Dinner points first urgent of Italian olive oil - Las Vegas evaluation-Journal

We've had wine dinners, beer dinners, whiskey dinners and sake dinners, so why no longer an oil dinner? They're calling it a first for Las Vegas, and we don't doubt it.

The featured oil is the first pressing of added-virgin olive oil from Tenuta di Capezzana in Italy, and the dinner will be at B&B Ristorante on the Venetian on Jan. 25. Nicole Brisson, culinary director of the Batali & Bastianich Restaurant group, became at the Capezzana property this 12 months with Beatrice Contini-Bonacossi, whose household owns the estate the place olive oil and wines have been produced for greater than 1,200 years.

"the new oil is at all times one in all my favorites every year," Brisson referred to. "the first urgent is basically a party in Italy. We had essentially the most astounding lunches and dinners, and that they used the olive oil for every little thing. i wished to bring that to Vegas and to our clientele and share it with them."

and she will, with Contini-Bonacossi, who will focus on the property and the oil-creation process. The six-path dinner with wine pairings should be $165, plus tax and tip. discuss with www.eventbrite.com.

Two veteran satisfactory-eating cooks plan to open the casual Meraki Greek Grill subsequent month at Tropicana Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard. the new undertaking will reunite Nikos Georgousis, who ran the kitchen of The Cosmopolitan's Estiatorio Milos except early this month, and Jerry Goumroian, who worked at Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, Restaurant guy Savoy and RM Seafood.

The chefs first worked together in 2006 at Goumroian's household restaurant, The fat Greek. After that bought, Goumroian opened The tremendous Greek in Henderson, which he bought this 12 months. Goumroian noted the new spot, set to open in mid-January, will offer quick casual Greek and Mediterranean fare with a rotisserie software in order to characteristic roast lamb and chook on weekends, with different objects all through the week.

Glutton, which led the new wave of restaurants in downtown Las Vegas, closed Sunday night. "We firmly stand at the back of the general product we provided," mentioned chef/owner Bradley Manchester. "We quite simply vital constant enterprise."

Sightings: Rocker Sebastian Bach signing his autobiography at Goose Island Pub on the tough Rock hotel. LeAnn Rimes and husband Eddie Cibrian at Tao at the Venetian. Portland Trailblazers famous person Greg Oden at Virgil's actual Barbecue at the Linq. Michael Cudlitz of "The walking dead" at splendor & Essex on the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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