Category: Food

CENTRAL – First Bites (and Impressions)

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As luck would have it, ELV ran into three notable restaurant people this past weekend. Each had been to Central at Caesars and each had a definite opinion about it. Here are tidbits of some of the conversations:

Well Known Executive Chef at Famous Restaurant Group (WKECAFRG): “I love the concept. If I had it (right off the Caesars check-in lobby), I’d do 15 mil a year…(but) some of my food was in-ed-ible. The deviled eggs were spoiled and the shrimp cocktail was cheap, frozen shrimp with a mostly Heinz ketchup sauce.”

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Eat This Now – Steak Tartare at CARNEVINO

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This is a steak-y, onion-y, tartare, not a spicy steak tartare.

It is a raw beef lovers dream. Big chunky prime, full of sweet, mineral-rich goodness.

If someone had told us it is best paired with a medium-bodied, slightly sweet, $20 bottle of Golden Muscat from the Alto Adige (ALL-toe  AH-dee-jay), we would’ve told them to get their head examined.

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