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See the restaurant plants at Bobby Flay's Shark. These restaurant plants completed the decor of the eatery, located at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas. Celebrity chef Bobby Flay will slap his name on a seafood and raw fish restaurant at Palms. His Bobby’s Burger Palace on The Strip is meh, but Mesa Grill has done well for Caesars Palace, and Flay knows his way around a chermoula, whatever that might be.

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Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is closing one of his Las Vegas Strip restaurants to make room for a new concept.

Caesars Palace announced Friday that Mesa Grill, which has been open for 16 years, will serve its last meal on Saturday, Nov. 14.

In its place, Flay will be opening a seafood restaurant called Amalfi, billed as his first Italian restaurant.

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'We have all learned during this unfortunate pandemic, and one of the things I’ve held closely to, is to focus on the things you’re most passionate about—for me, right now, that passion is Italian cuisine, especially from the Amalfi coast,' Flay said in a press release.

According to Caesars, Amalfi will feature a Mediterranean theme and incorporate elements of southern Italy's Amalfi Coast, with fish and seafood as the focal point of the menu.

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'Mesa Grill has meant so much to me over these last 16 years, but it’s important to evolve and stay ahead of the curve, especially in Las Vegas,' Flay said. 'The team and I are excited for this next chapter, and we know our loyal guests will love the new experience we have planned.'

Amalfi is scheduled to open in late spring next year. Caesars says reservations for Mesa Grill's final days are encouraged.

Bobby Flay has made a wide range of dishes at his restaurants, which span a wide variety of genres. His most recently opened restaurant, for example, was his first foray into seafood: Shark at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas (via Shark). Given that Flay has used the influence of Mexican cuisine in other restaurant concepts, it comes as no surprise that the restaurant is described on the website as being 'seafood-focused cuisine with a Latin beat.'

Meanwhile, for Flay, through restaurant openings and closings, and over the course of many TV shows, there has been one creation that sticks out for him above all others as the best he's ever made. When pressed about what his favorite dish that he'd ever cooked was, he told Good Morning Americalast year, 'I have a dish at Mesa Grill, my first restaurant that I owned, and there's still one in Las Vegas here at Caesars Palace, the shrimp and roasted garlic tamale. It's the most signature dish that I have.'

Where you can order Bobby Flay's favorite dish

Tiger Shrimp + Roasted Garlic Corn Tamale goes for $19 at Mesa Grill, and is slightly more specific than the description Flay gives. According to the menu, the dish is accompanied by a corn and cilantro salsa-style sauce which may serve to lighten a heavy roasted garlic flavor (via Mesa Grill). The offering is a dinner appetizer, along with other drool-worthy items like Crispy Lobster Tacos and Rough Cut Tuna 'Nachos.'

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Mesa Grill was Flay's first restaurant, located in New York City, although the original spot was closed in 2013 (via Eater New York). However, as Flay pointed out in the interview, there is a location of the restaurant in one of the famous casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. The second iteration of Mesa Grill opened in 2004, and because of the proximity of Las Vegas to Mexico, the restaurant is able to import various ingredients as well as mezcal and tequilas that lend the menu authentic credentials.