{"id":19648,"date":"2018-03-22T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T01:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=19648"},"modified":"2018-03-23T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T17:16:00","slug":"wolfgang-puck-spago-bellagio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wolfgang-puck-spago-bellagio\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look Inside Wolfgang Puck&#8217;s Spago at Bellagio"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Spago Las Vegas by Wolfgang Puck at Bellagio opens this summer, and we&rsquo;ve got a first peek inside the new restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>No, it doesn&rsquo;t reveal a lot, but it hints at the spectacular view and also give us an opportunity to scoop Eater Vegas, which is always a hoot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19649\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-19649 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Spago Bellagio\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/spago_bellagio_rendering1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, the hotels and High Roller are FUBAR in the background, but you get the general idea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spago, of course, was a fixture at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace for years. That location closed in Jan. 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the groundbreaking restaurant will take up residence in the former Todd English&rsquo;s Olives.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s where things get weird and super awkward, if you listen to the rumor mill, which we always do, especially if it involves sex.<\/p>\n<p>So, the owner of Bellagio, MGM Resorts, cut ties with Todd English when he got into hot water related to sexual harassment allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The company never said that publicly, of course, and also never mentioned it when they scrubbed English&rsquo;s name from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/todd-english-arias-todd-english-p-u-b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Todd English P.U.B. at Aria<\/a>. Now, it&rsquo;s just The Pub.<\/p>\n<p>So, now we&rsquo;ve got Spago moving into the Olives space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18093\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-18093 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Wolfgang Puck\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/wolfgang_puck4.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We mourn the loss of this neon at the Forum Shops location of Spago. Thankfully, one of the signs will be on display at the Neon Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From what we hear, Mark Andalbradt will be the executive chef.<\/p>\n<p>Those in the know, though, say Andalbradt has had his own struggles with avoiding mischief. It&rsquo;s rumored he was demoted at the Forum Shops Spago to a behind-the-scenes role at Cut at Palazzo (another Wolfgang Puck restaurant) for over-indulging and getting gropy with a member of the staff. Allegedly. Because lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Just when you thought that kind of crap doesn&rsquo;t fly in Vegas anymore.<\/p>\n<p>You didn&rsquo;t actually think that, did you? You&rsquo;re adorable.<\/p>\n<p>Spago is expected to open at Bellagio in May 2018, and it&rsquo;s bound to be a hit.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s great to see an iconic Las Vegas restaurant getting a second chance, and here&rsquo;s hoping the restaurant&rsquo;s executive chef doesn&rsquo;t squander his.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spago Las Vegas by Wolfgang Puck at Bellagio opens this summer, and we&rsquo;ve got a first peek inside the new restaurant. No, it doesn&rsquo;t reveal a lot, but it hints at the spectacular view and also give us an opportunity to scoop Eater Vegas, which is always a hoot. Spago, of course, was a fixture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-lasvegasrestaurants"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First Look Inside Wolfgang Puck&#039;s Spago at Bellagio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spago Las Vegas by Wolfgang Puck at Bellagio opens this summer, and we&#039;ve got a first peek inside the new restaurant.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Look Inside 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