An iconic Las Vegas pub is reborn as The Irish Spot

An iconic Las Vegas pub is reborn as The Irish Spot Thu, Sep 24, 2026 (2 a.m.) Las Vegas may be a drinking town, but few bars have achieved legendary status. The Crown & Anchor British Pub, situated next to UNLV, earned that distinction before closing in 2024 after three decades of serving students, U.K. transplants, English soccer fans and much of the broader community. In early April the familiar gathering on East Tropicana returned to life—and now it wears an Irish identity. Managing partners Ryan Whelan and Kelcie Alder, who also operate the fashionable southwest sports bar The Spot LV, have preserved the cozy charm of the Crown while upgrading the space and emphasizing authentic fare. “Everybody has specified large stories and memories and they’ve been sharing them with us,” says Whelan, whose parents hail from County Waterford successful Ireland. “We conscionable privation to springiness it backmost to the city. A batch of radical emotion this bar. We’ve heard astir funerals, weddings, archetypal dates, celebrations for your archetypal kid, a cardinal antithetic stories from this building.” Revisiting those memories offers a particular experience, especially when current and varied elements might inspire new ones. Consider, for example, The Irish Spot’s fish and chips ($19), presented the accepted way with fried potatoes, mushy peas and curry sauce. “We privation to marque definite we are doing worldly however it’s expected to beryllium done, nary shortcuts,” Whelan says, and truthful he’s buying the full cod loin and butchering it in-house due to the fact that helium doesn’t privation pre-portioned pieces of fish. He researched the batter everlastingly and the chips are fried successful beef abdominous “because that’s however shops successful Ireland bash it.” (Pro tip: There’s an off-menu, all-you-can-eat food and chips peculiar Fridays for $30.) The sausage platter ($14) and shepherd’s pie ($17) made with lamb are receiving similar enthusiastic reviews, and forthcoming menu additions will include a beef cottage pie and a full Irish breakfast. Soccer fans have already returned. Have you? THE IRISH SPOT 1350 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-389-3808, theirishspot.com