Category: Openings

Pierre Gagnaire Inteview – An Eating Las Vegas Exclusive

PIERRE GAGNAIRE COMES TO VEGAS AND HOPES NO ONE THINKS HE’S A PIZZA MAN

On December 4, 2009, Pierre Gagnaire (gahn-Yair) will be the third renowned French chef in four years to open his first American restaurant in Las Vegas. Twist by Pierre Gagnaire in the Mandarin Oriental will join miX by Alain Ducasse, and restaurants Joel Robuchon and Guy Savoy among the classified growths of Las Vegas dining, so we reached him for a friendly Q & A about the Vegas-French Connection, and what we can expect from this master of avant-garde cuisine.

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Esquire Magazine’s Best New Restaurants of 2009

Love him or hate him (and we love the guy), what John Mariani says about restaurants carries a lot of weight. That’s why his annual Best New Restaurants story in Esquire is eagerly anticipated each year, and is a big deal in the world of American chefs and restaurants.

We were sworn to secrecy, so didn’t post this until someone else did.

Here they are, and congratulations to Kim Canteenwalla’s SOCIETY for being the only Las Vegas restaurant to gain this recognition.

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR:

The Bazaar, Los Angeles – The Bazaar is chef Jose Andres’s masterpiece, where he has poured everything he knows about tapas into a menu that marries regional culinary traditions with his formidable creativity. Here you can choose from two dozen traditional tapas, including piquillo peppers stuffed with goat cheese and codfish croquettes with an aioli sweetened with honey, but there’s an even wider selection of fresh inventions that elevates the honored tradition of bar snacks to new heights: liquefied mozzarella with brussels-sprout leaves and the most intense cherry tomato you’ve ever popped in your mouth.

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