While it won’t open its doors to the public until Monday, Circa owner Derek Stevens offered a preview Tuesday of the resort’s luxurious rooftop lounge.
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The restaurant is part of M Resort and the Raiders 10-year founding partnership deal that deems the resort the official hotel of the team’s headquarters.
Merry Crimson, which opened on Thanksgiving Day, includes numerous extreme photo ops including a live Elf on the Shelf, and a menu of a dozen holiday cocktails.
Hot beverages, which have taken social media by storm, start as simple-enough chocolate spheres that, when steaming milk is poured over, melt into hot chocolate with marshmallows.
Property’s teams join forces to build sweet replica of Summerlin resort, with detail work including the sign, palm trees and cars out front.
Plenty of nods to classic Las Vegas will be visible at Circa. But you would be hard-pressed to find one as iconic or as tasty as a 99-cent shrimp cocktail.
The Greek seafood restaurant is preparing for its move by early next year to The Venetian.
Maverick Helicopters and Lip Smacking Foodie Tours are collaborating on Savory Bites & Neon Lights, which includes restaurant tours and noshing, plus a flight over the Strip.
Chef/owner Dan Coughlin, best known to local foodies for his pioneering Fremont Street restaurant Le Thai, said the opening date moved up from December to Oct. 28.
Estiatorio Milos is leaving The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, although details of when it will close its doors, and where it may resurface, are still fuzzy.
When it opens with Circa late next month, Barry’s Downtown Prime will have elements of Barry Dakake’s 18 years at the Palms, with new twists.
The closing of Wynn Las Vegas’ modified buffet doesn’t sound a death knell for the genre, experts say, but operators have to find the right formula.
The restaurants at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas will include longtime Hard Rock Hotel favorites Nobu, MB Steak and Pizza Forte as well as spots new to the market.
Smokehouse Sundays and Monday wine deals, plus a private event room, featured at Majordomo Meat & Fish.
The resort’s first-floor urban food hall will include spots specializing in chicken and rice, clay-pot dishes, yakitori and the Malaysian flatbread dish roti canai.