One of Las Vegas Strip’s cheapest restaurants closes after 20 years

Ocean One Bar and Grille in the Miracle Mile Shops, famed as one of the cheapest restaurants on the Strip — three cocktails for $12 says it all — has closed, according to an announcement from Ocean One management taped inside the restaurant.

“Thank you for allowing us to serve you for the last twenty years. With your support, we will continue serving the Las Vegas community as we search for a new location. Lease has expired,” the announcement reads.

This permanent shuttering follows the abrupt closing of Ocean One on Sept. 19, and its resumption of service on Sept. 21, reportedly because the rent hadn’t been paid.

Along with its $4 cocktails, Ocean One was perhaps most famous for its lunches priced at $5.99 for all but the past two months of its long run. Less than $6 brought dishes that ranged from a Mediterranean wrap to a mahi mahi sandwich, from chicken penne to grilled Atlantic salmon, from shredded beef tacos to marinated flank steak.

With Las Vegas restaurant prices higher than ever, especially on the Strip, Ocean One offered a truly affordable dining option.

Food court ahead

Even as Ocean One closes, Miracle Eats Food Court is set to debut in the shops by the end of the year. Miracle Mile has announced seven of the restaurants joining the food hall.

Look for the first Strip location of Tacotarian, the Vegas-born vegan taco shop; Carnegie Pizza of New York City; an outpost of Dave’s Hot Chicken; New Orleans-inspired Fat Tuesday; Fat Sal’s deli from Los Angeles (which has also opened a downtown Vegas location); Irv’s Burgers, also out of L.A.; and a refreshed version of the Lobster ME already in the shops.

Contact Johnathan L. Wright at jwright@reviewjournal.com. Follow @JLWTaste on Instagram.