Television personality, chef and restaurant owner Mario Batali opened his first eatery, Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, to the general public in 1998. Located in Greenwich Village, New York, Batali has since opened many acclaimed Italian-styled restaurants throughout the New York state region. Batali's restaurants located in Las Vegas, Nevada, offers guests menu items like grilled pork chop dinners and ricotta cavatelli platters.
Located in the Las Vegas Venetian Hotel, Resort and Casino, Mario Batali's B&B Ristorante contains a dining room area equipped with Italian marble floors, padded leather seating booths and maple wood furniture. The large bar area features an extensive imported Italian wine selection that guests can order from before or during their meal. Some of this eatery's menu highlights include the rabbit confit crostone dinner served with Lima beans and house-prepared ricott. The beef cheek ravioli platter comes with a helping of black truffles and crushed duck liver.
B&B Ristorante
The Venetian Hotel
3355 Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-266-9977
bandbristorante.com
Specializing in serving its customers steak dinners, prime rib and handmade pasta dishes, the Carnevino restaurant is owned by Mario Batali and his financial partner, Joe Bastianich. Batali has his hand in designing the interior of this Las Vegas eatery, including picking out the antique Italian furniture featured in the main dining room section. Located in the Palazzo Hotel, Carnevino's dinner menu contains such Italian dishes like the Orecchiette platter that features sweet sausage and broccoli rabe. Meat lovers should try out the veal scaloppine dinner that is prepared with porcini and marsal sauce. Seafood lovers can order the lobster crudo/cotto dinner featuring a two-pound lobster tail served sashimi style or steamed.
Carnevino
Palazzo Hotel
3325 Las Vegas Blvd., S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-789-4141
carnevino.com
Co-owned by Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich and Executive Chef Zach Allen, the Enoteca San Marco restaurant is found in the Las Vegas Venetian Hotel. Located very near the canal waterways in the Venetian Hotel's main mall area, this Italian eatery features an intimate dining area overlooking the small boats carrying passengers through this hotel. Menu highlights of the Enoteca San Marco restaurant include the Romana pizza prepared with ripe tomato, mozzarella, anchovy, capers and spicy chili. The grilled pork chop platter is served with fresh corn, peppers and capers. Some of the dessert menu items include the dark chocolate cake dish served with raspberry sorbetto.
Enoteca San Marco
The Venitian
3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-677-3390
enotecasanmarco.com
