Proper Eats, the food hall from Clique Hospitality that has been a mainstay of our reporting this fall, has finally opened in the space formerly occupied by the buffet at Aria Resort & Casino.
The food hall is home to restaurant concepts from birthplaces as far-flung as Seattle and London. London’s Seoul Bird makes its U.S. debut with Korean fried chicken; Wexler’s Deli offers its famous bagels and deli sandwiches in its first location outside California; NYC’s Egghead offers up breakfast sandwiches.
Pizzaoki, the pizza company from DJ Steve Aoki, opens, as does the Portland-based Sesame Collective’s Shalom Y’all. Temaki offers sushi, while Laughing Buddha offers a selection of ramen and other noodles, and Lola’s Burgers—the brainchild of Oliver Wharton, founder of A Perfect Bite Hospitality and partner in Proper Eats—offers diner-style burgers.
Now that the food hall’s doors have opened, two stalls remain to be filled. According to recent coverage in Eater Las Vegas, Clique Hospitality founder Andy Masi says the next location will be a “health-focused’ concept.
What Now reached out on Wednesday to Oliver Wharton for more information on this upcoming concept. Wharton was not available for comment.
Proper Eats is part of a defining trend on the Strip (and elsewhere) in the still-emerging post-COVID-19 world: the transformation of buffets into food halls. As Eater points out, Aria is now the Strip’s fourth hotel casino with a food hall, along with Resorts World, the Cosmopolitan, and Park MGM. We’ll be watching to see if this trend continues in 2023. Our bet is, it will.
