Fine Dining Increasing At Casinos

By Author: Steve Robinson
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While many customers are able to travel to casinos via cheap airplane tickets and stay in discount hotel rooms or take advantage of cheap vacation packages they are increasingly being exposed to serious fine dining options at casinos.

Almost three in every four Americans who visited a casino in 2010 enjoyed a meal at a fine dining restaurant on the casino premises. Increasingly, top chefs have opened high end restaurants in casinos around the world.

American chefs who have opened restaurants outside the U.S. have been drawn by the big spending atmosphere of casinos. Batali has opened his second outpost of his popular Los Angeles Osteria Mozza & Pizzeria at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. This hotel and casino also houses superstar chef Daniel Boulud’s DB Bistro Moderne and Waku Ghin.

The following are a few of some of the finest dining options (that just happen to be in casinos) around the world:

• The Cosmopolitan in Las Vega sports China Poblano which fuses Mexican and Chinese cuisines. The casino is considered a food mecca with restaurants such as Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & ...
... Grill, Scott Conant’s Scarpetta, and David Myer’s Comme Ca.

• Atlantis in the Bahamas offers Café Martinique which is famous for its delicious updates of retro dishes such as lobster thermidor and coq au vin.

• The Borgata in Atlantic City sports Michael Mina’s Seablue restaurant which specializes in seafood.

• The Monte Carlo Resort in Monte Carlo, Monaco houses Le Louis XV Alain Ducasse, the superstar chef’s flagship restaurant, which serves Mediterranean influenced dishes. Its impressive wine cellar is home to over 400,000 bottles.

• Casino Lisboa in Macau is home to over 18 restaurants, of which Tim’s Kitchen has earned two Michelin stars for elevating traditional Cantonese dishes.

• The Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia offers restaurants from celebrity chefs including Nobu Matsuhisa and Rockpool’s Neil Perry.
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