A replacement has emerged for the closed downtown Las Vegas restaurant from a celebrated chef who has been a fixture on the city’s food scene for more than 25 years.
The Pepper Club, opened in 2022 by chef Todd English in his eponymous English Hotel on South Main Street, shuttered after service on Dec. 20. About a month ago on Facebook, KJ’s restaurant began teasing its debut as a replacement for Pepper Club while also announcing it was hiring cooks, dishwashers, hosts, servers, bartenders, baristas, food runners and bussers.
Matthew W. Martinez, a Vegas Realtor and the director of sales for Midtown, a mixed-use project being developed in the northern Arts District, previewed KJ’s in a series of recent Instagram posts that provided quick video tours of the remodel underway.
On Feb. 5, the city issued a fire permit for KJ’s for a kitchen hood extinguishing system. The city has also issued restaurant and full alcohol service licenses for KJ’s.
In a statement for Neon, owner Kevin Jeffers described the place as a modern American restaurant and social bar “offering an approachable dining experience rooted in community.” The restaurant will serve breakfast, lunch, happy hour and dinner. The statement did not include a timeline for the opening.
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