One Hawaiian classic is replacing another in downtown Las Vegas.
Aloha Specialties, a beloved Hawaiian restaurant that celebrates the enduring ties between Las Vegas (aka the Ninth Island) and the Aloha State, is closing Nov. 22 after 41 years at the California Hotel in downtown Vegas.
Side Street Inn, a Honolulu mainstay founded almost 35 years ago, will succeed Aloha Specialties in the same space, a representative for the hotel confirmed in a statement for neon.
The late chef Colin Nishida opened the original Side Street in 1992 on Hopaka Street in the Kakaako district of Honolulu, not far from the famed Ala Moana shopping center.
