We are expanding to Las Vegas! It is all becoming more and more real as the drawings and plans are solidifying. We’ll actually be on Las Vegas Blvd which is quite awesome. Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos.com is partnering up with us to open our place and is revitalizing all of Downtown Las Vegas, which is a massive endeavor. I am excited to be a part of this process of building a new community in a city that never really had one. 

What I am most excited about is that we will finally be able to open the restaurant with our best foot forward. All the lessons and mistakes we’ve made in the past, since inception over five years ago (where I began with a total of zero experience in the restaurant business on the Upper East Side), will be prevented. I feel like the last five years have been the real life version of business school. What to do/what not to do/who to hire/who not to hire/when to promote/when not to promote/when to grow/when not to grow ETC ETC.

I am ready to open SLICE VEGAS the right way from Day 1 and create the true model for the future of this restaurant concept. I am so proud of how far we’ve come and that we’ve defied all odds of being open for over 5 years when 95% of restaurants fail after their first year and 85% of restaurants close after their second year. I am blessed with a killer team led by our GM and soon-to-be partner David Haynes and I can’t be more thrilled to make more positive strides this year. 

Gratitude is in the air. And our food ROCKS. I just had a slice of our Yuri pizza (white truffled ricotta pizza with sauteed mushrooms and local mozzarella). YUM. :-)