A FREMONT STREET RESTAURANT ABRUPTLY CLOSED THIS WEEK
Sitting beneath strings of colorful lights and encircled by potted cactus plants in front of Fergusons Downtown, the patio of Peyote feels distinctly separate from its home on Fremont Street — just down the street from Atomic Liquors. But the Latin American restaurant with a Palm Springs flair abruptly closed on Sunday, April 28, a surprise to both regulars and employees.
On Monday, April 29, Peyote employees received a message in a work group chat informing them that the restaurant would be closing. It further outlined that not all employees would be guaranteed work at the management group’s other restaurants, 8 News Now reported.
The restaurant had been a team effort between Jolene Mannina, who owned the Vegas Test Kitchen next door, and Corner Bar Management — the group that also owns Fremont Street bars and restaurants like Park on Fremont, Lucky Day, and the Laundry Room. Chefs Daniel Arias and Isidro Marquez-Castillo helmed the kitchen until the opening of Corner Bar’s La Mona Rosa — where they now make Mexican and South American dishes.
Peyote’s Instagram page still says the restaurant is only closed temporarily for renovations. But Corner Bar Management, the company behind Peyote, confirmed in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the bar and restaurant had shuttered.
Peyote opened in 2021, replacing what had been La Monja when Fergusons first opened. In the shadow of the Franken-truck Big Rig Jig art piece, the restaurant offered dinner with dishes like grilled octopus and sirloin steak, compelling bar bites like fries tossed in a cilantro garlic sauce with cotija cheese and pico de gallo, and a brunch of chilaquiles and challah French toast.
The only other restaurants in Fergusons are now F the Bar and Mothership Coffee. And Corner Bar is working on launching its private member’s bar, the Doberman, in the Arts District. Neither Corner Bar Management nor Fergusons Downtown responded to Eater Vegas’s request for comment.
2024-05-04T00:11:03Z dg43tfdfdgfd
