{"id":285581,"date":"2023-08-16T19:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T00:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=285581"},"modified":"2023-08-17T12:45:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:45:26","slug":"vegas-restaurant-roundup-michael-mina-returns-to-mandalay-bay-for-seconds-resorts-world-debuts-wine-slushies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-restaurant-roundup-michael-mina-returns-to-mandalay-bay-for-seconds-resorts-world-debuts-wine-slushies\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Michael Mina Returns to Mandalay for Seconds, Resorts World Planning Ros\u00e9 Slushery"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Michael Mina<\/strong>\u00a0is set to open his second restaurant at\u00a0Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino<\/strong>. Eyeing a winter opening, Orla<\/strong> will serve seafood dishes from a number of global cuisines, including Mediterranean, North African, Western Asian, and European.<\/p>\n

\"Chef
Chef Michael Mina is opening a second restaurant at Mandalay Bay. (Image: MichaelMina.net)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The restaurant replaces Fleur,<\/strong> the beloved French regional steakhouse opened at the hotel by\u00a0Chef Hubert Keller<\/strong>\u00a0in 2005.<\/p>\n

Mina also operates StripSteak<\/strong> at Mandalay Bay and, of course, Michael Mina<\/strong> at the Bellagio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ros\u00e9 wine, maligned for decades by Baby Boomers and Gen-X as classless, is having a moment with Millennials and Gen-Z, who now choose it above all other vinos. (Image: charlotteobserver.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Days of Wine and Fros\u00e9<\/strong>s<\/h2>\n

Resorts World<\/strong> will host the Las Vegas debut of the Co-op Fros\u00e9 & Eatery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The slushery, specializing in frozen ros\u00e9 wine (get it, fros\u00e9s?<\/em>) will open this fall and operate out of kiosks on the casino floor and an Airstream at the pool. On offer will be 50 ros\u00e9 slushies in a rotating seasonal selection of about 10 at a time. Sandwiches will also be available, for those who eat.<\/p>\n

In a way, the fast-growing chain is coming home, since the idea for its signature menu item came from the giant cocktail slushies seen on the Strip for at least two decades.<\/p>\n

The co-op has outlets across the Southeast and two famous retired NFL quarterback investors. In Knoxville, Tenn., that\u2019s Eli Manning. At Resorts World, it\u2019s Sam Bradford.<\/p>\n

Dining In & Out<\/h2>\n

A year and a half after reality TV personality Brett Raymer\u00a0<\/strong>and Chef Anthony Monte<\/strong> opened Stallone\u2019s Italian Eatery, <\/strong>their Silverado Ranch restaurant with no connection to either Sylvester <\/strong>(or even Frank<\/strong>) Stallone, <\/strong>they\u2019re opening another, next to the sportsbook at Santa Fe Station Hotel and Casino<\/strong>.\u00a0Raymer created one of\u00a0Animal Planet\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>longest-running shows, \u201cTanked,\u201d which followed his work as a Las Vegas-based builder of custom fish tanks.<\/p>\n

Leoncito, <\/strong>described as \u201ca modern Mexican restaurant,\u201d will open in October at Red Rock Resorts, <\/strong>in the space formerly occupied by Hearthstone Kitchen & Cellar.<\/p>\n

Chef Joel Ott<\/strong> debuts Joel’s Chophouse on August 31 at the Ahern Luxury Boutique Hotel<\/strong> (formerly the Lucky Dragon<\/strong>). The eatery occupies the second-floor space formerly known as Chef Marc\u2019s Italian Steakhouse,<\/strong> and Ott now occupies Chef Marc (Sgrizzi)\u2019s job as the hotel\u2019s executive chef.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Michael Mina\u00a0is set to open his second restaurant at\u00a0Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Eyeing a winter opening, Orla will serve seafood dishes from a number of global cuisines, including Mediterranean, North African, Western Asian, and European. 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