35 Restaurants Nab Kudos from Vegas Seven

No less than 35 restaurants land accolades from Vegas Seven this week with the Best Restaurant Awards 2012 hitting newsstands.

Just about every new restaurant of note that opened in the past year makes the list that includes kudos for Le Thai, Kabuto, Mizumi, Gordon Ramsay Steak, Old Homestead Steakhouse, Tetsu, Bacchanal Buffet, Allegro and Dom Demarco's.

Of the more interesting categories, the Fanciest Fried Chicken with the buttermilk fried chicken at Bouchon making the cut and the Best Free Thing(s) featuring the amuse-bouche drinks at Sage and Sirio.

The entire list:

Best Restaurant (On Strip): Joël Robuchon

Best Restaurant (Off-Strip): Kabuto

Best Steak House: Cut

Best Seafood: Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare

Best Thai: Penn's Thai House

Best Chinese: Hong Kong Garden

Best Chef (On Strip): Devin Hashimoto at Mizumi

Best Chef (Off-Strip): Daniel Coughlin at Le Thai

Best Dish: Squid Ink Pasta Carbonara at Valentino

Best French: Guy Savoy

Best Breakfast: The Maple Tree Café

Best Lunch: Estiatorio Milos

Best Desserts: Bacchanal Buffet

Best Restaurant Design: Tetsu

Best Service: Old Homestead

Best New Restaurant: Gordon Ramsay Steak

Best Croissant: Bonjour Bakery

Best Buffet: Wicked Spoon

Best Gateway Offal: Bone Marrow

Best Lowbrow Dive Dish: Steamed Chicken Chinese Sausage Rice Bowl at Big Wong

Best Outside-the-Box Dinner: Wine 5 Café

Fanciest Fried Chicken: Buttermilk Fried Chicken at Bouchon

Green Thumb Award: Mark LoRusso at Botero

Best New Bacon: Guanciale

Best Unheralded Ethnic Cuisine: Peruvian

Best Free Thing: Amuse-Bouche Drinks at Sage and Sirio

Best Brunch: Border Grill

Best Barista: Jonah Vongdala at Social House

Cheese of the Moment: Burrata at Allegro

Best New Pizzeria: Dom Demarco's Pizzeria & Bar

Most Dynamic Restaurant: Comme Ça

Best Restaurant Happy Hour: Twin Creeks

Best Reason to Get Messy: The Boiling Crab
· Best Restaurant Awards 2012 [VS]
Kabuto [Photo: Bradley Martin]