BOSTON FISH HOUSE & BAR
LOCATED IN SUMMERLIN’S TIVOLI VILLAGE
By Elaine & Scott Harris
Boston’s Fish House & Bar is casting its line to new customers in Tivoli Village Las Vegas. Opening a restaurant anytime is challenging but opening a new venue during a pandemic is like steering a ship in a hurricane. Owner Nicholas Sord, a Chicago restauranteur, was doing just that when he decided to open several restaurants in Las Vegas amid pandemic protocols. New to the Las Vegas restaurant market, his Sunny Side Up Las Vegas restaurant opened, and pleasing the breakfast and lunch crowds gave him reason to persevere with a fresh seafood concept, Boston’s Fish House & Bar. Although the unthinkable happened, Nicholas brought his father, Bryan Sord, to help him with the second Las Vegas restaurant along with family friend Tara Nicosia, a twenty-year career veteran and international food and beverage consultant, to stay the helm of this new restaurant “ship.”
“We wanted to open a fresh seafood concept focusing on the locals and the local community,” said General Manager Nicosia. “I would never have thought that this would happen in my 20 years as an owner-operator in the restaurant industry. We pay competitive wages, but we have great challenges right now. Still, I look at this as a profession where the touch of service from the moment a guest comes in the door to the moment they exit the building as the most important aspect of great hospitality. That is what we strive to bring to Boston Fish. It is not just about making a few dollars and moving on. We are trying to adapt and innovate,” continued Nicosia. “We take critiques into consideration. We tell servers to come to me if a guest has a special request, and I will try to make it happen.”
Innovations such as weekly live music and a Tuesday through Friday happy hour hope to bring guests in the doors along with an inviting private dining space for business or more intimate gatherings available upon request. Plans for brunch and a daily happy hour are in the making. “We do our best to bring the very freshest ingredients such as our popular honey mustard glazed Salmon, perfectly cooked scallops on top of a Sriracha sweet chili oil, or classic Cioppino. Our raw bar is extremely popular with daily specials on fresh oysters,” continued Nicosia.
Sicilian and Hungarian-born Nicosia was greatly influenced by her heritage of being raised in a true farm-to-table home where her mother grew her own vegetables on their three-acre property. At the same time, her father was able to procure the best cuts of meats from a close friend in the meatpacking industry. From her humble beginnings, she traveled internationally and learned the restaurant business from the school of hard work. At age 29, Nicosia opened her first restaurant, leading to an extraordinary career in the restaurant industry. With her skills and passion in place and her drive to succeed, Nicosia believes she and the staff of Boston’s Fish House & Bar will steer into a prosperous harbor within the Las Vegas market.
For reservations call 725-777-3730. You will find them inside Tivoli Village, 400 S. Rampart, Las Vegas.
