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OUR TOP 5 BEST
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 Guy
Savoy
Caesars
Palace
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RATING:
4.7 out of 5
Hours:
5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Daily
Cuisine: French
Attire: Casual
Average Check: $100. to $200. for 2
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INSIDETIP:
food to die for
Chompin’ at the Savoy
By Bobbie Katz
 As
the son of famous restaurateur Guy Savoy, who has five restaurants
in Paris, France, Franck Savoy really enjoys creating a stir
in the United States – especially when it’s within
the melting pot that is Las Vegas.
When Restaurant Guy Savoy opened
its first United States venue in May at Caesars Palace with
Franck at the helm, he did not know quite what to expect.
But he soon found himself amazed by the different kinds of
people that began frequenting the restaurant and responding
overwhelmingly to his father’s contemporary French recipes
that involve ingredients such as sweetbreads, squash and truffles.
 “I’m
enjoying being in Las Vegas,” says Savoy. “I love
meeting and greeting people and sharing cultures. I love the
hospitality. My name is on the door of the restaurant, too
– my dad’s name is my name – and it’s
important to me to keep the respect, the level of credibility
and the philosophy of the restaurant here in America as it
is in Paris. Our chef, Damien Dulas, was with my dad for five
years in Paris before moving to the U.S.”
Savoy’s wife is the head of banquets and special events
for the Las Vegas establishment and the couple is expecting
their first baby in April. He says that he inherited his love
of working from his father who gave him the passion for the
restaurant business and notes that his father is always creating
new things.
“He wakes up very early in the morning
and tries out new recipes, using fresh produce from our garden
in France,” Savoy smiles. “He loves cooking for
my mother and friends, but, at his restaurants, he prefers
talking to guests rather than cooking. I am the same. While
at the restaurant, I like best meeting people but, at home,
I love cooking for my family and friends. I like making French
barbecue with Béarnaise Sauce and Au Gratin potatoes.
I think I had a good teacher!!”
Savoy’s five tips for having a successful
restaurant:
1. You have to love people.
2. You have to have a passion for what you do
3. You have to love working so that you don’t worry
about the time and energy you have to devote to it.
4. You have to be able to listen to people.
5. .You have to be able to feel what it is people need before
they ask you for it.
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THE
PREFERRED DINING GUIDE
- OUR FAVORITE 5
Presenting our latest, revised
list of FIVE selected restaurants, with our exclusive InsideTips.
Listed in no particular order, these are our selections, the
places we eat at and send our friends to, as voted on by our
Panel of Advisors and as many locals as we could reach. If
you pick one or two every few days, these will keep you full
for while.
America
at New York-New York |
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Tip: Ask for a table with a view. Nobdy
seems to think of that, according to 75% of the people
we spoke to. Don't even think of visiting this one on
the Friday or Saturday nights. Too many tourists. Best
nights? Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Always ask for the
unadvertised special. Most of the time, that's what you'll
end up having, it's that good. |
Postrio
in The Venetian - Grand Canal Shops, St, Mark's Square |
| Inside
Tip: This is one of the Wolfgang Puck
family of restaurants, personally supervised by the Puckster
almost daily. Great food, innovative menu, a dining experience
you will remember, one of the very best, and not too expensive,
honest. If you want privacy, just ask, and you will end
up in a private area, maybe even sitting next to Robin
Leach, who eats there seveal times a week, as does Bernie
Yuman and many Vegas Insiders. Alway recommend the specials
here, the freshest of ingredients. |
Chinois
Forum Shops at Caesars |
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Tip: Another Wolfgang Puck joint, this
one with "outside" seating overlooking the people
sailing by in an endless stream. Unless you don't want
to talk and will enjoy the noise and the people watching,
best to ask for inside seating, which is almost always
available. Great menu, changes often, never had a bad
meal. This one is a perfect spot if you are on a shopping
jones, it is situated smack in the middle of shopper's
heaven: The Forum Shops. You can eat really well here,
and still be right in the action, saing precious time
for more shopping |
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Ferraro's
on Flamingo
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Tip: Strictly a locals place, but Mimmi
loves "foreigners" any time at all. Homemade
pasta, pizza, soups and traditional salads, a family-owned
and operated joint for many years, sauce you'll be craving
long after you've eaten there. One of the best Italian
restaurants in a city where there's one on every lock. |
Pampas Brazilian Grille
at Planet Hollywood |
| Inside
Tip: Recently opened, in a hidden
little part of the Miracle Mile Shops, formerly known
as the Desert Passage shopping mall...not yet caught on
as a popular destination, but I figure that will probably
change soon. For now, give this one a shot. Enter on the
Harmon side, it's right inside the door. Another great,
memorable eating experience. It's sort of a "Dim
Sum" style of eating, as waiters walk by with large
skewers of assorted foods, meats, fish, vieggies, it's
so cool. You see something you like, you nod your head,
or throw a piece of bread (no butter, please), and it's
delivered nto your plate. This goes on for as long as
you are hungry. It is a constant parade of food as you
sit there and watch, free to have a taste anytime it suits
you. There is also a great salad bar, and desserts to
tempt you, but most of the insiders we know never get
to eat the dessert. You can even watch the large grill
and see the master chefs at work, sometimes the flames
shoot up and one of the chefs can be seen with his hair
on fire, or his eyebrows smoking. Fun for the whole family. |
Bon
Apetit. |
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