The largest Japanese dining, cultural and entertainment complex in the US is being planned for Chinatown in Las Vegas, just 1.5 miles west of the Wynn and Encore.
According to chinatownvegas.com, a hyperlocal news site that announced the news on Tuesday, Chubby World is the brainchild of Chubby Group, a Las Vegas hospitality company whose local holdings include the X Pot at the Venetian as well as Chubby Cattle BBQ, Chubby Cattle Hotpot, Chubby Skewers and Mikiya Wagyu Shabu House — all of which are in Chinatown.
The Japanese word for “chubby” doesn’t have the same meaning as its English correlate. “Pocchari” has a strictly positive connotation, as in cute and cuddly.
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