
I didn’t make it to Circo’s last night, last night, and that’s probably for the best.

ELV note: We ran this item last year, and, if anything, everything we wrote then is even more relevant now. For those of you who will protest with comments like: “This is a restaurant Web site, why are you writing about other things? Blah, blah, blah…” (and believe us, we get a number of them), all we can say is: This is ELV! He writes about what he wants when he wants, and hopes you enjoy the ride. If you don’t, remember our solemn pledge to our loyal readers: All opinions guaranteed or your money back!
THE HATERS GUIDE TO FOOTBALL
Most professional athletes are assholes pretending to be nice guys. – Mike Lupica
When Oscar Wilde said: “Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow,” he must have been thinking about Roger Goodell. – ELV
Between its tin-pot nationalism, greedy, billionaire owners, corrupt colleges, and players (who are either absolute assholes or brain-damaged morons) it’s getting easier and easier to loathe everything about football. Below is a primer for those who are either unaware of its idiocies, or who turn a blind eye to the stupefying witlessness of the game, and the shameless arrogance of those who bring it into our living rooms.

ELV, the man, the myth, the arbiter of all things culinary in Las Vegas, has hit the home stretch in listing the 50 Essential Restaurants® of Las Vegas.
Below are the first 36.
Care to validate, vandalize, vilify, or vet any of his picks for their vacuity?
Or perhaps vouchsafe some of your own volition?
Then please vacate this vellum and veer to the comments section.
But, verily, be sure to verbalize your vehement and venomous vexation with his vaunted, viable, vulpine, veritable, venerable, voluble and voluptuous vichyssoise without vituperation or verbosity.
Lest we vanquish you.
The List:
1. Joël Robuchon
2. Restaurant Guy Savoy
3. L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
4. Raku/Sweets Raku
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