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Meatball Spot [Photo: Bradley Martin]
Meatball Spot
Address: Miracle Mile Shops, 3663 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Phone: 702-866-0703
Status: Certified open
Meatball Spot has come back from the dead at the Miracle Mile Shops, no longer as a celebrity hosting restaurant, but as a fast food counter. Once a full-service destination at Town Square run by chef Carla Pellegrino, the new take-out venture features five tables open to the shopping mall and a trimmed down menu. The Town Square location abruptly shuttered in August after less than a year in business.
Trading on a never confirmed rumor that Britney Spears was a partner in the venture, the food court-style design befits the very casual concept's ambition to expand beyond this location.
Hoping to capitalize on the adjacent location to the entrance to the PH Live theater where Britney Spears will begin a two-year residency beginning Dec. 27., the very limited seating and lack of ease in eating the Meatball Spot's food standing up might prove a disadvantage for those hoping to grab a quick snack while waiting on line for the show to begin.
The minimal look and design, matches the newly compressed menu of meatballs, salads and sandwiches. Current sandwiches options are restricted to meatball fillings. Unlike the previous incarnation, no cocktails or alcohol are on offer, nor desserts.
Open seven days a week, the Meatball Spot offers no updates or menu listing on their Website, which still promotes the shuttered Town Square location, but their Facebook page reports opening hours are 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily.
Meatball Spot [Photo: Bradley Martin]
1) Choose your favorite meatball
Mix and match
Classic
Blend of beef, veal and pork with Romano cheese and fresh herbs.
Chicken
Farm raised chicken with Parmesan cheese, garlic and fresh parsley.
Turkey
Free range turkey with Parmesan cheese, garlic and fresh herbs.
Pork
Pork blended with fennel, fresh herbs and spices.
2) Choose a cup, sandwich or sliders
4 meatballs $7.95, 3 meatballs $5.95, 2 meatballs $3.95
3) Choose your sauce
Classic tomato
Simply delicious, tastes like home.
Spicy meat sauce
Slowly cooked beef, pork and veal with fresh tomatoes, herbs and spices.
Parmesan cream
Parmesan cheese butter and onions in a cream based sauce.
Mushroom gravy
Sauteed mushroom and onions, white wine and chicken stock.
4) Cheese
Mozzarella $1.50
5) Choose a side
$3.95
Rigatoni
Mac and Cheese
Creamed spinach
Sauteed broccoli
House salad
Meatball sampler
$12.95
4 meatballs, 1 side, regular drink
Flatbreads
$6.95
Create your own take out salad
$8.95
1) Choose your Greens
2) Choose your toppings
choose up to four
Avocado, butter croutons, mozzarella, bacon bits, carrots, Parmesan, bell pepper, cucumbers, red onion, black olives, garlic croutons, tomatoes, broccoli, walnuts.
3) Choose your dressing
Balsamic vinaigrette, herb vinaigrette, ranch, Caesar, thousand island, oil & vinegar.
4) Choose your proteins
$3.95
Chicken
Peperoni
Turkey
Salami
Beverages
Medium $2.55, large $2.95, bottled water $2.55.
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