Lisa Vanderpump Opens Pinky’s Las Vegas Restaurant (Unique)

Pinky’s by Vanderpump is open for enterprise!

On Thursday, Dec. 5, Lisa Vanderpump’s latest restaurant, Pinky’s by Vanderpump, held a particular grand opening occasion inside Flamingo Las Vegas, which the eatery calls dwelling. 

PEOPLE was there for the unique occasion, which featured Vegas showgirls decked out in elaborate costumes and feathered headpieces, and a stay cabaret singer, completely becoming Pinky’s theme.

Talking to PEOPLE at a personal media brunch on Friday, Dec. 6, Vanderpump, 64, opened up on her inspiration for her newest Caesar’s Leisure restaurant.  

“Effectively, there are shades of pink and that bar I believe will change into one of the crucial iconic bars in Vegas for certain,” she stated of the restaurant not being as “pink” as some might have initially thought. 

The Vanderpump Guidelines star famous the intricate designs, highlighting pink hues “slowly rotating within the crystals and the chains.”

“And we spent a whole lot of time color-coordinating all of the decanters. Yeah, it’s totally different. We’ve got a whole lot of lush and that tones, but it surely was extra about that artwork deco period,” she informed PEOPLE. “That is the oldest or the primary resort on the strip. So it was mainly creating one thing that felt such as you pulled again the curtain and this had been right here perpetually. That is why while you take a look at the ground, you nearly consider that is an unique.”

Members of the press additionally tried the menu and scrumptious cocktails like “Much less Depresso, Extra Espresso” below the “It’s Martini Time” part, and “Daddy Points,” Pinky’s twist on the basic French 75, below the “Spritz, Bitch” part. 

Vanderpump labored along with her enterprise companion Nick Alain for Pinky’s. The designer was current for the grand opening occasion, and joined in for her interview. 

“What we actually needed to create was one thing the place we felt that you just pulled again the curtain and this was right here and this had been there and this was this majestic, incredible place that had been from that period,” the fact star and mogul added. 

Earlier than discussing their relationship with Caesar’s Leisure, she proudly informed PEOPLE: “All the pieces’s couture.”

“And so, you may see this theme that can go from the serviette all the way in which to the entrance door. So all the things works collectively. And Nick and I’ve very, very sturdy concepts. And the great factor I believe is that Caesars do not impede us in any approach. I like that. We are saying that is what we wish to do. We current it they usually simply go, ‘Okay, when will or not it’s prepared?’”

Vanderpump additionally labored along with her daughter Pandora Todd, who’s anticipating child No. 2, for Pinky’s. Todd, 38, created the visible look of the menu earlier than it was permitted by Vanderpump, Vanderpump stated.

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“We’ve so loved our relationship with Caesars Leisure,” Vanderpump beforehand stated in a press launch. 

“By way of our design firm, Vanderpump Alain, we’re embracing the distinctive historical past of Flamingo Las Vegas, and the designs shall be paying homage to a bygone period. Caesars has allowed us the creativity to really delve into the Artwork Deco type and create one thing that can embody the gorgeous design of that point.”