![]() Alongside husband and partner Ken Todd, Vanderpump has a fourth Los Angeles restaurant (Villa Blanca in Beverly Hills), a year-old Las Vegas outpost (Vanderpump Cocktail Garden at Caesars Palace), a dog shelter/boutique (Beverly Grove’s Vanderpump Dogs) and, for those eager to bring the Vander-magic home, a wine label (Vanderpump Rosé) and a forthcoming line of lighting. Vanderpump, whose net worth ranks behind only Kardashians and Jenners among entrepreneurial reality talent with reports painting it as high as $75 million, is now extending her business well beyond WeHo. “People will start off at SUR, maybe stop by Pump and then go to TomTom.” When asked whether the experience proved worthy of their only free time in Los Angeles, even though none of the cast ultimately showed up, the three women enthusiastically nod in agreement. ![]() “We call that the Vander-crawl,” says Tom Sandoval, an original Vanderpump Rulescastmember who began slinging margaritas at SUR and now shares a 5 percent stake in TomTom with castmate Tom Schwartz. Three first-timers in town from Florida for an environmental conference braved the hour-plus Uber from downtown’s Marriott to Vanderpump’s hub (roughly the intersection of Santa Monica and Robertson boulevards) for a meal at SUR and a nightcap at TomTom. “We’ve just got a bit of a different energy now, with the whole celebrity factor from the show.” “The restaurant business has always been a public arena,” the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star says of her clientele. Platters of deep-fried goat cheese balls are devoured, technicolor cocktails are consumed and Instagrams are most assuredly posted. Whether Vanderpump or any of her TV staff shows up is beside the point. ![]() The velvet rope has the air of exclusivity, but it’ll drop for anyone willing to wait in line and pay $15 for a Pumptini to re-create the nights out they’ve seen on Bravo or read about in Page Six. ![]()
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