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Mark Wahlberg's Las Vegas restaurant caught fire less than two months after opening.
On Wednesday, November 6, shocking videos of Flecha Cantina, at Town Square in Las Vegas, began making the rounds on X (formerly Twitter). In the videos, a fire can be seen raging in the front patio section of the restaurant. An account called Las Vegas Locally shared a series of videos documenting the flames.
A later video shows a fire truck outside of the restaurant, though you cannot see any firefighters working on putting out the flames. You can, however, see a host of bystanders watching it all go down. In the caption of their video, the account noted Flecha Cantina had only "been open for one month."
Wahlberg, 53, who is a Las Vegas resident, opened Flecha Cantina — his second location, the first one being in Huntington Beach, California — on September 14. The website describes the cuisine as "Mexican redefined," with a menu that was reportedly "crafted by renowned international chefs and mixologists and blends Mexican classics with a contemporary fire."
A source told TMZ that a faulty fire pit was to blame for the flames, but that thankfully, no one was hurt in the blaze. They also shared that the restaurant had reopened just an hour after the fire was put out.
Randy Sharpe, CEO of Wahlbergers, said things looked much worse than they actually were. "The whole front of the building has reflective windows, so it made it look pretty spectacular, but not in a good way. The fire department came out quickly, they suppressed it. It was out in 20 minutes. It was very minor. Fortunately, it wasn't worse," he said, as reported by local publication the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
In addition to the two locations of Flecha — which serve Wahlberg's tequila brand of the same name — the Flight Risk star's restaurant group also boasts over 90 Wahlburgers locations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
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