Restaurants in Las Vegas serve up some of the best (and most expensive) cuisine in the world. From Aug. 29, 2011 through Sept. 11, 2011 visitors can feast on a tantalizing variety of top chef dishes at a fraction of the regular price, thanks to the return of Restaurant Week.
For its fifth year anniversary, Restaurant Week is extending the affair an extra week with over 130 restaurants all over the city participating. Dozens of top-ranked, celebrity chef properties are offering either special three-course, prix-fixe lunch menus for $20.10, or prix-fixe dinner menus for either $30.10 or $50.10. It’s a great opportunity to sample a restaurant you’ve been dying to try and all proceeds from Restaurant Week benefit Three Square, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending hunger in Southern Nevada.
Some of the Best Restaurants in Las Vegas participate in Restaurant Week
Local favorite Twin Creeks at the Silverton Lodge is also participating in Restaurant Week 2011
Restaurants participating in this fundraiser include Wolfgang Puck’s (MGM), Aureole (Mandalay Bay), Stratta (Wynn), American Fish (Aria), Andre’s (Monte Carlo) Prime Steakhouse (Bellagio) and Spago’s (Caesar’s Palace).
The values are tremendous. For example, for the entire two weeks, Stratta is offering a three-course menu for $50.10 from 5:30PM to 10 PM with a choice of: Seared Sea Scallops w/fava beans, pancetta, Cippolini onions and roasted corn sauce;
~OR~ Roasted Pork Chops w/sweet cherry peppers and fried potatoes in a special vinegar sauce;
~OR~ Chicken Francaise w/citrus butter, capers and crispy breadcrumbs.
First course selections include a warm goat cheese salad, Caprese salad or spicy pepperoni pizza. Desert choices are: Spumoni ice cream; Chocolate, Pistachio and Cherry Gelato Swirl with Pizzelle Cookies, or Stratta’s famous Bombolini w/warm amaretti and ricotta beignets filled with Nutella.
(For late night and late late night diners, Stratta will also have an equally appetizing special menu for $30.10, available from 10:30PM to 5AM.)
American Fish is offering dinner for $50.10:
Starters: Caesar Salad or Shrimp and Grits or Manhattan Clam Chowder.
Entree: Poached Diver Scallops or Mediterranean Branzino or Mixed Grill featuring creamed corn, marbled potatoes and Peach Panzanella.
Dessert: Mascarpone Cheesecake or Valrhona Chocolate Custard or Red Velvet Cake.
Andre’s at Monte Carlo is offering a five course $50.10 prixe-fixe menu:
Starters include Chilled Consommé, an heirloom tomato salad and an artichoke soup with summer truffle mousse.
The Entrees is a choice of Grilled Ribeye Cap, Berkshire Pork, Scottish Salmon, or Free Range Chicken with foie gras mole.
Dessert is grilled white peach with almond milk sorbet and a vanilla bean jus. Note: Andre’s is closed on Mondays.
Another example of gourmet dining for only $50.10 is at Prime Steakhouse inside the Bellagio. For starters they are serving a choice of Tomato Gazpacho, Roasted Baby Beets with yogurt, hazelnuts & fresh herbs, or bacon wrapped shrimp with passion mustard and cumin scented honey. Yum!
The Entree is a choice of: Roasted Organic Chicken w/asparagus & shiitake mushrooms; or Slow Baked Salmon w/baby bok choy & a ginger-chili vinaigrette; or Filet Medallions w/sweet corn, crispy spaetzle & fiore sardo cheese.
Save room for dessert too because it includes a choice of: Warm Valrhona Chocolate Cake w/vanilla ice cream; or New York Style Cheesecake w/compressed pineapple, mango & tamarind; or Summer Berries w/a strawberry gelée & marsala cream.
More about Three Square
Three Square is an organization that serves as a central location for donated and rescued food to be collected and distributed to those in need. It provides a variety of foods, including dairy, produce and ready-to-eat meals to non-profit and faith-based organizations all across the Valley. As a community collaborative project it works to “serve hope to the hungry” by partnering with businesses all across Southern Nevada, including the gaming industry, non-profits, food distribution companies, the University Of Nevada-Las Vegas, government agencies and more. In its brief, five year history, it has provided more than 17 million pounds of food and grocery products to more than 570 program partners in the region.
For more information on Restaurant Week in Las Vegas, check out this list of participating restaurants and their Restaurant Week menus or visit ThreeSquare.org and start planning your meals now.
These two weeks in late August and early September are an excellent time to treat yourself to a gourmet meal in Vegas at nearly half the regular price. When you’ve decided upon a restaurant, be sure to call ahead for a reservation because foodies and other fans of gourmet dining will certainly be getting in line with you!
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