Five years ago, Alessandro Stratta saw his twelve year relationship with the Wynn hotels come to an unceremonious end — when his ALEX restaurant was abruptly closed. You can debate all day long what it meant for the Wynncore to replace the finest in fine dining with a bunch of no-talent dj’s and douchebags, but there’s no doubt that gastronomes from around the globe were crushed.
Calvin Trillin once wrote that anytime you see a building with a picture of a pig on it, you can bet there’s good grub inside.
Yours truly has always said that barbecue is like sex: the worst we ever had was still pretty good.
Turns out both of us were wrong.
Good food on Spring Mountain Road is now taken for granted. Extraordinary food only started to rear its splendiferous head in the past five years. Great food — the kind being served at Omae Japanese Restaurant –– has only been on the scene for a matter of months. Whether Las Vegans are ready for it remains to be seen.
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