{"id":11895,"date":"2015-08-18T00:56:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T07:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=11895"},"modified":"2020-12-02T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:54:20","slug":"caesars-palace-swaps-vista-lounge-for-shadow-bar-cafe-americano-for-central-michel-richard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/caesars-palace-swaps-vista-lounge-for-shadow-bar-cafe-americano-for-central-michel-richard\/","title":{"rendered":"Caesars Palace Swaps Vista Cocktail Lounge for Shadow Bar, Cafe Americano for Central Michel Richard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple of things have changed since your last visit to Caesars Palace, and we’re on the case.<\/p>\n

Shadow Bar at Caesars Palace was always pretty sexy, with near-naked women dancing behind backlit screens.<\/p>\n

\"Shadow
Shadow Bar was a holdover from another time. Specifically, 2001. At about 3:30 in the afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Surprisingly, sexy doesn’t always translate to profitable, so the hotel-casino invested some big bucks and hired the team at Hakkasan (they run a nightclub or two here in Vegas, including the new Omnia at Caesars Palace) to operate a new ultra lounge, Vista Cocktail Lounge.<\/p>\n

The main difference between a lounge and an ultra lounge is the price of the drinks how uncomfortable you feel wearing a retro Stardust T-shirt. (Hint: We felt uncomfortable.)<\/p>\n

\"Vista
Turn left, Old Homestead Steakhouse. Turn right? Why would you do that. We just mentioned it’s near Old Homestead Steakhouse. Try the potato gnocchi with truffle butter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new lounge is located next to Nobu restaurant and was built at a cost of $1.9 million.<\/p>\n

Vista Cocktail Lounge is billed as “interactive,” mainly because Omnia called dibs on “immersive” and “game-changing.”<\/p>\n

\"Vista
Yes, we miss the dancers. But Las Vegas will make more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lounge features LED screens that show different cityscapes as the night goes on.<\/p>\n

The cocktails are pricey, in the $18 range (it’s The Strip), but the good news it’s nothing like a nightclub, and seating is open. There’s also no cover to get in.<\/p>\n

Vista Cocktail Lounge manages to be inviting and unpretentious. It’s open seven days a week, 5:00 p.m. until “late.”<\/p>\n

Elsewhere at Caesars Palace, a relatively new restaurant has been launched with zero fanfare, Cafe Americano.<\/p>\n

\"Cafe
Cafe Americano is Italian for, “The name you give a restaurant when you want to make it abundantly clear a well-known French chef is no longer involved with it.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 24-hour cafe would be fairly unremarkable were it not for the fact it replaces Central Michel Richard, a high-profile restaurant that filed bankruptcy owing creditors a million bucks. It didn’t take a genius to see that one coming<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The failure of Central Michel Richard put Caesars Entertainment in a tough spot, as trumpeting a new offering would shine a spotlight on the previous endeavor. So, the restaurant just morphed.<\/p>\n

\"Cafe
The bar has one of the prime locations at Caesars Palace, just off the hotel registration area. The same one featured in “The Hangover.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The interior design was barely touched (“value engineering,” baby), and plates suspended from the ceiling remain at Cafe Americano.<\/p>\n

\"Cafe
You should see the size of the sponge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Central closed, it was rumored Caesars was in talks with Giada De Laurentiis to take over the space. Her Giada restaurant at The Cromwell has been a windfall for Caesars Entertainment, but it seems Giada didn’t want to overextend herself.<\/p>\n

We trust the search is still on for a celebrity chef partner for a new concept worthy of fanfaring.<\/p>\n

\"Cafe
Central cost about $4.5 million to build. You can get a lot of fancy for that much cabbage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See the menu on the restaurant’s official site<\/a>. And catch a review from our pal, food critic Al Mancini.<\/p>\n

There’s always something new in Las Vegas! Sure, some of it’s super awkward, but that doesn’t make it any less new.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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