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Meet the New Boss
Will two decades at Caesars Entertainment translate to success at Wynn Resorts? Marilyn Spiegel is about to find out.
March 3rd, 2011
Marilyn Spiegel knows plenty about luxury. When Spiegel, 58, replaced Andrew Pascal as president of Wynn Las Vegas in December, some figured that the 22-year veteran of Harrah’s (now Caesars) Entertainment was brought on board to apply that company’s bottom-line oriented, value-driven strategy to Steve Wynn’s namesake, substituting five-star service for an economy of scale. Read more »
Diner’s Notebook
Secret dining rooms, Bartolotta steps into the spotlight and a San Francisco treat
February 10th, 2011
Your tax dollars are being put to good use as the federal government has just issued the newest edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans — advising the consumtion of less salt and sugar, and to integrate more seafood and whole grains into your diet. So I wonder what the government wags would have said about the chemically enhanced, intricate, hard-to-define in terms of food groups dinner I ate at José Andrés’ É, the wondrous eight-seat sanctum inside Jaleo at the Cosmopolitan. Read more »
Profile
So Rude!
Going beyond mere manners with Rick Rude
January 27th, 2011
Los Angelino and S.K.A.M. Artist DJ Rick Rude will sojourn at Blush Boutique Nightclub in Wynn, spinning everything from disco-electro to hip-hop Thursdays beginning Jan. 27 through March. Read more »
The People Issue
Kimberly Valdez
Dessert Virtuoso
January 27th, 2011
Kimberly Valdez is being modest when she says that her “biggest asset is the ability to give a chef what he wants.” It’s her relentless creativity that has resulted in some of the most innovative desserts in Las Vegas today. Valdez is responsible for satisfying the sweet tooth at Wynn restaurants, and she’s made sure the experience is always unique. Read more »
Scene
Artists in Residence
Vegas nightclubs anoint a grip of celebrity DJs to resident status
January 13th, 2011
The observant partier could see it coming in 2010 with the likes of Z-Trip, Lil Jon and Steve Aoki, but it looks like 2011 will be the year that resident DJs fulfill the promise made in 2008 by Paul Oakenfold’s Perfecto and take over Las Vegas nightlife completely. This year will see Tiësto at The Joint and Erick Morillo at Marquee, with Kaskade moving over there from Encore Beach Club as well. Then there’s XS, coming out of the gate with not one, but two big-name residents—the first since the club opened early in 2009. Read more »
The Latest
Au Revoir, Alex
French dining establishment goes dark
January 13th, 2011
Wynn Las Vegas shocked the world recently with news that their signature gourmet restaurant, Alex, will be closing Jan. 15. What made Alex significant is not just the two-Michelin-star designation, or the Grand Award for its wine list from Wine Spectator. For aficionados of fine dining, the landmark service, décor and artistry of chef Alex Stratta set the bar almost impossibly high in this city of fine dining establishments. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Fresh
As served at Lakeside Grill in Wynn, $14
January 6th, 2011
It’s been a long, cold and rainy winter, so naturally we’ve been dousing our troubles with scotch, bourbon, rye, and aged tequila and rum—spirits brown as yard mud. Sweeping into the room like spring’s first breezes is Wynn Resorts property mixologist Patricia Richards’ Fresh cocktail, created for Lakeside Grill. Read more »
Diner’s Notebook
A new Thai place, green chiles on wheels and vegan delights
January 6th, 2011
Two trends we can expect to see continue throughout 2011 are the proliferation of non-Chinese Asian restaurants on the Strip and a spate of new food trucks. Read more »
Seven Questions
Sean Christie
The man behind Encore Beach Club and Surrender talks about getting started in the business at keg parties in Boston, and the emergence of nightlife as one of the city’s dominant industries
December 23rd, 2010
Sean Christie has been working in the hospitality industry since he was 7, helping his parents and grandparents at a family-owned restaurant in his native Boston. By the time he was in high school, Christie was turning a profit throwing parties at friends’ houses, and by the age of 19 he began promoting and managing Boston-area nightclubs. Read more »
Scene
Get Into His Mind
New Surrender resident DJ Lil Jon on stress relief, Barry Manilow and, of course, crunkness
December 16th, 2010
Likely breaking all kinds of FAA rules, rapper, DJ and Surrender’s newest resident DJ Lil Jon (next appearing Dec. 29) dropped Vegas Seven a line from 36,000 feet. Read more »
