So offended is Eating Las Vegas by these goomba-centric, faux tough guy ads: …promoting Steve Martorano’s restaurant in the Rio as “Italian Food You Can’t Resist,” that we at ELV are inspired to, yet again, write even more (bad) haiku:
Irresistible
food says Stevie and p.r. folks.
Resistance easy.
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This shrimp dish:…has been served at Rosemary’s since day one, is the first thing ELV ever ate at the restaurant, and to this day, retains its exalted position on the top left of the menu.
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http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/may2009/sb20090512_563898.htm
…Takes you through a list of America’s oldest restaurants.
The inclusion of The Berghoff and Delmonico’s, however, is inexcusable. The Berghoff — formerly one of ELV’s favorite places in the world — closed in ’06. (In response to a posted comment: The Berghoff closed as a full service restaurant, but the space is available for catered events. In our eyes, if a place wants credit and publicity for being a continuous service restaurant, it needs to remain open as a continuous service restaurant.)
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