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    Spago

    Neighborhood: 
    The Strip
    Cuisine: 
    Eclectic
    Fine Dining
    Award: 
    Best of the City
    Restaurant Awards
    Award Year(s): 
    2015
    2012
    2010
    Price: 
    $$$--under $50
    The Forum Shops at Caesars
    3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite G-1
    Las Vegas , NV
    702-369-6300
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    Last Updated: 
    April 4, 2019

    For dessert, may we recommend grasshopper cheesecake? Considering that Puck’s French pastry chef Kamel Guechida never made cheesecake before moving to the U.S., he hit a home run with this version offered at Spago. The light, delicious individual cheesecake is topped with chocolate — which would be good enough on its own. But the chef takes it further by accompanying it with toasted marshmallows, brownie bits and a scoop of mint chocolate ice cream.

    Or, perhaps you’d prefer piña colada dessert. Forget about the tropical drinks you had on your last Caribbean vacation, this frozen dessert version puts them all to shame. The chef starts with aloe-coconut shaved ice. Next, he adds pineapple compote. A crisp caramel tuile finishes it off. While capturing the namesake drink’s flavors, it’s much lighter. – A.M.

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    The dish: Let them eat cheesecake: Kamel Guechida joins Wolfgang Puck

    Aug 01, 2013

    Elite pastry chef Kamel Guechida joins the people-pleasing Wolfgang Puck empire. What the puff is going on? Kamel Guechida is facing a strange new world — one filled with cookies and cupcakes.

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    We just had to ask: The executive chef

    Jan 01, 2013

    “It’s like being a mason, building a house in one day, and then overnight someone comes and blows it up and you have to start from scratch the next day.”

    Eric Klein, executive chef at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago

    Desert Companion: When you meet someone for the first time and tell them you’re a chef, what’s the reaction?

    Eric Klein: They say, “Where are you working?”

     

    DC: And you say, “Wolfgang Puck’s Spago.

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    Best of the City: My City

    Feb 01, 2012

    Carla Pellegrino Chef/owner, Bratalian and Bacio restaurants Best place for lunch: Spago at the Forum Shops — I love the Symphony Tuna. Best late-night snack: Holsteins at The Cosmopolitan for burgers or Pellegrino’s Pizza & Deli in the Tropicana (obviously for the pizza).

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    Back to basics: Spago's David Robins forecasts the 2012 food scene

    Dec 01, 2011

    The new rule for restaurants in the coming year: Keep it simple —
    and friendly. This guy would know

    Fresh ingredients, a focus on value and a welcoming atmosphere.

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    The 2010 Restaurant Awards

    Nov 01, 2010

    The envelope (and the check), please. It's time for our annual Desert Companion Restaurant Awards.

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    The 19th Annual Restaurant Awards

    Nov 23, 2015

    Desert Companion’s 19th Annual Restaurant Awards

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