Nearly a year after opening at the Uncommons in Southwest Las Vegas, Sundry Food Hall will close for good this weekend. Sundry was an ambitious undertaking, cashing in on the food hall trend in Las Vegas with more than a dozen bars and restaurants housed in a 20,000-square-foot food hall. It's seen a lot of turnover in its first year, closing restaurants like Smitten and Mizunara just a month ago and replacing them with Soulberry, which opened in March. Sundry's last day of business will be Saturday, June 22.
“The Sundrie was born from a bold and imaginative vision to provide Las Vegas locals with an international food hall,” Table One Hospitality CEO Patrick Umar said in a statement provided to Eater Vegas. “Unfortunately, we are no longer able to serve the community as we had envisioned.”
The Sundry was the first project from Table One Hospitality, a partnership between chef Michael Mina's Mina Group, Yumul and management company Highgate. It is scheduled to open on June 12, 2023, and will feature Oakland chef Matt Horn's fried chicken joint Couvard, California Italian restaurants Barzotto and Bar Oysteretto, Santa Barbara-based Indian restaurant Dhaba Ji, Kavos Coastal Greek Grill by Las Vegas-based Meraki Greek Grill, Easy Sliders, Happy Hoagie and Los Angeles chef Leah Dolly Barbosa's Petit Peso.
Sundry had two full-service restaurants, BS Taqueria and Mizunara, but it was confirmed yesterday that Mizunara had closed. It also initially planned to eventually house a Saint-Honoré and Proper Sandwich Company location, but neither came to fruition. In recent months, the two full-service restaurants were absorbed into the food hall, and customers could order from the food hall via QR codes and an online ordering system, just like the other in-store restaurants. When chef Bruce Kalman opened Soulberry inside the food hall in March, Sundry had already significantly reduced the hall's menu. However, Sundry still offered its popular happy hour, which offered $9 cocktails and $8 cheeseburgers.
At the time of closure, the food hall's lineup will consist of only Center Bar, Messina, Easy Sliders, Mabel's, Calle and Deo.
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Bar Oysterette. Gianna Karel
Neither Uncommons nor TableOne have given a reason for the food hall's closure. It's possible that the Durango Casino, which opened across the street shortly after it opened, hurt business there. The mega-complex includes eight bars and restaurants in addition to the food hall. The food hall may also have been hampered by a complicated ordering system that caused a lot of confusion about how to order, pay and pick up food from each kitchen.
The Sundrie was the first food hall to close in Las Vegas, which is notable considering food halls were born as a response to the fading culture of buffets: Aria replaced its buffet with Proper Eats Food Hall, Durango and Fontainebleau both switched to food halls instead of buffets, and even the Rio replaced its buffet with a canteen.
But there's still plenty of activity buzzing at the Uncommons. Recently opened are Todo Bien bar, general admission sports bar, Wineaux wine lounge and Italian sandwich sensation All'Antico Vinaio. An Uncommons spokesperson said a new concept for the food hall space is expected to be announced in the coming months. The buffet is gone and the food hall is not here to stay, but it remains to be seen what Las Vegas wants next.
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