Lisa Vanderpump's VILLA BLANCA is DEAD to me!
Lisa Vanderpump has broken her silence on rumors surrounding the future of her restaurant empire.
In a new interview with The Daily Mail, the Bravo reality TV star confirmed her and husband Ken Todd's Beverly Hills restaurant Villa Blanca is closing permanently.
"Although there have been many untrue articles in the past week or so about the reasons for closing Villa Blanca, we are indeed going to be closing up our doors for good," Lisa said.
Speculation that Lisa and Ken were bidding farewell to the Mediterranean-inspired eatery sparked when it was reported that the couple was seeking a sub-lease for the space and had shut their doors for refurbishment. According to Lisa, however, the property's landlord was not willing to negotiate the cost of rent and she was given no choice.
"Unfortunately with coronavirus," she explained, "The situation was beyond our control."
For now, Lisa said she's focused on reopening her other West Hollywood restaurants familiar to fans of Vanderpump Rules, Pump, SUR and Tom Tom.
"We will definitely be opening up the other restaurants as soon as the government allows it and they are safe to open, and many of the Villa Blanca staff members will be relocated to these businesses," she told the outlet.
Villa Blanca was a favorite among the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast throughout Lisa's tenure on the show. When asked by Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live for a reaction to the news, Kyle Richards had this to say: "All the restaurants are so hard hit in Los Angeles. It didn't really surprise me at all."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 24 | July 14, 2020 5:53 PM
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It has haemorrhaged money for years.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 11, 2020 5:01 AM
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She's nothing but a grifter with millions in DEBT.
Bye, bitch!
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 11, 2020 5:05 AM
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I took a friend who was a huge fan of LVP to Villa Blanca for her birthday several years ago.
The food was overpriced land mediocre. Worse, the restaurant was dirty. The tablecloths and napkins were discolored and the bathroom was covered in paper towels.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 11, 2020 5:08 AM
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Sounds about right, R3.
Lisa is a notoriously cheap cunt.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 11, 2020 5:11 AM
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All her places are shitholes. PUMP is a joke too, filthy and overpriced. TomTom has really shitty service. The staff is nothing but a bunch of wannabes who aren’t good enough to be real models/actors but aren’t sleazy or broken enough (yet...) to do porn who give you dirty glances and talk to you like shit, but that may just be all of the service industry front house people in LA.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 11, 2020 5:22 AM
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I hope that Dorit's Italian restaurant chain survives. She just started it this year.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 11, 2020 5:32 AM
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Vanderpump at Caesars in Vegas will close as well...go ahead and quote me on this. I thought when she opened it that she'd overextended the brand, and I've not heard one positive thing about it (ridiculously overpriced drinks--even by Vegas standards--and rude staff who keep customers queued out front while tables sit empty inside...just to make it appear the place is popular).
No love lost; Lisa has always acted above it all. You're a restaurant and bar owner, for crying out loud. Not the Queen of England.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 11, 2020 5:37 AM
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R8 I was in Vegas a few days after that place opened. There was no one in it.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 11, 2020 6:25 AM
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R9, exactly. And the rent is exorbitant. It's in an odd spot, anyway...Elton John's champagne bar didn't do all that well there, either.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 11, 2020 6:47 AM
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Looks like LVP's collapse is complete.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 11, 2020 10:22 PM
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Blanca? Glad that it’s dead
#BlackRestaurantsMatter
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 11, 2020 11:49 PM
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Villa Blanca? More like Villa Caca.
Good riddance.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 12, 2020 4:29 AM
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A little walk down memory lane...Villa Blanca's shitty Yelp reviews.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 14 | July 13, 2020 7:01 AM
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Jesus Fucking Christ, yet another external link that has a dull gray box instead of a preview?
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 13, 2020 7:04 AM
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R14, wow, some of those reviews are brutal. One of them says "every one of us got food poisoning, just at different times"!!!
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 13, 2020 7:11 AM
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Lisa Vanderpump is a shocking manager. All the sexual harassment and casual racism going on under her watch is not good.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 13, 2020 12:34 PM
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I feel like we've seen the end of LVP. She's off RH for good, and Vanderpump Rules has been damaged from the racism scandal. Now her restaurants are closing.
Sarah Paulson said on WWHL last week that LVP was rude to her. She said that Lisa had no idea who she was and was not very nice.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 13, 2020 4:35 PM
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R18, she said that a while ago, that must have been an old episode. I've heard from others that LVP is cold and disinterested. I found it fishy in the early Beverly Hills episodes when she was recorded going to the kitchen and checking that everything was "just right". Please, you know the bitch barely cares what happens in the kitchen as long as she is making money.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 14, 2020 8:35 AM
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Vanderpump Tools should be the new name of the show.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 14, 2020 9:06 AM
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This is what makes her so unlikable. She just doesn't learn and must always try to have the last word. It's also funny how she can readily dish it but can never take it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 21 | July 14, 2020 5:40 PM
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In Vanderpump's defense, I see her point--why would Paulson be holding her dog and take that selfie with her if she was so "mean"? Sarah Paulson has also been rumored to be a cunt behind closed doors. And this thing with Vanderpump happened 5 years ago.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 14, 2020 5:44 PM
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Paulson addressed the dog thing a few years back saying something about how yes, LVP let her hold the dog but she was letting other people do it for the photo opp. Letting someone hold your dog doesn't mean you weren't rude to them.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 14, 2020 5:47 PM
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NM Paulson addressed it by saying she excitedly grabbed the dog out of Lisa's hands and Lisa let her because Paulson was with people Lisa liked (meaning she probably k ew those people were important).
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 14, 2020 5:53 PM
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