ELV goes Greek to Greek (feta to feta?) with MILOS founder Costas Spiliadis

ELV note: The original of this article appears in today’s issue of the Las Vegas Weekly.

COSMO’S ESTIATORIO MILOS REFLECTS ITS CREATOR’S BACK-TO-BASICS VISION

“I got into this business to change how people think about Greek food.” That’s how 63-year-old Costas Spiliadis greets me as we sit down for lunch. With the opening of his Estiatorio Milos inside the Cosmpolitan fast approaching, he’s living at the Mandarin Oriental these days, training his staff round the clock. He’s ready to be questioned, Greek to Greek, about running the best Greek restaurants in the world.

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Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid…

ELV keeps hearing that Harrah’s/Caesars/Paris (or whatever they’re calling it these days) is close to closing a deal with über-famous-foul-mouth-food-Brit Gordon Ramsay to take over the Les Artistes Steakhouse space in the Paris hotel.

To which ELV can only say: What the *^&$^%$ are they thinking about putting such a high wattage food celeb in such a %$^%$#@$%@ space? I wouldn’t put my name on such &^%%$#, and they should have their *&(^*%$^ heads examined.

But if it’s true, and Ramsay does come to town, our staff:

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thinks it will be (&^%*&$%&*^ awesome!