If anyone in town cooks Italian food better than Luciano Pellegrini, we’ve yet to meet them. It’s true that some places – Batali’s joints, Circo, Fiamma, Sinatra on a good night, can give his restaurant – Valentino – a run for your money, but year in and year out, since 1999, no Italian restaurant in Las Vegas has performed at such a high level for so long.
Author: John Curtas
The List
A list, in order of excellence, of the places at which we’ve eaten in the past week (without commentary):
Valentino
Bartolotta
David Burke
Mon Ami Gabi
Simon
Marche Bacchus
Carnevino
Ocha Thai
Krung Thai
Lagasse Stadium
Emeril’s Fish House
Nozomi
Grind
Trying Tenderness (with a dose of humility) in Vegas
Once again, Eating Las Vegas has beaten the New York Times to the punch.
In case you missed it, or don’t subscribe to the Times, click here to read today’s article on Pierre Gagnaire’s opening in Vegas.
And click here to read ELV’s original, exclusive interview with PG in John Mariani’s blog: The Virtual Gourmet, published this past Saturday.
Point of pride: ELV thinks he may have been the first American food writer to obtain an interview with Gagnaire, and even if he wasn’t, it was a good get, as they say in the p.r. biz.
Cutting edge, investigative, up to date, always on top and never in doubt*….yup, that’s ELV!
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* Yup, we’ve been taking lessons from Charlie “Mr. Humility” Trotter.