$64 for Veal Parmigiana, it’s $50 in NYC.
LOL!!! That was great and thanks for sharing.
As usual, ate a lot but not as much as I would have liked. Due to convenience, this is basically a review of a portion of Cosmopolitan’s dining options.
Del Taco - Barstow - the “Barstow Taco” is basically a big del taco with a single slice of tomato on top. Tasty enough for a fast food item - $1.69 each. Everything is bigger and more expensive than its normal Del Taco counterpart, but it does taste good. I got another one on my return home.
Momofuku - been to the noodle bar in NYC, but had the fried chicken there. Started with an Old Fashioned - great. Got half a dozen oysters. Came with this delicious ramp/trout Roe mignonette. Ordered the spicy cucumbers and potatoes/wagyu. The cucumbers were tasty enough if you like those Chinese cold cucumbers, but the potatoes/wagyu were not what I expect. Imagine super crispy fried potatoes/garlic/almond layered with thin slices of raw wagyu. I don’t really know what to describe the eating experience as…I can only say it was tasty enough but very salty. Needed a beer to cut it - people with an aversion to salt should avoid. Also had a shrimp bun - fine. No Katsu bun on the menu. 4 dishes and 2 drinks was something like $140. QPR questionable. May need wiser ordering to improve ratio.
Secret Pizza - $6.25 all in for a slice of pepperoni/mushroom now. A fine NY slice, and open super late. Their Sicilian is terrible though.
Jaleo - the lunch deal is crazy - 3 courses for $25 add paella for $7. I learned today I don’t like gazpacho, or at least not their style gazpacho. Scallop was great and hanger steak cooked perfect. No soccarat to speak of on the paella, but I was one of the first parties seated so maybe that didn’t help. But still, less than $35 for all that is crazy.
Milk Bar - 3 cookies and bday truffles. TBD
I love the Cosmopolitan hotel - sorry Aria, you’ve been dethroned.
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Thanks for great descriptions and including prices. Sometimes my opinion is definitely effected by the cost.
Too bad you couldn’t make it to carbone, with all the “free” items you get (bread basket, cheese, charcuterie, pickles, dessert, and limoncello) the qpr is higher than you would think. And that damn caesar salad and meatballs are the best I’ve ever had.
Speaking of “free” I’ve not been able to find prices except in reviews. ??? For instance, the Caesar looks great but how much is it? Meatballs? We have a wonderful place in Reno with a glorious chef/owner and his meatballs are $7.
Guess I’ll need an excuse to come back. Maybe on a weekend so I can try F&F lol. Another poster noted they scrubbed the one that closed from their website entirely.
Caesar fuckin salad 
So true. The cheese salumi and bread basket are excellent. The limoncello is very strong. I think the spicy rigatoni vodka is a must order as well. The appropriate portion is 1 order per every 2 people.
Carbone is not expensive for Vegas. The prices are pretty much on par with Piero’s. $25 to $35 for a pasta dish. Some dishes are more some are less.
My last meal there with 4 people ended up being less than $125 per person which included a $130 bottle of wine and a few drinks. 4 people can split the ceaser, meatballs, 2 orders of rigatoni and 1 entree. That is plenty of food.
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I feel like I made a terrible choice for dinner now.
Must be a man thing - a true gentleman can always appreciate a tasty meatball in his mouth.
Whoa! You get those items for “free?” I’ve only got a limited time in town. I may need to sneak this one into the schedule when I go in a couple of weeks.
I don’t believe in that kinda stereotyping. Sorry. And I make a killer meatball. I tend not to order things that I do a bang up job of at home. To each his/here own.
I unfortunately do not make a killer meatball and neither does my mom. And I don’t live in Las Vegas OR Reno. Therefore, I would eat Carbone meatballs, because I like meatballs in my mouth.
Here’s the recipe I was given here on FTC. I first made it, sans the red peppers flakes, cause the grands were going to be here. I love it! When I make a batch, I freeze some for a future meal since it’s just the two of us.
Yes, the cheese and meats in my report were “free”, unfortunately i didn’t get pictures of the bread basket, pickled cauliflower, limoncello and cookies. Too bad they’re only open for dinner, the caeser and meatballs would make the perfect lunch.
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I agree.
Well, I’m sorry to hear you didn’t like Momofuku, I’ve been there once and I had a lovely meal there and thought the pricepoint was just right, I’ve read split reviews on the Momofuku empire, but reviewers whom I trust, seem to rave about the NYC Momofuku.
As for Carbone, to each his own, a meatball for a meatball. John Curtas quotes Carbone to be $200pp, $300pp with wine and cocktails. I usually run the bill closer to Curtas than Yelper-extraordinaire, Michael Uzman, who with no drinks and burned lasagna, seems too ring in at $100pp. I’m not saying you couldn’t get out of there at $100pp, but I probably couldn’t.
As for Piero’s, I’m happy to report that I’ve never eaten there. 
We went to NYC Momofuku some years ago with an A-#1 NYC CH. And it was terrific. Keep saying we’ll go back and then always run out of time. That’s an example of food that I could and perhaps do cook at home but will never compete with his.
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I didn’t dislike it. I wasn’t particularly blown away by it either, but I’d come back to try some more cocktails and ramen. It’s benefitting from a superb location for sure.
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