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It's Not Just the Pickles at Todd English's P.U.B. That Disappoints
We were quite taken with the long-awaited Todd English P.U.B inside Aria, even if the upscale beer chugging contest could lend itself to becoming a fratty place to hang out.
Yet it was a different story for a reader who wrote in to us saying:
I visited the Todd English pub on Friday of the opening week. Reception and hosts were warm and inviting. We ordered Caesar salad, oysters, stone crab, sliders, and the roast turkey platter. Shellfish and stone crab were fresh although the TE signature cocktail sauce tasted like glorified common ketchup.
The Caesar salad was fresh but anchovy and the sharp tang of Parmesan was lacking and strangely included tomatoes. The sliders were perfectly cooked and tasty. The turkey platter was unacceptably dry...Bone dry.
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Hussong's Rock n Roll Mariachis Will Croon at You as You Eat
As you might have noticed had you been following our Twitter feed last weekend, we have a new group in danger of overtaking Matt Goss in our musical affections at the moment. Who could possibly remove the halo from the Gossmeister, you might well ask?
Let us introduce you to Gino Juarez, Aurelio Audy and Tito Martinez, otherwise know as the rock ‘n’ roll mariachis at Hussong’s Cantina in the Shoppes At Mandalay Place.
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Scarpetta Could Open in Las Vegas in May 2011
Part of our job over at HotelChatter.com involves stalking new hotels and trying to guesstimate when they are going to open (and sometimes, if they are ever going to open at all.)
We were doing such a thing the other week in sussing out the opening date for the new Thompson Toronto Hotel which also had us digging deep on the hotel's interior designer's website, Studio Gaia. Long story short, in surfing through the company's upcoming projects we noticed this listing for Scarpetta, April 2011.
If you aren't familiar with Scarpetta it's a well-respected (three stars from the NYT) and popular Italian restaurant in NYC helmed by chef Scott Conant. Thompson Toronto is getting one in May or June or so. And now it looks like we might be getting one in April of next year.
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Looks Like Buzios Forgot to Put Anything In Their Fish Tank
What’s this we spy here? An empty water tank drawing attention to the plight of the over-fished oceans?
Um, no. It’s the scene outside Buzios Seafood Restaurant at the Rio.
Not that we want to knock the Rio (again), but normally, when there’s a tank full of water outside a fish restaurant, we assume that tank is going to be full of lobsters or crab or something to entice you in. Not this scene of nihilism.
Still, it was about 9pm on Sunday night when we took this, so maybe they’d had a busy night, what with all their two-for-one entree deals, and sold out all the lobster. Yes, maybe.
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Todd English's P.U.B: Hold the Pickles and It Could Be Great
Hurrah! So Todd English’s P.U.B is finally open in the Crystals. We’ve shown you what it looks like, we’ve told you about the eggtimer trick (down your pint in seven seconds and you don’t have to pay for it). Now let’s get onto the heavy stuff – what the food is like. Our tipster told us that prices would be very cheap for the Strip, and the menu would be based on a "huge English pub style menu". Here’s what we found.
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10 Vegas Restaurants and Chefs Are Named James Beard Semifinalists
Julian Serrano, second from right, named Outstanding Chef.
The James Beard Foundation Awards Restaurant and Chef Award Semifinalists were announced last week and Las Vegas cleaned house with ten contenders for these prestigious awards:
Outstanding Chef
Julian Serrano, Picasso at Bellagio
Rising Star Chef of the Year
Vanessa Garcia, Restaurant Charlie at the Palazzo
Best New Restaurant
Sage at Aria Resort & Casino
Outstanding Pastry Chef
Kamel Guechida, Joël Robuchon at
MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
Outstanding Wine Service
Picasso at Bellagio
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Todd English's P.U.B. Is Finally Open, Here's A Peek
What’s this? Could it be an open door? No, surely not. Really? It is? Yes! Todd English’s P.U.B is finally open in the Crystals. Hallelujah!
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Todd English's P.U.B. Still Not Open, Try Again on Sunday
Guess what? P.U.B from Todd English has missed yet another opening date. A tipster told us to expect the restaurant opening last night but then emailed us to say that we should try Sunday instead.
Okey doke. But this is the last time. Then we officially start to lose interest.
We'll update you on Monday morning. In the meantime, got any tips about the delay or what's going on behind the scene? Let us know
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The PBR Rock Bar to Replace Hawaiian Tropic Zone
Is HTZ going from leis to spurs?
That was fast! Just a day after we learned that Hawaiian Tropic Zone was out at the Miracle Mile Shops comes word that PBR Rockbar will take its place. The very brief press announcement reads:
We are excited to announce that PBR Rock Bar, a restaurant and bar concept, will open inside Miracle Mile Shops Spring 2010. The lease has been executed and they will assume the space occupied by Hawaiian Tropic Zone which will close their doors on Sunday, February 21, 2010 to allow for the timely opening of PBR Rock Bar,” said Russell A. Joyner, executive vice president, general manager of Miracle Mile Shops.
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A Lovely View from Koi, No Extra Tipping Required
This was our view from the Koi sushi restaurant inside Planet Hollywood, one of our favorite sushi restaurants on the Strip. The best part about this view? We had prime viewing of the Bellagio fountains.
Even better, we didn't need to grease anybody with tightly rolled twenties to get this view, on a Saturday night, either. We called Koi at 7pm, asking and receiving a reservation for two people at 8pm. When we arrived, we were politely told that we couldn't carry in any outside drink (we were swigging a mini-bottle of Chardonnay). So we chugged our vino and then the hostess promptly sat us in the intimate back room seating area, which you see on the restaurant website.
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Shaboo Inside Bar Masa 'Beautiful But Empty' and Other Thoughts
We were able to try out a few of the apps at the new Bar Masarestaurant inside Aria during the hotel's grand opening festivities but we were only able to get a peek into Shaboo, the fancy restaurant-within-a-restaurant that boasts a $500 Omakase menu. So we asked you readers to drop in your thoughts on the restaurant if you were able to try it out on one of your recent trips to VegasChatter. And KVegas has heeded our call by dropping in a review of Shaboo in comments.
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Food Critics Dish on Sage and TWIST at CityCenter
Every week, we get our cyber foodie news from around the world fix via
We were especially tickled this Valentine’s Day to find Las Vegas food critic, John A. Curtas weighing in on two of our top new "wish list" restaurants at CityCenter, TWIST by Pierre Gagnaire at Mandarin Oriental and Sage at ARIA Hotel & Casino. We paraded through the former on a recent media trip, and partook in an absinthe tasting at the latter, but have yet to dine at either. Soon, our pretties, very soon. You can read a teaser of John’s reviews here, or click here for the real, mouth-watering deal.
