order to make room for a new dining offering called Freedom Beat.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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