Customers may remember the Casino space for its years as Mission Chinese Food, which closed, unceremoniously, in 2020. Past the dining room and down a few steps is another 30-seat cocktail lounge that will be used for private events.

Step in further past a chain curtain, and you’re in the main dining room, clad with red booths and white tablecloths, with capacity for 70. No expense seems to have been spared with the design, by Camilla Deterre, who also outfitted Primo’s with its signature Art Deco glamour.Īt Casino, there is a front, walk-in-friendly cafe with a bar, with its checkerboard red-and-white flooring, and curvy walls. From top: The main dining area, the cafe, and bar.ĭespite the name, there are no slot machines at Casino (Shelley says Casino is actually a reference to the Italian word for a house of entertainment).