Border Grill Chefs Plan a New Restaurant

SANTA MONICA — Chefs and Too Hot Tamales Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken plant to open a new Mexican restaurant on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and 20th Street by this fall. The duo has Border Grill at Mandalay Bay and just closed a second Vegas location at the Forum Shops at Caesars. BBQ Mexicana opens on June 4. [Eater LA]

MONTICELLO, NEW YORK — Chef Scott Conant debuted a new Italian steakhouse at Resorts World Catskills. Cellaio features aged steaks, antipasti, salads, and pastas made in house. A wine cellar features more than 500 wines, which can be uncorked at an interactive wine decanting station. Cellaio marks Conant’s fifth restaurant in his SC Restaurant Group. In Las Vegas, he has Masso Osteria at Red Rock Resort. [NYUP.com]

VENETIAN — Emeril Lagasse’s Delmonico Steakhouse how has a new three-course weekend lunch menu available for $38 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday for the summer with optional $17 bottomless sangria. Choices include heirloom tomato soup with whipped ricotta and basil; organic baby mixed green salad with Creole spiced croutons, sherry vinaigrette, shaved manchego cheese, teardrop tomatoes, and red onion; French onion soup with fontina baguette crouton; or beef carpaccio with parmesan reggiano, wild arugula, crispy capers, and roasted garlic emulsion. Second-course options include a bacon cheeseburger on a brioche roll with apple bacon, Wisconsin cheddar, and sea salt fries; torchio pasta with wild mushrooms, white wine butter, and toasted bread crumbs; Creekstone Farms angus tenderloin salad with hearts of romaine, buttermilk blue cheese dressing, pickled red onions, herb croutons, shaved radishes, and Wisconsin blue cheese; Creekstone Farms angus tenderloin sandwich on ciabatta bread with roasted mushrooms, horseradish mayonnaise, savoy spinach, and sweet onion rings; or crispy fried young chicken with warm black-eyed pea salad and spicy creole tomato glaze. For dessert, a banana cream parfait with caramel sauce, chocolate shavings, whipped cream, and graham cracker crumbs; German chocolate cake with coconut pecan frosting; or pecan pie with oatmeal shortbread crust, vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. [EaterWire]

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