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Peekaboo: Wynn Tower Suites In Alex

Posted by Chuckmonster on 1 Nov 2011
Today, Wynn transferred their tower suites entrance to the former Alex restaurant space. Without skipping a beat, the Tower Suites lobby was sealed off, curtained and attacked by the drywall/paint crew. Gone. ...

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Wynn Switcheroo: High Limit Slots Gets Plastered

Posted by Chuckmonster on 26 Oct 2011
The Wynn Switcheroo - a plan to move and renovate almost everything at Wynn Las Vegas - claimed another victim this week as High Limit Slot lounge was curtained, drywalled and painted in quick succession. VT...

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Wow: The Wynn Blush, Alex, Tower Suites, High Limit Switcheroo

Posted by Chuckmonster on 17 Oct 2011
VT uber tipster JakeZ is back with a slew of great bits of information about the many transformations coming to Wynn, all of which have been leaked to him from sources inside the Mahogany Curves. Sources...

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Chef Alex Stratta Leaving Wynn

Posted by Chuckmonster on 29 Aug 2011
Long time VT friend and one of our favorite local food writers, Brock Radke, has the news - via the Weekly - that Michelin starred chef Alessandro 'Alex' Stratta has left the Wynn organization. Chef Stratta's...

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VegasEats: Alex At Wynn Las Vegas

Posted by Chuckmonster on 6 Jan 2011
With the sad news coming across the wire that Alex at Wynn Las Vegas is closing, I thought that in the interest of expediency to post my unfinished Alex dining review AS IS - basically...

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Alex at Wynn Closing January 15th

Posted by Chuckmonster on 6 Jan 2011
The rumors running rampant on the Twittersphere, that Alex - the Michelin star winning French restaurant at Wynn Las Vegas - will be closing has been confirmed to us as true by Wynn VP of...

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Peekaboo : The Tropicana Phase III?

Posted by Chuckmonster on 7 Dec 2010
Nearly every time I type the name of Tropicana's CEO - Alex Yemenidjian - I'm forced to double check the spelling via Google. This time the search results displayed an interesting photo of Mr....

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VegasEats: Alex at Wynn Las Vegas

Posted by MikeE on 8 Jul 2010
After 16 courses of Robuchon decadence, it's hard to follow up with pretty much any restaurant. Alex at Wynn Las Vegas made a formidable attempt... Last week, myself, reader JohnD, Steve Friess, and another friend decided...

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TropWatch: Movable Buffet Talks With Top Trop Brass

Posted by Chuckmonster on 7 Jun 2010
Buried deep within the Los Angeles Times Calendar section yesterday was a rare reappearance, or temporary re-functing, of the defunct Movable Buffet column by VT friend and fellow Zappa freak Sen. Richard Abowitz. In it, Sen....

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