Thursday's Gone : Skynyrd BBQ Toast

 ElevenEleven posted on Thursday, 27th September 2012 - 11:26 am

Gimme back my brisket.

 JohnD posted on Thursday, 27th September 2012 - 12:26 pm

Man, this restaurant went down in flames faster than, well... you know.

 vespajet posted on Thursday, 27th September 2012 - 12:38 pm

I wonder if they were given three steps.....

Not a good week for musican-related restuarants, as Flava Flav's House Of Flava reportedly shut down this week as well.

 fivehundy posted on Thursday, 27th September 2012 - 3:13 pm

LV Sun is reporting that American Burger Works at Excalibur, owned by the same company, also closed. Bankruptcy. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/sep/27/lynyrd-skynyrd-bbq-sister-restaurant-out-excalibur/

 donnymac66 posted on Thursday, 27th September 2012 - 7:48 pm

That's a shame we had fun there in April with a great cover band. Never ate there though

 weatherman2111 posted on Thursday, 27th September 2012 - 11:54 pm

Judging by that article it look more like the owners were engaging in an elaborate shell game.

 vespajet posted on Friday, 28th September 2012 - 3:28 am

Oh that smell.... Can't you smell that smell... Oh that smell.... The smell of fail around you......

 levans posted on Friday, 28th September 2012 - 6:14 am

Guess I can cross it off my list of places I was never going to eat in.

 levans posted on Friday, 28th September 2012 - 2:55 pm

According to Vegas Inc the owners are suing to keep the place open even though they owe $450,000 in rent.

 parchedearth posted on Friday, 28th September 2012 - 3:57 pm

I've eaten at both and they were ok. Both places got decent reviews but neither did enough business to cover the up-front decorating costs. American Burger has a pricing problem with the Excalibur clientele especially with a McD's upstairs. LS BBQ has a poor layout with jumbled theming. For example, an industrial steel bar decorated with cheap plastic souvenirs and surrounded by rough hewn wood paneling and cafeteria tables.

 dpo1013 posted on Friday, 28th September 2012 - 4:59 pm

Only ate there once- They had a nice $9.99 lunch special with a BBQ sandwich and one side. Good food & decent prices, but sadly rather lackluster service.

 mctrees02 posted on Saturday, 29th September 2012 - 7:48 pm

I know the owners/pitmasters spent time down in central Texas learning from one of he legendeary BBQ joints (either Kreuz or Louie Mueller...forget which). I didn't have high hopes for them but I'm willing to give a shot to anybody trying to bring decent cue to LV.

 jester122 posted on Thursday, 4th October 2012 - 3:04 pm

i know i'm a little late in commenting about this, but isn't this a good example of why a casino shouldn't outsource dining options to a third party?

 jinx73 posted on Sunday, 7th October 2012 - 6:46 am

I tend to agree Jester, Maybe we should include MGM specifically considering all the issues they've had at Luxor and Bb Kings at Mirage (and rum jungle at MB) it sure seems like they aren't interested in letting their partners profit with so many examples.

 levans posted on Wednesday, 17th October 2012 - 12:14 am

Since I was across the street at the Trop I noticed that the sign is still up but when you walk into Excalbur the space is empty even though the signs are still over the empty space.