RIP Carnival World Buffet. (Image: thingstodoinvegas.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nScenes from 3 Italian Restaurants<\/b><\/h2>\n
Three Las Vegas restaurants have made Tasting Table<\/em>‘s Top 20 Italian spots in the US:<\/p>\n\n- Esther\u2019s Kitchen <\/strong>in the Arts District downtown, opened in 2018 by Chef James Trees<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Brezza <\/strong>inside Resorts World, opened in 2021 by Chef Nicole Brisson<\/strong> and her former business partner, Jason Rocheleau<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Carbone,<\/strong> the Greenwich Village eatery that chefs Mario Carbone<\/strong> and Rich Torrisi<\/strong>, along with restaurateur Jeff Zalaznick,<\/strong> imported to Aria in 2015<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Comings & Goings<\/b><\/h2>\n
Green Fairy Garden,<\/strong> the communal dining terrace encircling the \u201cAbsinthe\u201d venue at Caesars Palace, recently introduced a burger joint called No Pants<\/strong> and the\u00a0Pier 17 Yacht Club<\/strong>, a speakeasy featuring $100 tots dusted with golden osetra caviar.<\/p>\nVegas Test Kitchen,<\/strong> which opened during the pandemic as a downtown incubator for local chefs to try out new concepts, is closing for good on June 3. Located at 1020 Fremont St. #120, its current menus include Down 2 Earth Plant-Based Cuisine,<\/strong> Jawgogi\u2019s American Asian,<\/strong> and Stay Tuned Burgers.<\/strong><\/p>\nResorts World is closing the lounge leading into its Chinese restaurant, Genting Place,<\/strong> to convert the space into the Golden Monkey Tiki Lounge.<\/strong> The casino hotel is making a big deal about it being the only tiki bar on the Strip. The similarly named and well-known Golden Tiki Lounge <\/strong>has been operating only 1 mile from the Strip, and 2 miles from the Resorts World site, since 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carnival World Buffet at Rio, the most revered buffet in Las Vegas 20 years ago, is being torn down to become a food hall, exemplifying the \u201cBye Las Vegas Strip Buffets, Hello Food Halls\u201d trend article published by Casino.org last month. The Rio once also featured a Village Seafood Buffet, about where Kiss minigolf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":268932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81886,82353],"tags":[85837,84864,85834,85839,85840,23,82535,85838],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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