Eater Vegas - Everything You Need To Know About GiadaThe Las Vegas Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife Bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52682/favicon-32x32.png2015-02-11T09:00:03-08:00http://vegas.eater.com/rss/stream/67436322015-02-11T09:00:03-08:002015-02-11T09:00:03-08:00Locals Score a Deal at Giada
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<p>Giada De Laurentiis wants Nevadans to try breakfast and lunch. </p> <p><b>Giada</b>, the first restaurant from Food Network star <b>Giada De Laurentiis</b>, is offering locals a chance to try her food at a discount. Her restaurant at The Cromwell, now offers 20 percent off breakfast and lunch, valid Monday through Friday through the end of March.<br><br>Her breakfast includes eight dishes, pressed juices and sweet and savory pastries. Try the salmon cake Benedict; polenta waffles two ways — strawberry polenta waffle with grilled pineapple and Nutella and sunrise polenta waffle with pancetta and two sunny-side eggs; and Italian hash made with marble potatoes, Nueske’s bacon, Finocchiona salumi, peppers, tomato and onion confit with a sunny side up egg.<br><br>At lunch try the Waldorf panzanella salad with raisin walnut bread and roasted shallot vinaigrette; lemon pesto grilled cheese with heirloom tomatoes with prosciutto San Danielle; and Caprese frittata with fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes and basil.<br><br>Breakfast is served daily from 9 to 11 a.m., and lunch is from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.<br><br>Guests should bring a valid Nevada ID to score the deal. A maximum of six people in one party can partake in the discount, which does not include retail items.</p>
https://vegas.eater.com/2015/2/11/8017167/locals-score-a-deal-at-giadaSusan Stapleton2014-11-25T10:00:02-08:002014-11-25T10:00:02-08:00Could Giada De Laurentiis Open a Second Restaurant in Las Vegas?
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<p>Rumors point to Giada taking over the Central Michel Richard space at Caesars Palace. </p> <p>Rumors are flying that pint-sized Food Network star <b>Giada De Laurentiis</b> is looking for her second restaurant in Las Vegas and could take over <b>Central Michel Richard</b> at <b>Caesars Palace</b>. De Laurentiis, who already has her three-meal eponymous restaurant <b>Giada</b> at <b>The Cromwell</b>, reportedly "taken a serious look by invitation of Caesars executives at chef Michel Richard’s Central 24/7 there that’s been going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy," the<i> <a target="_blank" href="http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2014/nov/24/mass-firings-zumanity-katy-perry-pharrell-paris-hi/#.VHPmZZtZLA4.twitter"><i>Las Vegas Sun</i></a></i> reports.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/7/23/6182299/central-michel-richard-files-for-bankruptcy-protection">Central filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July</a> and reorganized in October. In July Richard estimated the number of creditors between "50-99" and the liabilities reaching more than $1 million, but the company assets are only estimated to be valued between "$500,001 to $1 million."</p>
<p>The 10,000-square-foot restaurant in the lobby of Caesars Palace debuted as a 24-hour dining spot in 2011 with an estimated construction cost of $4.5 million.</p>
<p>De Laurentiis plans to expand the main dining room of her restaurant at The Cromwell and add a second private dining area with a patio overlooking the Strip "to capitalize on the venue’s popularity. <br><br>The wildly popular Giada started serving <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/7/21/6184017/revealing-the-entire-lunch-menu-from-giada-de-laurentiis">lunch</a> in July and <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/10/14/6979345/behold-the-entire-eight-item-breakfast-menu-at-giada">breakfast</a> in September. She hinted that <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/4/8/6244925/giada-de-laurentiis-promises-an-italian-dim-sum-brunch">brunch</a> should be on the agenda as well.</p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/2014/11/25/7281827/could-giada-de-laurentiis-open-a-second-restaurant-in-las-vegasSusan Stapleton2014-11-11T11:00:02-08:002014-11-11T11:00:02-08:00Now for an Encore From Giada De Laurentiis
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<p>Here's what the pint-sized Food Network star has planned next. </p> <p>What could <b>Giada De Laurentiis</b> possibly to next to bring more people into her already difficult to book restaurant <b>Giada</b> at The Cromwell? How about an expansion. The Caesars Entertainment quarterly report notes that the resort plans to expand the main dining room and add a second private dining area with a patio overlooking the Strip “to capitalize on the venue’s popularity. <br><br>The wildly popular Giada started serving <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/7/21/6184017/revealing-the-entire-lunch-menu-from-giada-de-laurentiis">lunch</a> in July and <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/10/14/6979345/behold-the-entire-eight-item-breakfast-menu-at-giada">breakfast</a> in September. She hinted that <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/4/8/6244925/giada-de-laurentiis-promises-an-italian-dim-sum-brunch">brunch</a> should be on the agenda as well. <br></p>
https://vegas.eater.com/2014/11/11/7190075/now-for-an-encore-from-giada-de-laurentiisSusan Stapleton2014-10-14T16:46:11-07:002014-10-14T16:46:11-07:00Behold, The Entire Eight-Item Breakfast Menu at Giada
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<p>Giada De Laurentiis doesn't serve up the typical morning meal.</p> <p>Just yesterday, <i>Eater Vegas</i> <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/10/13/6970095/giada-debuts-breakfast">unveiled that breakfast is being served at <b>Giada De Laurentiis</b>’ first restaurant</a> at The Cromwell, and now, the entire eight-item menu. <br><br>De Laurentiis uses her salmon cakes in the salmon cake Benedict with a prosecco Hollandaise sauce. <br><br>She uses polenta in her waffles serving one with pancetta, chives, two sunny side up eggs and a side of both béchamel and noble maple syrup and the other with strawberries, grilled pineapple and Nutella. She also uses polenta in her breakfast Contadina with two eggs served any style, crispy polenta cakes, wilted spinach, oven roasted tomatoes and toast and the polenta en cocotte with creamy polenta, spicy sausage, dried cranberries and Calabrian chile with two poached eggs. <br><br>The menu also features an Italian hash, made with marble potatoes, Nueske’s bacon, Finocchiona salumi, peppers, tomato and onion confit with a sunny side up egg. Also on the menu, breakfast American with two eggs served any style, lemon smashed potatoes with the choice of sweet sausage meatballs or bacon and toast and the chia seed parfait with fresh raspberry, chia seeds, maple sweetened Greek yogurt and toasted Marcona almonds.<br> <br>Fresh pressed juices are also available, including the Rise & Shine, which features spinach, carrots, apples, celery, lemon and ginger, and The Palm, made with pineapple, apple, lemon and mint.<br><br>Both the breakfast and lunch menus are served from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.</p>
https://vegas.eater.com/2014/10/14/6979345/behold-the-entire-eight-item-breakfast-menu-at-giadaSusan Stapleton2014-10-13T11:00:02-07:002014-10-13T11:00:02-07:00Giada Debuts Breakfast
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<p>Giada De Laurentiis is in the house with a bacon and eggs T-shirt. </p> <p><b>Giada De Laurentiis</b>’ first restaurant at The Cromwell <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/10/10/6958495/giada-starts-serving-breakfast-on-monday">started serving breakfast this morning at 8 a.m.</a> with seven new items on the menu. <br><br>A hostess at the restaurant says breakfast is walk-in only from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., with breakfast items served until noon. <br><br>Some of the new dishes include waffles with strawberries, an Italian hash with pancetta and vegetables and a chai parfait. Other reported items include waffles with a fried egg on top and donuts. <br><br>De Laurentiis herself is in the house for the debut.</p>
<p><b>UPDATE:</b> <a target="_blank" href="http://vegas.eater.com/2014/10/14/6979345/behold-the-entire-eight-item-breakfast-menu-at-giada">For the entire menu, head here</a>.</p>
https://vegas.eater.com/2014/10/13/6970095/giada-debuts-breakfastSusan Stapleton2014-08-15T03:00:00-07:002014-08-15T03:00:00-07:00Pete Wells Visits Giada, Heads to Off-Strip Dining Darlings
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<p>The <i>New York Times</i>' <b>Pete Wells</b> takes a spin through Las Vegas, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/dining/you-dont-need-to-tell-them-giada-sent-you.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0">stopping at <b>Giada De Laurentiis</b>' very first restaurant, <b>Giada</b> at <b>The Cromwell</b></a>. He notes that it's not very difficult to see De Laurentiis' imprint on the restaurant. "Ms. De Laurentiis is invoked so often that it can seem she wants you to feel as if you're in her museum."</p>
<p>As for the food, he wasn't wowed. He calls the bucatini "flaccid" and "bland," the margherita pizzette "soft as a Parker House roll and covered with mozzarella that had the pale-yellow color and elusive flavor of processed cheese," and the chicken cacciatore for two "a puzzle whose pieces didn't fit." The version he was presented was much different from the dish he was served.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/dining/las-vegas-off-the-eaten-path.html">Wells also headed off-Strip to check out some of the homegrown restaurants here.</a></p>
<blockquote>Every day, I would leave my hotel in the City Center complex for some other part of town, eat a couple of lunches followed by a dinner or two, then return to my hotel bed. I believe this makes me the first person in history who went to the Las Vegas Strip to sleep.</blockquote>
<p>Among his stops, <b>Sweets Raku</b> ("Of all the surprises that made my meal at Sweets Raku so entertaining, perhaps the most interesting was its location: a shopping plaza about two miles from the Las Vegas Strip", <b>Mitsuo Endo</b>'s <b>Aburiya Raku</b> ("an exquisite yakitori grill"), <b>Kabuto</b> (he didn't like the "overcooked omelet or the menu format, which forced me to take some lackluster grilled items" but he admired the sashimi), <b>Chada Thai & Wine</b> (the cooking is "more exact and polished" than <b>Lotus of Siam</b>'s), <b>Carson Kitchen</b> ("The menu of small plates is antic and border-crossing in a way that could be awful or great."), <b>Eat</b> ("If I were staying nearby, I'd start every day with Eat's biscuits in strawberry sauce, an ingenious way to turn breakfast into dessert, and come back at lunch for corned beef hash, the real article."), <b>Le Thai </b>(he liked the pork jerky and fried rice "with bits of sweet and full-flavored short rib.") and <b>Honey Salt</b> ("cooking that's seasonal, up-to-date and refreshingly free of drama.").</p>
<p>On Twitter, Wells says that <a href="https://twitter.com/pete_wells/status/499298384369688576"><b>Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen & Bar</b> is "easily twice as good as his restaurant in Times Square."</a> Of course, the New York outpost earned zero stars from the critic.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in Vegas, <b>Al Mancini </b>and <b>Brock Radke</b> both visit <b>Lyfe Kitchen</b> in <b>The District at Green Valley Ranch</b>. Both loved the Pizzadillawich, a flatbread sandwich with veggies and goat cheese mozzarella.</p>
<p><a href="http://vegasseven.com/2014/08/12/lyfe-kitchen-haven-healthy-eaters/#sthash.VgWSsvRu.dpuf">Mancini didn't care for the "un-fried Buffalo chicken strips" and the "spicy tomato sauce that came with my salmon, which was delicious, really drowned out the taste of the mild fish."</a> But the disaster came with the grass-fed hamburger: "…what I got was a factory-stamped hockey puck of beef that was well done and horrifically dry, not even up to McDonald's or Burger King quality." [VS]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/dining/reviews/2014/aug/13/want-eat-right-and-enjoy-your-food-lyfe-kitchen-yo/">By contrast, Radke says the grass-fed hamburger</a> "is a happy replacement any time you get a Big Mac craving, much more meaty and satisfying than any clown could conceive." [LVRJ]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/heidi-knapp-rinella/du-par-s-changes-tune-about-pancakes"><b>HKR</b> gets on her high horse to proclaim that her one visit to a restaurant is justified because "this newspaper pays for everything I eat in the line of duty, while other critics generally take freebies, which is an ethical compromise.</a> Besides, after — holy hell! — more than 30 years of doing this, I can usually tell when something's not as it normally would be." She gives the pancakes at <b>Du-Par's</b> an A-. [LVRJ]</p>
<p><a href="http://endoedibles.com/?p=21755"><b>Michael Uzmann</b> heads to <b>Andre Rochat</b>'s <b>Alizé</b> at the <b>Palms</b> and gives it two and a half stars.</a> "Alizé is yet another in a long line of Las Vegas restaurants serving food that is simply 'good enough' without truly pushing the envelope of creativity." He recommends the Dover sole, lamb, souffle, gnocchi and gluten-free rolls and advises diners to steer clear of the rabbit that was "overcooked and underseasoned while the duck was lost in the sweeter accoutrements." [EE]<br>· <a href="http://vegas.eater.com/tags/week-in-reviews">All Week in Reviews</a> [~ELV~]</p>
https://vegas.eater.com/2014/8/15/6170169/pete-wells-visits-giada-heads-to-off-strip-dining-darlingsSusan Stapleton2014-07-21T03:00:00-07:002014-07-21T03:00:00-07:00Revealing the Entire Lunch Menu from Giada De Laurentiis
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<p>Here now, the entire lunch menu at <b>Giada</b>, the very first restaurant from pint-sized <b>Food Network</b> star <b>Giada De Laurentiis</b>. Now the restaurant at <b>The Cromwell</b>, serves lunch daily from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Find antipasti found on the dinner menu as well as three more pizzas including Gorgonzola with kale and mushrooms, sweet ricotta with pink peppercorns, arugula and apple balsamic and carbonara with crispy pancetta, sunny side up egg, fontina and gruyère. Six sandwiches make the cut including a muffuletta, lemon pesto grilled cheese, tuna with white bean spread on focaccia, a Venetian panino, tenderloin sliders and a lobster roll. Only two pastas are on the menu, unfortunately <a href="http://vegas.eater.com/archives/2014/06/05/giada-de-laurentiis-on-the-phonetic-spellings-on-her-menu.php">without Giada's phonetic spellings</a>. Go ahead, take a look.</p>
<p><b>Antipasti<br>Vegetable</b><br>Marinated Olives with herbs & citrus $8<br>Caponata with balsamic & toasted pinenuts $8<br>Wood Roasted Mushrooms with toasted marcona almonds & ricotta salata $13<br>Peperonata with caper berries & macadamia nuts $8<br>Tre Fagioli with green, yellow, edamame & toasted fregola $11<br>Baby Sweet Peppers with goat cheese & olive tapenade $12<br>Cipollini onions, agrodolce style $8</p>
<p><b>Meat</b><br>Orzo Meatballs with parmesan pomodoro $14<br>Chicken Marsala Meatballs with roasted wild mushrooms $14</p>
<p><b>Cheese</b><br>Mozzarella with citrus chili pesto $11<br>Burrata with balsamic-salt $12<br>Pecorino Tartufo with apricot preserves $15<br>Gorgonzola Dolce with raw pear honey $13<br>Parmigiano-Reggiano with wild-sage honey $13</p>
<p><b>Salumi Crudo - house made fig mostarda</b><br>Bresaola $13<br>Prosciutto San Daniele $17<br>Finocchiona $12<br>Coppa $12</p>
<p><b>Soup</b><br>Pasta e Fagoli $9</p>
<p><b>Salad</b><br>Chopped Tricolore prosciutto San Danielle, tuscan kale, endive, radicchio, dates,walnuts, gorgonzola dolce $16<br>Romaine torn croutons, fried capers & citrus caesar vinaigrette $16 with chicken paillard $22 with shrimp $28<br>Arugula candied lemon & parmesan 14 with prosciutto San Danielle 20 with chicken paillard $22<br>Waldorf Panzanella raisin walnut bread, spinach, basil, celery, red onion,<br>apple, bleu cheese, roasted shallot vinaigrette $16<br>Italian Farro tuscan kale, cabecou goat cheese, tender farro, bing cherries,<br>cucumber, mint vinaigrette 16</p>
<p><b>Sandwiches - with arugula salad or zucchini scapecce</b><br>Muffuletta mortadella, finocchiona, porchetta, prosciutto cotto, aged provolone<br>$18<br>Lemon Pesto Grilled Cheese with heirloom tomatoes $16 with prosciutto San Danielle $22<br>Tuna with white bean spread on focaccia $19<br>Venetian Panino turkey, gruyère, fontina, whole mustard, peppadew $18<br>Tenderloin Sliders with pepper jelly on cacio e pepe rolls $30<br>Lobster Roll with lemon basil aïoli & fried capers $35</p>
<p><b>Pizza</b><br>Mortadella bianca $15<br>Gorgonzola kale & mushroom $16<br>Margherita oven roasted campari tomatoes, mozzarella, basil $14<br>Salumi Picante spicy dry sausage, san marzano tomato sauce, mozzarella, oregano $16<br>Sweet Ricotta with pink peppercorns, arugula & apple balsamic $15<br>Carbonara crispy pancetta, sunny side up egg, fontina & gruyère $16</p>
<p><b>Al Forno</b><br>G's Baked Pasta $24<br>Caprese Frittata three eggs, fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes & basil $17<br>with prosciutto San Danielle $23</p>
<p><b>Signature Cocktails $15</b><br>G Kappa Pisco, pineapple simple syrup, fresh lime, homemade apricot preserves, egg white & Angostura bitters<br>Barbarella 1968<br>Tanqueray No. TEN, orange spice ginger beer, fresh lemon & basil foam<br>Fortunella 1958<br>Don Julio blanco, fresh lime, watermelon, agave, celery bitter<br>Giada's Sangria, With your choice of Prosecco or Brachetto Fresh lemon, lime, strawberries, mojito mint syrup<br>Bellini White peach purée, prosecco<br>Aperol Spritz Aperol, pavan, club soda, prosecco</p>
<p>Non Alcoholic $9<br>Dolce Vita Fresh orange, peach purée, blood orange syrup, elderflower tonic, club soda<br>Birdie Muddled strawberry & basil, Ceylon gold ice tea, Giada's Italian basil lemonade</p>
<p><b>Specialty Beers</b><br>Menabrea Blonde, Italy $10<br>Peroni, Italy $7<br>Moretti La Rossa, Italy $9<br>Collesi Bionda 500ml, Italy $14<br>Oro di Milano Riserva Speciale Amber $14<br>Estrella Damm "Inedit", Spain 750ml $28<br>Estrella Damn "Daura" Gluten Free, Spain $10<br>Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout, England $10<br>Timmermans Framboise Lambic, Belgium $10<br>Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA, USA $8<br>Ballast point IPA Sculpin, USA $8<br>Anchor Steam, USA $8<br>Ace Hard Apple Cider, USA $8<br>Crabbie's Ginger Beer (Alcoholic) 330ml $8<br>Sharp's Non Alcoholic $6<br>· <a href="http://vegas.eater.com/tags/giada-de-laurentiis">All Coverage of Giada De Laurentiis</a> [~ELV~]</p>
https://vegas.eater.com/2014/7/21/6184017/revealing-the-entire-lunch-menu-from-giada-de-laurentiisSusan Stapleton