In 2009 Eva Longoria and
celebrity chef Todd English took their Beso restaurant concept to Las Vegas. Now a little over a year after the opening of the restaurant in the Crystals complex in CityCenter, Beso LLC has filed
Chapter 11. The
Wall Street Journal reports that Longoria owns around a third of a stake in the corporation which operates both the B
eso Restaurant and Eve nightclub in the MGM
Resorts entertainment and
retail complex.
The first
Beso (which means "kiss" in Spanish) opened in Hollywood in 2008. Both
restaurants feature Tex-Mex items such as Eva's tortilla soup, her avocado guacamole and chili rubbed skirt steak. The Chapter 11 petition, filed with the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in Las Vegas, list assets of $2.5 million and $5.7 million in debts. According to the WSJ article, Longoria herself is owed nearly $1.1 million on an unsecured
loan and an additional $375,000 for legal fees she paid on the company's behalf. The
Las Vegas Sun says that the restaurant projects ongoing losses of $76,000 per month and owes $1.8 million to landlord Crystals at CityCenter. There is also ongoing litigation involving contractors the construction of the club as well as former partners.
Both Beso Hollywood and Beso Las Vegas remain open. In a statement
e-mailed to The Associated Press Longoria said that she would plan to Las Vegas and take charge of the future of the restaurant and looks forward to "a more proactive, hands-on approach" with her Las Vegas businesses.
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