Lizzo Dines at Beauty & Essex While More Stars Ring in the New Year in Las Vegas

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Singer Lizzo dined in the private dining room at Beauty & Essex inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on December 30. The singer and 25 friends ordered grilled cheese, smoked bacon and tomato soup dumplings, tuna poke wonton tacos, and oven-braised chicken meatballs. Rapper Nas dined at Beauty & Essex with a group of friends that night, as did drag queen Aquaria. [EaterWire]

Reality television personality La La Anthony and Shahs of Sunset star Mike Shouhed dined with friends at separate tables at Tao Asian Bistro at the Venetian on December 30. Rapper Nas dined in the private dining room on New Year’s Eve. [EaterWire]

British singer-songwriter and X-Factor star Leona Lewis partied at The Mayfair Supper Club at the Bellagio on opening night on New Year’s Eve. Vampire Diaries cast members Nina Dobrev, Tanner Novlan and his wife Kayla Ewell, and Candice (Accola) King reunited at the venue to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Olympic champion and snowboarding legend Shaun White, Accola’s husband and The Fray’s guitarist Joe King, and German model Daniel Bamdad joined the party. Last Friday night, pop star Lady Gaga and friends previewed The Mayfair Supper Club, dining on prime rib, roasted salmon, Waldorf salad, and vegetable pot pie with a large group of friends. [EaterWire]

Last Monday night, restaurateur Ayesha Curry and chef Michael Mina officially opened International Smoke at the MGM Grand with Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry (and Ayesha’s husband) and singer Drake on hand. [EaterWire]

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