Dining
If you like Italian food and want to try a local favorite that’s off the Strip, go to Ferraro’s. The restaurant is almost 20 years old and the dim light, leather booths and soft music can make you feel right at home. The menu offers both authentic northern Italian dishes and an extensive wine list including many fine Italian vintages. It’s not hard to spend a couple of hours enjoying good company and excellent food.
Just like any other major city, Las Vegas has its fair share of steak houses, however, it’s hard to beat the three-story Smith and Wollensky’s. The New York-style steak house is right on Las Vegas Boulevard and it has a sidewalk café facing the Strip. They offer a private valet service so you don’t have to waste time looking for that all-too-rare parking spot. Reservations are rarely a problem. There are over 650 seats in the restaurant plus a private dining room surrounded by glass walls that sits right in the middle of the kitchen. The seafood menu is also out of this world. You can order humongous appetizers—including everything from lobster to clams—that arrive layered on expansive platters. Smith and Wollensky’s made its mark in Las Vegas and now has locations all over the country.
