Today I received some information that Villa Blanca is up for Sub-Lease. The owners have been trying to get out from under Villa Blanca for years. Back in 2014 after Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd had a major financial blow after losing yet another law suit against sexual discrimination. Click here for the Bustillo lawsuit that basically took Villa Blanca down. It seems as though Villa Blanca has closed.
Now it appears that Villa Blanca is basically bankrupt. Perhaps they finally paid the piper (Bustillos). So I reached out to one of my Beverly Hills spies who just happened to be in the neighborhood. According to my spy, the windows are all painted over with white paint so you can’t see in. Also, there are handwritten signs all over the windows that uses “refurb” and “renovating” interchangeably. See exclusive photo from today above.
EXCLUSIVE! Villa Blanca Has Closed
But my Tamara Tattles spy asked a few questions from other business owners in the area. The spy was told that despite the other commercial tenants and the Vanderpump/Todds getting rent concessions due to the coronavirus, Lisa and Todd have called it quits. I have several Tamara Tattles spies in the area and quite a few of them actually eat there. Jax Taylor has been spotted having meetings there with his agent (prior to all the firings). So, it seems some locals still ate there.
So it’s finally happening? Wow.
And yes, if Bravo actually cancels Pump Rules, that may really be the death blow to LVP’s “business empire”. I can tell you from what I’m hearing on the streets here that despite the Covidiots coming here to spread “The ‘Rona” some more, the casinos still aren’t making all that much money from the few Covidiots who are partying on The Strip. I seriously doubt LVP is making all that much off her bar/”restaurant”/lounge at Caesars.
She doesn’t own it, she licensed her name to Caesars.
I was talking with a lady last night at the gas pump in the Bay Area. She was on her way home from Vegas. She said her room at the Luxor was $40 a night. Another fancy hotel (she told me where, I forget) was $55 a night. I guess they think they will make it up on the tables.
Your calling people living their lives Covid idiots is grotesque.
I’m going to throw you into the Window Licking Section with a bunch of your idiot friends. People like you who insist on “living their lives” without masks and social distancing are why we can’t travel outside the country for the forseeable future. People like you are why Murica has almost 3 million people infected, and 132,000 deaths. Hopefully all the future deaths will be idiots like you who just had to go to party or eat out in a restaurant and not the innocent members of your families who are trying to save their lives. Canada, where people have followed the health regulations concerning masks and social distancing have just over 105,000 infected and 8,687 deaths.
That’s because Canadians don’t have a lying, worthless piece of shit running their country, and don’t have uneducated fucking morons that believe his lies. Now run along and go play in a mosh pit with your friends.
Also, Mexico is closing and sealing the border with Arizona to keep us from infecting more of them. Below are the total stats for mexico.
Confirmed
257K
+4,683
Recovered
156K
Deaths
30,639
Bravo!
Well said, Tamara. Well said. Ty.
Yeap, agree 100%… This is why most of Europe is doing so much better while we continue to get sicker and sicker. But, I guess wearing a mask and being a responsible human is just too hard for us.
Hi! Reader from Montreal here! Although It’s flattering that Americans look up to us in this situation, things are far from rosy here either. My city is the Canadian epicenter of the pandemic. We have our own covidiots crowding bars and partying. At least the time government is imposing masks in all indoor public spaces. Stay strong ?
When you feeling down, just remember, at least you are not in the US living under Trump. 🙂
I’m Canadian! We aren’t wearing masks and we are going about our lives as everyone who is healthy should.
And we do have a lying, worthless piece of shit running our country!
And we do have uneducated morons that believe his lies.
A lot of us choose to not believe majority of what the media tells us to be true!
Hello from Montreal! Justin Trudeau is far from perfect. But you can’t make a comparison with Donald Trump. Its a weak and dishonest comparison. It says a lot about you…
P.S. I never voted liberal.
The term “Covidiots” is used to here describe the ASSHOLE IDIOTS who ignored all safety protocols and flaunted their “specialness” in the faces of people who have taken precautions to try to protect themselves and others and prevent contagion of the virus. The Covidiots have put our healthcare workers (of which there are several here) and first responders in danger. The term is NOT APPLIED to the unfortunate “collateral damage” of the SPECIAL ONES aka Covidiots.
I jut happen to have some popcorn in the pantry! It will taste ever so delicious if the Vanderpump/Todd con artists are finally brought down! Delicious news, TT!
If you believe this bull ?than your dumber than Kyle Richard’s last tv show.
Oh Lisa, You are really a dull one.
Also why would they paint the windows over with white paint? What are they hiding in there. My spy actually still ate a Villa Blanca. I was actually preferred for a nice lunch.
Ummm… did you see the pictures, read the posts? What does Kyle have to do with anything? Not that I’m in love or anything but facts are facts.
*you’re
*Richards’s
You really shouldn’t embarrass yourself by calling others dumb, my dear.
Doing so is clearly a pot/kettle situation.
Another idiot in the WLS thought that “Lisa” was LVP. That is what we are working with here..
That’s freaking mean wishing badd on people go get a life this way you won’t have to worry about other people’s and what they have
Oh, dear. Have feathers been ruffled and pearls been clutched because someone dared to voice their opinion that they will be happy to see shady and despicable people finally be seen for what they really are?
Who is assisting the Vanderpump-Todds these days running all over the net trying to quell any truth from going viral? Do they still have enough deluded fans or are they paying for that service? (Pro tip: get your money upfront from them…I’m just sayin’.) Or—horrors—have they been reduced to doing it themselves?
To paraphrase Glinda the Good Witch said it best, “You have no power here! Now begone, before someone trolls you back!”
Oops. Too late.
THE WLS is FULL Of ruffled feathers and clutched pearls today.
[email protected] the WLS filling up today
I think it would be really fun to see a whole post just of WLS comments!
i love that idea, Nanette! lololololol
I do remember a lovely message for you about how flies eat shit… lol. They are losing their minds.
NEVER relish in someonoe’s downfall! You will be the first one to fall….TRUST!
I don’t know what you are talking about, but Welcome to the Widow Licking Section! There are a lot of your ignorant friends in there. You will fit right in.
We will now get back to discussing the fact that Villa Blanca is closed.
There is a grownup word for that: schadenfreude.
I think Elyse may even have used it in the voodoo lounge.
Swans, ponies…….. she is ridiculous.
However I really want fried goat cheese balls. Happy weekend to all.
True, they’re so greedy and pretentious and always have to keep up with the Jones’es. No mi d of their own like my snooty sister whe asked why she git another leased Mercedes, she said, well, everyone has them. That’s everyone in her little JAP circle. Sorry but true.
Why are they greedy how do you know they’re greedy they’re actually not greedy she runs a beautiful charity for animals like you don’t even know what the f*** you’re talking about why talk that way about people get a life!
You seem to have spent your life here and in the WLS. for the last Lord knows how many hours. If you are this upset over the restaurant… you are going to need medication when you find out about the “beautiful charity for animals.”
Tamara better for you that they keep having trouble otherwise you won’t have nothing to post about
Yep, that’s why this site is called the LVP News and Information Location. Oh wait, it’s not. I talk about whatever I find interesting.
It doesn’t surprise me considering the street it’s on. A lot of the businesses are not back up and running in that area and I am sure that had a lot to do with it. The tables are too pack together for social distancing. Plus the rents are SO expensive in Beverly Hills. I had figure that since they had been there so long that the rent might have been reduced (grandfather in). Kyle’s store was catty corner to Villa Blanca (on a side street). Her store location was horrible.
So true, Villa Blanca relied on having packed tables and bars which of course is impractical during COVID. That being said, I’m always sad to see anyone go out of business. And I loved that LVP raised money to fight the Yulin Dog Festival in China where they torture and kill dogs. I hope that foundation doesn’t go under too.
Villa Blanca hasn’t had packed tables in years (since the show stopped covering them) This is not the first time they have tried to bail on this location. They are allegedly doing it now to get the government assistance.
Patience is a virtue!! – Karma is a bitch – happy belated Birthday presents to me are coming in fast and furious.
LVP & Todd – Government assistance that is so Ken.
The Hadids
Prince Andrew
G. Maxwell – Strong chance she may do what her father done ( fell off a boat – my arse he did – He JUMPED )
I suggest we all panic buy popcorn ASAP!!
Touristy place and when there are no tourists, there is no money!
I had never heard of you Tamara until today, I’m in love with how you don’t beat about the bush and don’t sugar coat shit.
I’ve saved you on my Google homepage thingy (sorry, couldn’t think of the name) so I can read your news whenever I want too, due to not reading my emails very often.
Keep tattling Miss Tamara xo
Pinky’s new signature color now appearing in the red.
“In the Red” would be a perfect name for a lipstick featuring LVP in the ads with slo-mo clip of Schwartzy shaving her legs and the mood-lighted scenes of Brett salivating.
I thought Ken was living with Dementia. That’s why Lisa shields him from the camera
VB was doing horribly for many years. This gives LVP a nice, convenient excuse for closing.
WOW….all she’s been doing it taking’ L’s (loses) lately. I used to be so taken with her until TT showed me what they were really about.
They where a pair of scammers in the UK along with PeeKay # doughboy.
I knew it!
I always wondered if anyone actually knew anyone that ate at any of her restaurants. I have also wanted to know if the cast of vpr actually work at the restaurants or not, I understand not being able to work there at the moment but before Covid were they working? I never figured Jax as a very good bartender, he never wanted to make any cocktails for anyone, so basically the 40 yr old guy does what exactly? And Katie does she work still. If you ever walked into either of the two restaurants would you actually see these people in there, like Lisa sitting having her tea and all? I’ve just always been curious. Or is the reality gone from these shows after a while, lol.
I ate at SUR’s a long time ago, I had a Groupon coupon. The food was was good, I especially liked the Sangria we had. None of the crew was there except for Lisa’s son. I have friend’s who went to Villa Blanca and said it was good, but that was year’s ago. A long time ago I saw Ken walking into Villa Blanca. A friend of mine who is a Sheriff spoke to Ken when that car crashed into Pump.
When restaurants Groupon, they are in trouble.
If we don’t all die, I am storming your restaurant and expect ALL THE THINGS! lol. So try not to die.
Bring your ass and Banjo down to stay with me! We will have a blast!
Part of the casts contract says they HAVE to work at SUR in order for the show to be factual. But, the requirement is just once a month or something miniscule like that. If you check their Instagram pages you’ll see that they promote it like it’s going to be an autograph signing or something it’ll be like hey I’ll be SUR this Wednesday come and see me they’ll go there and get behind the bar for like 2 hours and then they leave and that’s fulfilled their commitment for the month.
All of what you said is true. But Brittany worked there for a long time for real until her checks got bigger. And Raquel I believe still works there or did before this last season and the Corona. She’s been trying hard to get on the show more and finally did, so she may not work as much there now.
I knew a group of friends that traveled there just so they could go eat at her restaurants. There was no lineups (they always made it look that way on TV) As well as the restaurant was pretty much empty for a busy Friday & Saturday night. The food was crazy expensive and the portions were tiny. They were more curious if they would run into LVP or any of the staff but not one single person from the show on either night at either of their restaurants. I’ve also read the same if you look up the reviews online. I’ve always wondered how they’ve maintained that many restaurants. I could see one plus say Tom Tom the bar for the younger crowd. However not three plus especially in the most expensive part of the US. I’m surprised this didn’t happen long ago to be honest.
My niece went to California a few years ago and went to SUR, she actually saw Peter and James in the restaurant. She said James was actually good looking in person.
I know someone that lives in LA and she and her friends have been to SUR a few times, this was when the VPR cast was still actually working at SUR. She said Jax was rude to everyone but that James was actually really nice to everyone that wanted to take photos with him and was very friendly. When she went to SUR, she never saw Lisa or Ken, but she had heard from people that approached Ken, that he was very gruff, like he is portrayed on RHOBH.
Yes. We went to Pump. The food and cocktails were out of this world and not too expensive. Lisa, Ken and three of their dogs were there. We met them. Took a picture and sat at their table.
I seen a lot of people say that Ken and Lisa were there when they went. It seems they eat at the restaurants fairly often.
The only thing that I know she had was a cult following on some social media sites. Heaven forbid you mention anything questionable abt them you would get attacked. I was blocked from one of them! So help me, I never even cursed at anyone! Can you believe it. I was shocked. But I’m not losing sleep over it! Lol ??? I wish them Peace!?
P.S. I will say this you would think they would invest in an HR DEPT!
Some people never learn! ?♀️
I agree with that. They need an HR position or 2 for the restaurants & bars. If that had that in place, these firings would have been handled a long time ago. Def a bad decision to not have HR representation. Also, why did it take this long to axe the person’s making racial comments. Look @ James, body shaming Katie, etc., but has still there. I believe cuz Lisa knows his parent’s.
I’ve eaten at Villa Blanca, which was packed on a weeknight and Sur, also packed at 11pm. I saw Arianna’s brother bussing tables and have a pic with him. The food at both restaurants was excellent. VB is very small. But Sur is much larger.
I did the run through in Oct and saw Randall and a couple staff. It was just after they stopped filming. Also my friends would pop in ever pride and they would all be there. At this point I think most of them have side hustles and “working” at the restaurant is just part of the gig for the show.
Also not true about Groupon only for failing restaurants. I’ve known quite a few that use them to get the word out about their location but are financially just fine (pre-covid).
I’m surprised they didn’t attempt to do the Payroll Protection Program. (Why the unemployment numbers aren’t higher than stated.)
And no delivery or curbside pick up? Crazy.
She may be pulling some tax shenanigans with a qualified improvement property tax relief. They could potentially depreciate a boat load of past tax issues if needed.
I could be wrong but isn’t this the same restaurant that had the kitchen fire that time? Or was it Sur? Either way I remember thinking the fire was an ‘inside” job. Especially when Lisa and Ken said they wanted to do kitchen renovations anyways and it looks like we got our wish. I was like Uhh okay that fire definitely was deliberately set because they needed the insurance money to make improvements. They’re not as well off as they claim! I really loved LVP and Ken but something changed for me where now I find them shady AF.
Pretty much all of their restaurants have had “random fires” if I recall correctly…
Your trash
You’re (please note spelling) illiterate.
The most recent fire that was shown on VPR was at SUR.
I was thinking the same thing. I have a friend who has a restaurant that has been open for 10 years. When they shut everything down here in California, he immediately let go of all his staff (20 employee’s). Then he got on FB and complained to everyone. His friend’s all commented and gave him suggestions on how to keep the restaurant going, people offered to help keep the restaurant afloat with donations. He just kept complaining and didn’t want to hear any of the suggestions, shot down all the advice. Then he starts posting pictures of him drinking and smoking cigars and says this is his life now. After came him posting pictures of him remodeling the restaurant. At that point I couldn’t understand if you have money to remodel than why not pay your employee’s (he had come undocumented workers). Why not offer curb side or delivery. If his employee’s are on FB and see the remodel I am sure none of them will want to come back to work for him.
It’s so much more complicated than that.
The PPP was actually worse for restaurants than it helped them.
You had to hire back 100% of your staff at full pay BUT you could only seat 25%-50% of your seating with no bar seating.
Restaurants have fixed bills and no one is working with you.
Restaurants already run on razor thin margins. 5-8% at best.
So if you didn’t use the PPP on those terms, you had to ay it back with interest.
Takeout at the very best is about 10% of revenue.
Her places are tourists traps. No delivery or pickup because no one actually likes the food (and I’m not even being snarky).
No struggling restaurant closes its doors for renovations. Ever.
They may be scrambling to find investors but no smart investors ever invests in restaurants and no successful restaurant groups EVER take on new investors.
I think the ship is going down, and they possibly will try use every Covid tax depreciation loophole available to her benefit. It would be silly not to. She most likely has some fairly strong relationships with sub contractors, and contractors that will be able create some pretty strong receipt recording for her. We shall see.
“Thoughts and prayers”, LVP.
Is that British humor? 🙂
Thisbwasba long time coming for Ken & LisaI. If VPR cancels they are done. I feel bad for the Toms because didn’t they reinvest their 50K with Ken and Lisa on a new restaurant? They should’ve taken their money and run.
Those were Monopoly checks and Monopoly money. That was probably a $3 million dollar upfit not including booze, food, China, or miscellaneous. Their $50,000 doesn’t even cover rent for three months. They are getting Bravo paychecks not TomTom ones.
Thanks for the explanation! Even though I don’t know anything about the restaurant business but that seemed off to me.
They did say that the $50,000 each paid was for each one to have a 5% stake in Tom Tom. Then at the end of the year the restaurant actually made a profit so they reinvested their % of the profit in “The Garden at TomTom”. If they wanted to take their profits then she was going to just name it “The Garden”. Perhaps it is replacing Villa Blanca.
That’s what they do when they renovate-Duh!
So um why are they looking for a sub-lease? DUH!
Don’t believe everything you here?
It’s HEAR, you fucking moron. And my spies literally went there, used to eat there and know what is going on. Now, GO DIE IN A FUCKING FIRE. And you spelled LeadHead wrong too. But it does suit you.
LVP fans remind me a lot of Nene Leakes fans.
The LVP fans now have their own wing in the WLS. There were loads of first time commenters in moderation today who seem to put LVP and Todd right up there with mother Teresa. There is a fool born every minute and last night/this morning it seems they all wanted to post here.
This reminded me…I have started using GDIAF on Facebook to express “fuck you” without saying it. Thank you for that, TT! So far no one has asked me what it means…so maybe they know!
Thanks for correcting the poor spelling?why is it always the people who want to be rude or offensive that can’t spell? Which came first ignorance or rudeness.?Love your work?
Kind of like those who call themselves “White Sumpremicists” are the low-two-digit IQ bottom dwellers of the white, or any, race of people. (The epitome of an oxymoron.)
Maybe this will open an opportunity for a new business owner who can create a healthier work environment to come in. Fingers crossed. So many restaurant owners turn a blind eye to and even encourage sexual harassment. It seemed like it was time for Villa Blanca to sunset anyway. It was of another era.
How am i just finding this website now!!!?? i love this place!
Well, clearly there is something terribly wrong with you. Errrr.. I mean welcome And Please read the commenting rules. We are all on short fuses around here these days. 🙂 https://tamaratattles.com/commenting-rules/
Weeks ago, I commented that I bet they would shut down Villa Blanca (not because I am psychic, because it is a no-brainer) and spin everything to take advantage of the pandemic. Likely, there will be some (deserved) concessions made for businesses that were forced to close because of the coronavirus.
The WeHo restaurant windows were boarded up and messages were painted only on the boards, not the restaurants. Quite different from VB. (I guess there won’t be a place in the VDP empire “to take your wife to dinner” anymore. Just your mistress or side boy toy. (Also, SUR — Sexy Unique Restaurant — is about the dumbest name for a restaurant.)
Apparently, Andy Cohen reads here…Because I am really Kenya Moore on this rachet site according to him, lol
I love this site! ??