Food · Today in Vegas · November 10, 2026
The Flores Family Has Run Chapala's in Las Vegas Since 1978. The East Tropicana Restaurant Closes Next Month, Though Another Group May Keep the Name.
Chapala's, an East Tropicana Avenue staple, is set to close next month when its lease runs out, Casino.org reported in its weekly dining column by Corey Levitan. The Flores family brought the restaurant to Las Vegas in 1978 and is retiring after 48 years.
The name may survive. Casino.org reported that discussions are underway with another group that could take over the restaurant and keep operating it as Chapala's. No deal was announced.
Chapala's is one of several long-running local names on the move this month, according to the same roundup. Aloha Specialties closes November 22 at the California Hotel & Casino downtown after serving Hawaiian comfort food since 1985, and the downtown Hush Puppy at Neonopolis, which opened November 18, 2025, has closed after less than a year, while the original on West Charleston Boulevard, opened in 1975, remains open. The column also reported the October 30 death of Carmine Vento, the first restaurateur to sell pizza by the slice in Las Vegas, whose children will run the four Carmine's Pizza Kitchen locations.