Vegas Food News

Closing, but maybe not the end: Chapala's family is in talks with a group that could keep its recipes going

Chapala's Mexican Restaurant · 3331 E Tropicana Ave · East side

Chapala Mexican Restaurant's sign with a rooster, reading Serving fine Mexican food since 1965 and Best Margaritas in Town (Chapala's photo)
Credit: Chapala's Mexican Restaurant

Chapala's Mexican Restaurant on East Tropicana still plans to close when its lease runs out in November, but the Las Vegas Sun reports the Flores family is negotiating with another group in hopes of keeping the restaurant running and mom Maria Flores' recipes on the menu. Nothing is signed, so if the chile verde or the house margaritas (so popular they're kept on tap) are your thing, don't wait on a rescue. The family says it isn't closing over money; the siblings who run it, Jose, David and Edward Flores and Teresa Luevano, are ready to retire after decades in the same Tropicana plaza, where Chapala's has been since 1978. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and there's still no exact last day.

Deals & happy hours

A row of tacos on a wooden board with lime wedges, dried chiles, tomatoes and tortillas (Borracha photo)
Credit: Borracha Mexican Cantina

Green Valley Ranch: Borracha's $25 Day of the Dead taco tray Oct 30 to Nov 2, and Bottiglia's $85 Thanksgiving with a prime rib option

Borracha Mexican Cantina and Bottiglia Cucina & Enoteca · Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Pkwy · Henderson

Borracha Mexican Cantina at Green Valley Ranch has a $25 deal from Friday, Oct 30, through Monday, Nov 2: a tray of three chicken or steak tacos plus a Don Julio margarita, with live mariachi from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov 2. For Thanksgiving, Bottiglia in the same resort serves an $85 dinner on Thursday, Nov 26, from noon to 8 p.m., where you pick turkey with all the sides or slow-roasted prime rib, then finish with pumpkin pie and vanilla gelato. The restaurants' announcement also lists a Drinksgiving night on Wednesday, Nov 25, with $5 margaritas and a $39 platter of 12 tacos at Borracha, or a $45 family-style Friends Feast with bottomless beer and wine at Bottiglia.

A pint of red beer in a Las Vegas Brewing Company glass next to a burger and sides (Las Vegas Brewing Company photo)
Credit: Las Vegas Brewing Company

Happy Hour: Las Vegas Brewing Company goes all day on Mondays at its northwest brewery, with $5 to $9 food and drinks

Las Vegas Brewing Company · 3101 N Tenaya Way (plus Arts District taproom, 1226 S 3rd St) · Northwest

At Las Vegas Brewing Company's brewery on North Tenaya Way, happy hour runs all day on Mondays (11 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, with food and drinks from $5 to $9 plus $2 off beer flights and flatbreads, dine-in only. Food & Loathing's pick is the pretzel with cheese beer dip, and a flight is the easy way to find your new favorite beer. The Arts District taproom on South 3rd Street runs its own 3 to 6 p.m. happy hour with $2 off house drafts and well drinks.

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