Las Vegas
We wait every year for this,” says Nicole Grimes, the chef de cuisine at Rao’s. “This is our time. We can be playful. Everybody in the room is somebody, and we wait all year to do this menu.”
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Grub Street
Spanish Harlem institution Rao’s is indeed opening at 1006 Seward Street in the Hollywood Canteen space, according to co-owner and managing partner Frank Pellegrino Jr., who says in a press release that the restaurant is targeting a late spring or early summer opening.
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The Daily Meal
New York staple Rao’s, also known as that one place in that Jay-Z music video, or the restaurant that inspired Goodfellas, is finally heading to Hollywood.
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Zagat
Looks like Frank Pelligrinio Jr. and the whole Rao’s clan will be moving into Hollywood sooner than we thought. News slipped out like a piece of spaghetti that the famed…
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Las Vegas
When Nicole Grimes was a kid in Pittsburgh, her grandmother used to make baccalà in a Crock-Pot that sat on top of the washing machine, so the kids wouldn’t trip on the cord.
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Las Vegas
It’s been a New York landmark for more than a century, but Rao’s didn’t expand beyond its 10 coveted tables until 2006, when they opened a larger, more reservation-friendly restaurant in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
If you can’t score a table… Rao’s consumer goods are the next best thing to dining there. An East Harlem institution since 1896, Rao’s was the definition of exclusivity, the pinnacle of “it” dining.
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What’s On
A member of New York restaurant family—Charles Rao opened the first Rao’s in New York in 1896 and the restaurant’s Las Vegas location opened at Caesar’s Palace in 2006—Frank Pellegrino Jr. brings his foodie family’s summer grilling favorites to print in his new cookbook Rao’s on the Grill ($35, St. Martin’s Press).
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Luxury Las Vegas
When asked about his title, Frank Pellegrino, Jr., among the fourth generation of the legendary New York restaurant family, founders of Rao’s, jokes that he is “the head busboy because my work hasn’t really changed that much in 30 years.”
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Vegas Seven
Go ahead, says Frank Pellegrino Jr., cut those corners. Bottled lemon juice? Yeah, it’s in the fridge.
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