What makes this too live crew at Scarpetta….

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…sooo hot isn’t that they’re big hunks of man-candy, but rather that Paolo Barbieri, Antonello Paganuzzi and Mario Disi have got the best Italian front-of-the-house band back together again after scattering to the four winds back in 2005. For those not in the know, these three opened Circo in 1998, and for five years or so, ran it as the best Italian restaurant Las Vegas had ever seen.

Now, like The Who, this talented trio has reunited at Vegas’ hottest Italian restaurant duo (Scapetta and D.O.C.G.) to, no doubt, take the service at both to a whole new level.

If Disi looks familiar to steak lovers, it’s because he’s been the GM at SW Steakhouse at the Wynn for the past five years. He’s known for running one of the tightest ships in the business, and our staff could not be happier about his escape from the ego-driven hell of the Wynn to his rightful place in the Italian fine food fold.

“But ELV,” you’re probably saying to yourself right now, “don’t you have something for us dudes to balance out all that beefcake?”

“Why yes,” ELV replied. “For you lovers of Ligurian lookers we give you Lexy:

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…who will lovingly lead you to luxuriant lusciousness at your table at Scarpetta. Even as she laughingly ignores those who have trouble pulling up their pants:”

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