Two Bs are not To Be

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Two closings have come to our attention in the past week. One made us sad, and the other barely made a blip — either on our palate or in the food community in the six years it slung its overpriced, boring food to conventioneers — who didn’t know enough to go elsewhere.

One was Boa Steakhouse.

The other was Bosa 1.

Guess which one made us sigh and sorry?

7 thoughts on “Two Bs are not To Be

  1. Bosa was original a tad different than the rest. The lady who owned it, young, lively and friendly was such a nice person every visit I made. The food, very very good and was a good addition to Vegas however the location was off the path. I am sad to see they just did not get the support I think they deserved.

  2. Sad about Bosa, but you’re wrong about BOA: first of all, it had one of the very first serious mixology programs in town, thanks to Tony Abou-Ganim, and got plenty of recognition for it.
    Secondly, both their steaks and burger were on-par with the best in town, at least every time I visited. And they had a very good tartare. Regardless of the trendy music.
    However it’s no surprise that because of that awkward location and so much steakhouse competion they were eclipsed. Under the category of “overpriced” I could make a list of places you’ve praised to the heavens, mon frere.

  3. ELV responds: Boa had not one distinctive thing about it. It was a copycat operation from the get-go — the mixed drinks notwithstanding.

  4. Agree with Mr. Curtas on Boa, there was nothing there, perhaps and upgrade from Sizzler but anyone who thinks this was a must stop and try, sadly you are wrong….

  5. A quick note on Bosa 1 – they are not gone for good, but are finalizing their choice of a new venue so that they can expand the menu. They did amazing things for the size of the kitchen at the previous location, and hopefully there will be a formal announcement soon.

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