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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]
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