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Las Vegas

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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. » Click to Read More

What’s On

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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). » Click to Read More

Luxury Las Vegas

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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." » Click to Read More

Vegas Seven

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Go ahead, says Frank Pellegrino Jr., cut those corners. Bottled lemon juice? Yeah, it's in the fridge. » Click to Read More

Vegas Rated

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Just in case you can't get a table… It's only in the past decade that people without a hard-to-get reservation at Rao's New York have been able to experience the soulful, southern Italian cuisine that has been coming out of that East Coast kitchen for more than 115 years. » Click to Read More

Las Vegas Weekly

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Chicken Scarpariello Perfect poultry and spicy-sweet Italian sausage swim in a sea of vinegary peppers and garlicky butter sauce. » Click to Read More

FOX News

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Inarguably, one of the most treasured facets of Christmas that celebrators relish this jingle-jingle, pine-scented, bow-topped holiday is all the great tradition that comes along with it. » Click to Read More

Las Vegas

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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. » Click to Read More

Forbes

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Trendy restaurants come and go, generating lots of media buzz and remaining impossibly crowded and difficult to get into immediately after opening. » Click to Read More

Forbes

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Trendy restaurants come and go, generating lots of media buzz and remaining impossibly crowded and difficult to get into immediately after opening. » Click to Read More

Vegas Rated

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Diners who want to give the pizza at Rao's a try will have to plan ahead. That's because Rao's only serves pizza during lunch - and they're only open for lunch Wednesday through Sunday. » Click to Read More

Las Vegas

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Bon Appetit recently released its list of the 11 toughest restaurant reservations in the country. To absolutely no one's surprise, the most impossible reservations remains at Rao's, the East Harlem legend where yearlong waits are not uncommon and Madonna was once denied entry. » Click to Read More