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Melissa, besides being quite the croissant cutie, also serves what might be the best pastries in town at Bonjour Bakery.
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The most interesting thing about Comme Ça (pronounced kohm sah, meaning: “like that”) is that it isn’t afraid to challenge Bouchon and Mon Ami Gabi at their own game, i.e., classic French bistro food. That Comme Ça thinks it can do so within a stone’s throw of one (MAG) and just a half mile from the other (Bouchon) is a testament to the confidence of a baby faced, American/Californian chef named David Myers.
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“In Spain and Europe, even middle class people are proud to spend their money on the best, fresh food from farmers and fisherman. But too many people here (read: Americans) have gotten spoiled and now want everything cheap.” So says José Andrés (arguably the chef with the most food cred in America right now) to me as we discuss the most remarkable restaurant to open in Las Vegas in the past five years. Essentially, that restaurant is his competition — sitting as it does a stone’s throw from Jaleo (his just-opened spot) across the third floor of The Cosmopolitan — in what will soon be called The Ultimate Gourmet Food Court by every gastronome in America.