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 Wolfgang
Puck Bar & Grill
MGM Grand
3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(702) 891-3000
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Imagine yourself in a lovely eatery on a California beach,
surrounded by curly willow reefs, hedges of roses and beautiful
trees, enjoying a pizza and a beer.
Of course, in this case, the roses and tree leaves are painted
on inside-lit acrylic boxes and, instead of the ocean, you’ll
find yourself looking out on a sea of slot machines. But the
food at Wolfgang Puck’s Bar & Grill at the MGM Grand
couldn’t be any more real or delicious or the atmosphere
more fun, and even smack dab in the heart of casinoland, you’re
guaranteed to have a swimmingly good time.
Set off from the casino to give it an organic feel, the restaurant
lives up to its owner’s reputation both in the cuisine
and cutting-edge contemporary Tony Chi-designed California
beach ambiance. The willow reef-lined entrance of the restaurant
makes you feel as if you are entering a relaxing open-air
tavern. Or you can eat in the comfortable and totally open
main dining area that seats 120, which includes a little glass
house for overflow parties that seats 30-70 people. There
is also a private dining room that seats up to 16.
Part of the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, the restaurant
is designed to be an accessible experience that offers something
for everyone. Soups, Salads, Small Bites, Wood Oven Pizza
& Calzone, Grilled Panini Sandwiches, Main Courses (lunch),
and From The Charcoal Burning Grill (dinner) headline both
the lunch and dinner selections. With over 100 items on the
wine list and 35 items on the seasonal menu, plus desserts,
you can enjoy anything from lunch or dinner with wine to a
five-course meal. A mesquite grill and robust flavors are
representative of the bar and grill style, a new concept for
Puck.
“We use very high quality ingredients in out food,”
says Chef de Cuisine Taite Pearson. “For example, instead
of using regular mozzarella on our pizza, we use Burata mozzarella,
which is softer and creamier -- it’s a boutique cheese.
Everything down to the sausage is made in-house; our meats
are smoked here. Everything is fresh and we create our own
recipes. This is Wolf’s first bar and grill -- and we’re
actually the prototype for others to come.”
- Bobbie Katz
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Presenting our latest, revised
list of FIVE selected restaurants, with our exclusive InsideTips.
Listed in no particular order, these are our latest Best Bets,
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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