{"id":44975,"date":"2025-10-02T01:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=44975"},"modified":"2025-10-07T02:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:17:01","slug":"american-beer-cocktails-closes-at-linq-promenade-moving-to-ti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/american-beer-cocktails-closes-at-linq-promenade-moving-to-ti\/","title":{"rendered":"American Beer &#038; Cocktails Closes at Linq Promenade, Moving to TI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A longtime fixture at Linq Promenade, American Beer &amp; Cocktails, has closed.<\/p>\n<p>After extensive and dogged journalistic research (we called the bar&#8217;s phone number), we learned American will reopen at TI.<\/p>\n<p>American Beer &amp; Cocktails is sometimes stylized as &#8220;ameriCAN.&#8221; Yes, with a lower case &#8220;a&#8221; and capitalized &#8220;can.&#8221; It goes without saying we absolutely hate that. It&#8217;s our fervent wish American will rectify this situation prior to reopening at TI.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44977\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44977 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/americant-845x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/americant-845x563.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/americant-924x615.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/americant-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/americant-306x204.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/americant-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/americant.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See, it closed, so we changed &#8220;can&#8221; to &#8220;can&#8217;t.&#8221; Please keep up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>American Beer &amp; Cocktails closed at Linq on Sept. 28, 2025. We did not get the memo.<\/p>\n<p>American featured both beer and cocktails.<\/p>\n<p>Beer is one of humanity&#8217;s oldest beverages, with origins tracing back more than 7,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, where Sumerians brewed a fermented barley drink often consumed through straws from communal bowls. As you may have seen from a mile away, that historical factoid is an incredible coincidence given the name of our band in high school.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44987\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44987 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/communal_bowls-845x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/communal_bowls-845x563.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/communal_bowls-924x615.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/communal_bowls-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/communal_bowls-306x204.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/communal_bowls-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/communal_bowls.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our fan club was called the &#8220;Bowl Movement.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Egyptians refined the process of making beer. Egyptian laborers were sometimes paid in beer.<\/p>\n<p>Brewing spread through Europe, where monasteries in the Middle Ages standardized recipes, introduced hops for flavor and preservation, and elevated beer from rustic drink to craft.<\/p>\n<p>By the 19th century, technological advances like refrigeration, pasteurization and lager yeast cultivation transformed beer into the global, mass-produced beverage it is today, while the craft beer movement of the late 20th century revived small-scale brewing traditions as well as pretentious small talk involving terms like &#8220;mouthfeel,&#8221; &#8220;dry-hopping&#8221; and &#8220;notes of horse blanket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cocktails, on the other hand, were invented by Tom Cruise in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Details are few about why the venue closed at Linq Promenade, but let&#8217;s just say rents are high, visitation has dipped and bars don&#8217;t close if they&#8217;re successfully hitting their numbers. Awkward.<\/p>\n<p>American opened in 2015, replacing the long-forgotten BLVD Cocktails.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44986\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44986 size-post-thumbnail-crop-845xAUTO\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american_linq_closed2-845x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american_linq_closed2-845x563.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american_linq_closed2-924x615.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american_linq_closed2-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american_linq_closed2-306x204.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american_linq_closed2-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american_linq_closed2.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The forgettable decor and complete lack of vibe were hallmarks of American at Linq Promenade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>American was founded by Jonathan Fine. Fine also operates Chayo in Linq Promenade.<\/p>\n<p>Fine also operated PBR Rock Bar &amp; Grill which got the boot at Planet Hollywood. Oh, hell yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/pbr-rock-bar-to-close-at-miracle-mile-shops-after-12-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">there was drama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve poked find out where American will be at TI, but haven&#8217;t heard back yet.<\/p>\n<p>We scooped the closure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/days-are-numbered-for-senor-frogs-and-yacht-club-at-ti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senor Frog&#8217;s at TI<\/a>, and that space has been unoccupied since Dec. 31, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>We trust American Beer &amp; Cocktails will be replaced at Linq with another liquor-based offering, otherwise an angel loses its wings and nobody wants that.<\/p>\n<p>Update (10\/6\/25): Word is American will move into the Big Chill space at TI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A longtime fixture at Linq Promenade, American Beer &amp; Cocktails, has closed. After extensive and dogged journalistic research (we called the bar&#8217;s phone number), we learned American will reopen at TI. American Beer &amp; Cocktails is sometimes stylized as &#8220;ameriCAN.&#8221; Yes, with a lower case &#8220;a&#8221; and capitalized &#8220;can.&#8221; It goes without saying we absolutely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-las-vegas-bars"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Beer &amp; Cocktails Closes at Linq Promenade, Moving to TI | Vital Vegas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A longtime fixture at Linq Promenade, American Beer &amp; Cocktails, has closed. 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