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PUB Is Turning Into the Bad Boy In Our Vegas Rom Com

Where: 3720 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
April 26, 2010 at 1:48 PM | by juliab | 1 Comment

Anyone for some congealed cheese sauce?

We’re starting to think we might have a bit of a love-hate thing going on with PUB. First, we loved its beer-downing contests and Welsh Rarebit. Then we were put off by this bad review and the unwelcome changes to the menu.

We were all loved up again thanks to the nickel beers, but when we popped in for lunch on Saturday, we were sorely disappointed.

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Drinking Nickel Beers at Todd English's P.U.B.

April 22, 2010 at 12:17 AM | by juliana | 6 Comments

You may have to go to Circus Circus to get a cheap room rate but you don't have go to one of Las Vegas's fading casinos to get cheap drinks.

Todd English's P.U.B inside Aria, launched its first-ever Nickel Beer Night drafts last night and VegasChatter headed on over to drink up. Sure it was a Tuesday but how could we pass up nickel beers? (Also, we're alcoholics so that makes things easier.)

The 5 cent beer offered that night (and for foreseeable future nights) was Pabst Blue Ribbon which is apparently Todd English's favorite beer (he's such a hipster!) Just for sheer shock factor, we went all out and ordered 20 8oz cups of PBRs for two people. Yes, we were those folks in the corner pounding cups of beer. All for a grand total of $1.08. Needless to say, we gave our waiter a healthy tip.

See what we did after we drank all those beers!

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Todd English Decides It’s Time For (Not Entirely Welcome) Change At P.U.B.

Where: 3720 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
March 23, 2010 at 4:02 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Call us Luddites, but we at VegasChatter are none too pleased. P.U.B. held its grand opening last week and old Todd English popped in himself to do the honors. But being a hands on kind of guy, instead of cutting the ribbon and downing a couple of celebratory oysters, he took it upon himself to change the frigging menu.

We swung by this weekend to find food added (a few more burgers and grill items, making the menu about 30 percent bigger than it was) and, more importantly, some of the other dishes had been upgraded.

We say “upgraded". We actually mean that in the case of the pickles that accompany the carvery meat, and have been cut from a big bowl to a mini bucket – much more palatable (and we like to think Todd took our advice on that one).

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It's Not Just the Pickles at Todd English's P.U.B. That Disappoints

March 3, 2010 at 7:10 PM | by juliana | 2 Comments

We were quite taken with the long-awaited Todd English P.U.B inside Aria, even if the upscale beer chugging contest could lend itself to becoming a fratty place to hang out.

Yet it was a different story for a reader who wrote in to us saying:

I visited the Todd English pub on Friday of the opening week. Reception and hosts were warm and inviting. We ordered Caesar salad, oysters, stone crab, sliders, and the roast turkey platter. Shellfish and stone crab were fresh although the TE signature cocktail sauce tasted like glorified common ketchup.

The Caesar salad was fresh but anchovy and the sharp tang of Parmesan was lacking and strangely included tomatoes. The sliders were perfectly cooked and tasty. The turkey platter was unacceptably dry...Bone dry.

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Todd English's P.U.B: Hold the Pickles and It Could Be Great

Where: 3720 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
February 23, 2010 at 8:46 PM | by juliab | 2 Comments

Hurrah! So Todd English’s P.U.B is finally open in the Crystals. We’ve shown you what it looks like, we’ve told you about the eggtimer trick (down your pint in seven seconds and you don’t have to pay for it). Now let’s get onto the heavy stuff – what the food is like. Our tipster told us that prices would be very cheap for the Strip, and the menu would be based on a "huge English pub style menu". Here’s what we found.

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Todd English's P.U.B. Is Finally Open, Here's A Peek

Where: 3720 S Las Vegas Blvd [map], 89109
February 22, 2010 at 1:35 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

What’s this? Could it be an open door? No, surely not. Really? It is? Yes! Todd English’s P.U.B is finally open in the Crystals. Hallelujah!

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Todd English's P.U.B. Still Not Open, Try Again on Sunday

Where: 3720 S Las Vegas Blvd [map], 89109
February 19, 2010 at 2:08 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Guess what? P.U.B from Todd English has missed yet another opening date. A tipster told us to expect the restaurant opening last night but then emailed us to say that we should try Sunday instead.

Okey doke. But this is the last time. Then we officially start to lose interest.

We'll update you on Monday morning. In the meantime, got any tips about the delay or what's going on behind the scene? Let us know

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Keep It On the D.L. But P.U.B Set To Soft-Open on Thursday

Where: 3720 S Las Vegas Blvd [map], 89109
February 16, 2010 at 1:59 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

We've been eagerly wondering when Todd English's Public Urban Bar (aka P.U.B.) would be opening and now we might have an answer. A secret tipster let us know that the restaurant would be soft-opening on Thursday! Yippee!

That's all that we know at this point so we'll have to pop over there on Thursday to check it out. We did check out Todd's website (which is in need of a design tune-up) but there is no mention of P.U.B. yet. And we're still left wondering what's going to be on the menu here.

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Todd English Goes on Nightline, P.U.B. Remains Unopened

Where: 3720 S Las Vegas Blvd [map], 89109
February 12, 2010 at 8:28 PM | by juliana | 1 Comment

We mentioned earlier this week that Todd English is a very, very busy man. Well, he shows no sign of letting up, even if it means delaying the opening of his newest restaurant.

English been doing the full-court press on himself and his restaurants, with his latest score happening on ABC's Nightline.

Airing tonight, the special talks about the chef's special connection with love and food. He reveals that he loves "this English chef I love who sucks her finger when she's tasting something, and I think that's so sexy." Er. Ok.

Meanwhile, the PUB at Aria remains unopened. A reservations expert at Aria said they weren't sure when it would open but hopefully sometime next week. Yes, "hopefully."

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Todd English's P.U.B. Not Quite O.F.B.

Where: 3720 S Las Vegas Blvd [map], 89109
February 8, 2010 at 4:55 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

UPDATE 2.12.10:: PUB not open. "Hopefully" next week.

UPDATE: According to The Crystals, P.U.B. will open on February 11.

OFB: Open for Business.

Todd English's Public Urban Bar or PUB was supposed to open yesterday, judging from the signage in front of the restaurant but when we strolled by last night, the lights were on but the windows were papered up.

The space, wedged between Julian Serrano at Aria and the entrance to The Crystals, has exterior signage and it looks like the interior is almost finished.

Meanwhile, according to the Boston Globe, English is a busy man and perhaps this is the reason for the PUB delay.

He is taping a pilot of a new TV show, and helping launch a men’s fashion collection at Club Monaco. He also has plans to open a cupcake shop on Beacon Hill with his daughter, Isabelle, start a line of children’s food products named after the character Eloise, and open restaurants in Las Vegas and at New York’s Plaza Hotel.

Hopefully, it's just a matter of training the staff before P.U.B is ready to open. As always, we'll keep you posted but if you've got any scoop, send it to us.

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Will Todd English's Pub Still Open on Sunday?

Where: 3730 Las Vegas Boulevard South [map], 89109
February 3, 2010 at 5:56 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

If the construction signage inside Aria is to be believed, Todd English's P.U.B. (Public Urban Bar) is going to open on Sunday. Or will it?

An open call for jobs was held last week but so far we haven't seen or heard any other buzz.

Considering that the NY Post gave Todd's other restaurant at CityCenter, Beso a major "Pass!", he should cook up something spectacular here. Whether he does or not, we'll tell you next week.

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Inside Aria's Culinary Funhouse

Where: 3730 Las Vegas Boulevard [map], 89109
December 18, 2009 at 11:44 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

CHEF ORGY!

As we've been telling you for quite some time, the restaurants at Aria Resort and Casino are going to require some serious stomach training.

During the CityCenter Grand Opening madness, we were able to sample bites at each of the restaurants as well as admire the restaurant spaces. Since we will probably roll out individual restaurant reviews throughout the year, we're only going to concern you today with photos of the restaurants.

We've broken it down into two parts: Upstairs and Downstairs.

The Upstairs restaurants, placed near the Viva Elvis theater on the Promenade, include: Sirio, Michael Mina's American Fish, Jean-Georges Steakhouse and The Buffet.

The Downstairs restaurants include: Blossom and Lemongrass off the casino floor; Sage, Julian Serrano, Bar Masa and the forthcoming Todd English gastropub off the lobby and registration; Jean-Philippe Patisserie and the casual Cafe Vettro near the back entrance of Aria.

For some reason (probably: vodka cranberries) we didn't snap a picture of the Cafe. D'oh. Sorry for that. We'll get right on it. For now, enjoy the food porn and chef orgy.

Note: There are even more eateries than the ones we photographed here but these are the ones with the big chef names behind 'em.

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