You....lookin' at me?

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… as she and  2009 Hot Hostess of the Year Brianna…

Ashley and Brianna will miss ELV

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…wonder just where oh where ELV has gone for the weekend?

Why to Athens (Georgia, not West Virginia), of course, to visit Marcella Ruth Schroader Curtas (D.O.B. 8.10.24 – The Official Mother of ELV)…to celebrate his birthday with the woman who foisted him upon an unsuspecting world so many years ago.

Those of you who might miss the perceptive, pensive, pretentious, precocious, precious, pervasive, persuasive and preeminent prose, for which he is known, would do well to take a tip from Brooklyn Lee (she of certain insatiable appetites)…

Brooklyn has great taste

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…and take a look (and a lick) out of EATING LAS VEGAS – The 50 Essential Restaurants for the next few days.

To those of you doing a double take…yes, ELV has managed to work both his Hot Hostesses and a porn star into a post that also mentions his mother.*

SIMON at PALMS PLACE

In the Palms Place Hotel and Casino

4381 West Flamingo Road

Las Vegas, NV 89103

702.944.3292

http://www.simonatpalmsplace.com/

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* I’m Ruth Curtas and I approved this message.

She's much more than a bartender

Terrin can mix a mojito with the best of ‘em, but bring up the subject of a spicy Sangiovese Rosso or a racy Barbera d’Alba and her eyes light up like a saucy spumante.

She works at one of our great wine bars, but it seems a shame to call her a bartender….just as it would be a shame to drink anything but one of Piero Selvaggio’s outstanding reds there.

Or whites.

Or Proseccos.

Just ask Terrin to give you a tour.

And tell her ELV sent you.

VALENTINO

In the Venetian Hotel and Casino

3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89109

702.414.3031

www.pieroselvaggio.com

She is the first and last person you see when you dine at Restaurant Guy Savoy — which means you’ll always enter and leave with a smile on your face.

She is much more than your average hostess (hot or otherwise), having been classically trained in European hotel school.

She brings a level of professionalism and charm to her job that many a hostess (and host) could learn from.

She should’ve been featured on this website long ago, and would have been, but for ELV’s usual failings of character.

For all of these reasons, and for being as elegant and graceful as the food and wine served at her stunning restaurant, Ilona is our very first Hot Hostess of 2012!

Yohana - Hot Hostess of the Year 2011

In the end, beauty just couldn’t be denied.

At first it seemed like a landslide; then things heated up considerably with some furious late voting for her competitors Ashley and Tiffani (with an “i”), but when the final tally was taken, Yohana Londoño, from Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia (and the front of the house at Dom De Marco’s), comfortably walked away with her very own major award from Eating Las Vegas®.

Congratulations to her (and thanks to all the competitors for being such good sports), and congratulations to all who have the pleasure of being seated by her.

Happy New Year!

PS: Those wishing to…er…uh…ahem…get another look at Yohana can do so by clicking on this link: http://emodelingpage.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=6961498

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…has debated, decided and decreed that voting should continue for Hot Hostess of the Year 2011!

A late surge for Ashley has tightened things up considerably, so cast your votes (early and often) in the comments thread below, throughout this week, as we return to positing items about less comely, but no less delicious, pursuits.

So vote in the comments thread for either:

Tiffani (with and “i”) at the Sugar Factory:

Tiffani

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Micheala from Vintner Grill:

Micheala

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Ashley from Jaleo:

Ashley

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…or Yohana at Dom DeMarco’s

Yohana

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…to determine the beeg weener of  the coveted ELV Hot Hostess of the Year Award for 2011!

Vote early and often (ballot stuffing encouraged!), but please remember to keep it civil, clean and polite, as these nice gals do their best to make our visits to Las Vegas’s restaurants a pleasant one, and have all generously agreed to let ELV objectify and exploit their beauty for the benefit of this website.

The Grand Prize: Recognition on this website of course, plus ELV’s personal pledge to stop taking pictures of them.

Contest void where prohibited by law or good taste.

We asked Yohana where she was from.

"Colombia," she said.

"South Carolina?" we asked.

"You are just having fun with me, yes?" she responded.

"A little," we had to admit. "But I bet you get that a lot?"

"A leetle," she said with a smile and lilting accent that could melt the polar ice cap.

'Nuff said.

Katie, Olivia and Emma

Katie, Olivia and Emma are so effervescent, they can almost make us forget the evolution of this steakhouse stalwart in the Hard Rock — from A. J.’s to Rare 120 to this most recent incarnation.

Eating Las Vegas hopes the restaurant will start hitting its sales targets ($4 mil over 12 months – not that high for a Strip steakhouse) if, for no other reason so we can consort with their comeliness….as we consider our consumption of so many copious cocktails and clear up our continued confusion over killing so much cattle.

35 STEAKS + MARTINIS

In the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

4455 Paradise Road

Las Vegas, NV 89169

702.693.5585

Waitress Brittany and Hostess Charly know how to start a party

The good news is the food at Central is as smokin’ as the staff.

Tiffani

Tiffani labors hard at her perch at the hostess stand at the Sugar Factory, making sure you don’t have to in getting seated and enjoying some of the best people watching in town:

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The “best” in this case doesn’t necessarily mean the most pleasant, but it can be educational for those who pay attention. For instance, in less than an hour outside of the Paris hotel, ELV learned many valuable life lessons, including:

> Grown men shouldn’t wear shorts anywhere but the beach or backyard;

> Cargo shorts don’t look good on anyone over the age of six; and,

> There ought to be a law against anyone of the male persuasion ever putting on a pair of pedal pushers.

Some of the sights were almost enough to make us re-think dinner, which would’ve been a shame, since we otherwise enjoyed our al fresco repast beside Sugar Factory’s outdoor railing.

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Our shrimp cocktail was a big ‘un, with a snappy cocktail sauce; the Cobb salad serviceable; and the patty melt not the best we’ve ever had, but hardly the worst either. Topping it all off was a vanilla malt (with extra malt, natch) that might be the gold standard for one of our favorite, creamy libations.

It’s a good thing they all tasted so good…because being surrounded by that much bad taste could make anyone lose their appetite.

ELV’s dinner for two came to $75.

SUGAR FACTORY

In the Paris Hotel and Casino

3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89109

702.331.5100

www.sugarfactory.com