Opening: Hawthorne Craft Bar & Kitchen sets a Nov 12 debut in Southern Highlands

The Review-Journal's Johnathan L. Wright says Mothership Coffee Roasters (CEO Juanny Romero) is opening its seventh valley shop in the Mission Linen building at 1001 S. First St., Suite 150, and the brand's Instagram (via RJ) sets a grand-opening block party Sat Nov 14, 9 a.m.–noon, with a 9 a.m. ribbon-cutting, free coffee bags for the first 100 customers and a $100 gift-card giveaway entry. Official mothershipcoffee.com still lists the existing Bend, Fergusons, Summerlin, Sunrise, St. Rose and Green Valley stops, so treat Suite 150 as the Arts District flag and the Nov 14 party as the hard public date for now.

WhatNow's Candese Charles reports a Clark County permit for AB's BBQ Fusion at 3318 E Flamingo Rd, Suite 4D (Renaissance III, near Flamingo and Pecos), the first storefront for Aaron "AB" Brown's Smokin' and Grillin' with AB brand after truck and trailer stops around the valley. The official page matches the Unit 4D address, lists Smokehouse, Southern Favorites and Cajun & Creole categories plus signature kool-aids like Sweet Grape Soul Punch, and frames it as Coming to Las Vegas with a soft window before the end of this year (no hard open day yet).

Vital Vegas / Chili Chili's Scott Roeben reports that Aloha Specialties Restaurant on the mezzanine at California Hotel & Casino permanently closes Sun Nov 22, 2026, ending about 41 years of Hawaiian comfort food downtown (the restaurant from 1985, with the family's jerky business going back to 1980). The Yamagata ohana statement cites staples like saimin, Spam musubi, loco moco, teriyaki, kalua pork and curry bowls, and the same family also runs Ross J's Aloha Grill in Henderson. No replacement has been announced.

Los Angeles taco chain King Taco is running a pop-up Nov 5–7 daily 11 a.m.–9 p.m. at 100 6th Street downtown, with signature tacos, aguas frescas and exclusive Las Vegas merch. FOX5's Matt Vergara says opening-day lines stretched near 6th and Fremont, and GM Raquel Martinez told the station people waited in chairs hours before open, with a menu that mirrors L.A. (asada, carnitas, red and green salsas). It wraps up Sat Nov 7.

On Thu Nov 26, Marché Bacchus at 2620 Regatta Dr. (Desert Shores / Lake Jacqueline) runs a three-course prix fixe Thanksgiving for $55 per person, with a kids-under-10 turkey dinner for $20, and the regular menu stays available too. The official Thanksgiving page lists roasted butternut squash soup, a traditional roasted turkey dinner and a roasted apple financier with vanilla ice cream, bourbon caramel and cinnamon crisp. Book through the site or OpenTable.

A Plaza / Oscar's release via Vegas24Seven says Oscar's Steakhouse at The Plaza runs All-Day Happy Hour one day only on Thu Nov 12, 5–10 p.m. (open to close) in the lounge for National Happy Hour Day, with discounted house wines, well cocktails and domestic beers. Happy-hour apps include chopped salad, Sal's shrimp cocktail, steak fries, Oscar's burger and a 6 oz. skirt steak, and $3 from each "A Mindful Moment" cocktail sold in November goes to Keep Memory Alive. Standing lounge happy hour is otherwise daily 5–7 p.m.; reservations at 702-386-7227.

A Clique / Durango release via Vegas24Seven says Mijo Modern Mexican at Durango Casino & Resort, 6915 S Durango Dr., runs holiday specials 4–10 p.m. both nights: on Wed Nov 25, Friendsgiving brings bottomless margaritas for $25 per person with shareables (chicken empanadas; queso fundido with chorizo), and on Thu Nov 26, Thanksgiving plates a birria-style braised turkey leg for $28 plus a brûlée apple pie tres leches with horchata ice cream for $15. Regular dinner and cocktail menus stay on; book at mijomexican.com.