French bistros are about as hip as a dickey. They’ve been around for over two hundred years, and there is nothing fancy about them (or the food they serve). But if you want to do them well, certain formulas must be followed and menus and rules adhered to.
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EATING LAS VEGAS – The 50 Essential Restaurants – 26. MICHAEL MINA
26. MICHAEL MINA
Originally opened as Aqua, this was once all about expensive things that swim—whole lobes of foie gras, caviar tastings, lobster pot pies—and wine prices that would choke a horse.
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Pondering the Peripatetic Perplexities of PUB 1842
Something for everyone generally means nothing for any one. – ELV
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The above photo is also there as proof positive that ELV loves Michael Mina — the chef and his restaurants. We like the guy, too, and consider the “Egyptian Wolfgang Puck” to be something of a genius in being able to pull off multiple concepts, in multiple locales, and keeping the quality of his product very high.
When you think about it, only Puck does it better, and Mina, now with 19 restaurants, is nipping at his heels.
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