![]() Workers unearthed a “hidden history” during renovations. “This place is very much still Liberace’s. “From the moment I walked in here, I knew I was on Las Vegas entertainment holy ground,” Meling is quoted on. Carrying just a hint of its former glory, restaurant shut down in 2011, within year of the museum’s closing. The place was renamed Carluccio’s Tivoli Gardens. Shortly before his death, Liberace sold to a new operator in 1986. ![]() Tivoli Gardens was known for Liberace’s international cuisine (it was not just an Italian restaurant), its star-patterned lights, piano-fashioned and British pub-styled bars, mirrored walls, and the lyrics to “I’ll Be Seeing You” (sorry for the ear worm) around the room. Pancho’s Vegan Cantina owner Sacbe Meling has taken over operations, overhauling the declining space into its original form. Tivoli’s grand opening is to be announced, likely a month or so out. The restaurant he founded, Tivoli Gardens, is returning to life at its original location at 1775 East Tropicana, in the same strip mall where Liberace Museum once stood.Ī private party on Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of the restaurant’s opening on May 16, 1983. The bedazzled pianist was not just a great showman. ![]() He was Las Vegas’s original celebrity chef. Guests include, from left to right, Joan Rivers, Sonny Bono, Jones, Debbie Reynolds, and Liberace. Tom Jones, center, blows out candles at a surprise birthday party at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, June 6, 1974. ![]()
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