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Interview with Gordon Ramsay at New Flamingo Las Vegas Restaurant, Neon Museum Attraction, New Off-Strip Restaurants Opening, Allegiant Stadium 2025 | Ep. 255 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 255 of Vegas Reveals.
• 0:03
  Dayna Roselli: Gordon Ramsey opens another restaurant, this time at the Flamingo.
• 0:07
  Dayna Roselli: We talk to Chef coming up.
• 0:10
  Sean McAllister: Also, the Neon Museum lights up the Super Bowl 58 sign after it's moved to the Bone Yard.
• 0:16
  Sean McAllister: If you've never been, it's an only in Vegas attraction.
• 0:20
  Dayna Roselli: Allegiant Stadium has a lot coming up this year.
• 0:23
  Dayna Roselli: There's so much more coming up now on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:26
  Sean McAllister: Season six of Vegas Revealed is presented by Level Up Law, specializing in personal injury cases.
• 0:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, if you've been in an accident, maybe you've been hurt at a hotel or on the job, give Level Up Law a call.
• 0:40
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• 0:42
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• 0:50
  Dayna Roselli: 855 Level Up is the number.
• 0:52
  Dayna Roselli: And again, season six is sponsored by Level Up Law, LevelUp Law.com.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: Vegas Revealed, presented by Level Up Law, starts now.
• 1:04
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome everyone to Vegas Revealed, episode 255.
• 1:07
  Dayna Roselli: Dana Roselli and Sean McAllister here, ready to talk Vegas.
• 1:12
  Dayna Roselli: We got a lot to get into, but have to touch on the fact that TikTok closed and then it reopened.
• 1:16
  Dayna Roselli: But here's the deal, Sean.
• 1:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I deleted my app, and now if you've deleted the app, you can't go into the app store and get it.
• 1:24
  Dayna Roselli: So I can no longer log on to our Vegas Revealed TikTok.
• 1:27
  Sean McAllister: Oh no.
• 1:29
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 1:29
  Dayna Roselli: I was just like, oh, I thought it was over.
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: Delete.
• 1:32
  Dayna Roselli: Whoops.
• 1:32
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I guess if you deleted it, you can't reinstall it.
• 1:35
  Sean McAllister: It's no longer the end of an era.
• 1:37
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 1:38
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, and we're talking about TikTok in the United States.
• 1:40
  Dayna Roselli: If you're listening from outside the US, but anyway, it came back and um Can I airdrop the app to you?
• 1:46
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 1:47
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, maybe we could try that.
• 1:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, let's give that a try a little later.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: Look in all the but I was kind of relieved that it was gone.
• 1:53
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 1:53
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, that's why I was so excited to delete it.
• 1:57
  Sean McAllister: One less social media platform really would not be the end of the world.
• 2:01
  Sean McAllister: I would be fine with all of them going away.
• 2:03
  Sean McAllister: I'd be fine with going back to the days of like encyclopedias, to be quite honest.
• 2:09
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 2:09
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I mean, it is great promotion for our show.
• 2:12
  Dayna Roselli: That's the problem.
• 2:13
  Dayna Roselli: You know, I mean, we like to share what we're doing.
• 2:15
  Dayna Roselli: So, but I feel like, yes, on the side, I wish we could have one.
• 2:19
  Sean McAllister: One would be good.
• 2:20
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone was on.
• 2:21
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone's on it.
• 2:22
  Dayna Roselli: But I do know that obviously a lot of people make money, uh, the creators off TikTok, and people have TikTok shop.
• 2:27
  Dayna Roselli: And so I do feel bad for all those people.
• 2:29
  Dayna Roselli: But um, and I enjoy putting a lot of our stuff on the Vegas Reveal TikTok, and it does really, really well.
• 2:35
  Dayna Roselli: It's just sometimes like you're saying, it's just there's so many now that you it's so hard to keep up.
• 2:41
  Dayna Roselli: Every time I get ready to walk away and I'm wrap that up, I'm like, okay, posted that to YouTube and Instagram.
• 2:48
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and Oh, I forgot TikTok.
• 2:50
  Dayna Roselli: Whoa, I forgot Facebook.
• 2:51
  Dayna Roselli: Whoa, I forgot Twitter.
• 2:53
  Dayna Roselli: Whoops, gotta send that to threads.
• 2:55
  Sean McAllister: But each platform needs different stuff on it, too.
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 2:59
  Sean McAllister: So it's it is quite the social media landscape these days.
• 3:04
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, thanks for following us.
• 3:06
  Dayna Roselli: We do get a lot of interaction on our social media and everyone seems to enjoy it.
• 3:09
  Sean McAllister: We do, and we're gonna keep doing it as long as they don't get shut down.
• 3:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we just need another hand or something like that.
• 3:15
  Dayna Roselli: So, anyway, um, as of the recording of this podcast, TikTok is back.
• 3:18
  Dayna Roselli: It could be gone again by the time this airs.
• 3:20
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it could be.
• 3:21
  Sean McAllister: Anything, anything could happen these days.
• 3:23
  Dayna Roselli: But you know who sticks around?
• 3:25
  Dayna Roselli: Gordon Ramsay.
• 3:26
  Dayna Roselli: He's been opening restaurants in Las Vegas for I don't know how long.
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: And uh what?
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: He just opened number seven.
• 3:32
  Sean McAllister: Number seven since 2012.
• 3:34
  Sean McAllister: He's been opening restaurants here in Las Vegas.
• 3:37
  Sean McAllister: His first one was Gordon Ramsay Steak over at uh the Paris Hotel and Casino.
• 3:42
  Sean McAllister: Uh and the second one shortly after was at Planet Hollywood, and that was Gordon Ramsay Burger.
• 3:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, now he's got another Gordon Ramsay burger at the Flamingo.
• 3:51
  Dayna Roselli: We went inside, the patio is great, it sits stripside.
• 3:54
  Dayna Roselli: Now we know you all love a good patio, but this is just gonna be a hot spot.
• 3:59
  Dayna Roselli: And the restaurant's huge.
• 4:01
  Sean McAllister: It's a massive 300-seat restaurant, uh, like you said, a huge patio.
• 4:05
  Sean McAllister: Uh, during the grand opening, Gordon popped outside to the the patio, and everybody walking by was like, Oh my gosh, it's Gordon, it's Gordon.
• 4:15
  Dayna Roselli: So I know that and I must say I would have felt that way too because when we met Gordon, I had never actually seen Gordon Ramsay in person.
• 4:23
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I have actually at a nightclub once, but I don't know.
• 4:26
  Dayna Roselli: I guess I didn't really that's another story.
• 4:30
  Sean McAllister: Gordon does love a good nightclub.
• 4:32
  Sean McAllister: He does.
• 4:33
  Dayna Roselli: He does.
• 4:33
  Dayna Roselli: I think he was up in the DJ booth too.
• 4:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, anyway, I I was surprised at how tall he is.
• 4:39
  Dayna Roselli: When I walked into the kitchen when we were about to do our interview, you were about to do an interview with Gordon, and and I was gonna film it.
• 4:44
  Dayna Roselli: I thought, wow, Gordon's pretty tall.
• 4:46
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't expect him to be that tall, but he's just got that TV persona.
• 4:50
  Sean McAllister: He does.
• 4:51
  Sean McAllister: I think he's like 6'2, so he is uh he is a tall guy.
• 4:54
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, um, but that personality is huge too.
• 4:58
  Dayna Roselli: I he had me dying.
• 5:00
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we have so much footage that we can't share because he does.
• 5:06
  Dayna Roselli: He's just he's he's uh what do you call it?
• 5:09
  Dayna Roselli: He's just he he just he's himself unfiltered, he's just himself no matter what.
• 5:14
  Dayna Roselli: It doesn't matter who's in the room, and I love that about him.
• 5:17
  Dayna Roselli: I had so much joy chatting with him and laughing, and I got a kick out of him.
• 5:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um but before we get into too much more detail about the restaurant, why don't we let Gordon talk about it?
• 5:26
  Dayna Roselli: Because we did go in, you made a burger with him and interviewed him about the new restaurant at the Flamingo.
• 5:33
  Sean McAllister: Chef, it's been over a decade that we've been talking about new restaurants, new shows.
• 5:39
  Sean McAllister: Now you're back with restaurant number seven here at Flamingo.
• 5:42
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 5:43
  Sean McAllister: I mean, you just gotta be over the moon to have a new Gordon Ramsay burger.
• 5:47
  Sean McAllister: You're second here.
• 5:48
  Sean McAllister: Uh it's incredible.
• 5:49
  Sean McAllister: And also we have two new boys as well.
• 5:50
  Sean McAllister: Yes, congratulations.
• 5:51
  Sean McAllister: Come on, man, catch up.
• 5:52
  Sean McAllister: Come on.
• 5:53
  Sean McAllister: Well, listen, it's been a minute since we uh since we last talked, so there's been a lot of life to catch up on.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_02: Recent number seven's a dream.
• 6:00
  SPEAKER_02: And I'm as passionate number seven as I was in number one as you are now.
• 6:03
  SPEAKER_02: And um, not only a second home, but the family here is unique.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_02: Caesars Entertainment have been one of the best partners uh I've ever had a chance of working with.
• 6:12
  SPEAKER_02: But the flamingo.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_02: This gave birth to the sort of glitz and the glam back in 1946 when Hollywood came from LA and hit the strip, and it was the flamingo that was instrumental in putting this place on the map.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_02: So we've done the same with the glitter.
• 6:24
  SPEAKER_02: We haven't sat on a loss from the success of Planet Hollywood, and we've we've upped the ante again.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_02: But amazing team, cool Britannia bar.
• 6:32
  SPEAKER_02: But look, a 60 seat of terrace, 300 seats, um, it's stunning.
• 6:37
  Sean McAllister: Well, and that's a kind of a rare thing to have a restaurant space this size and to have a patio space strip side that's that size, you kind of hit the jackpot.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I mean, I'd love the Formula One Grand Prix.
• 6:51
  SPEAKER_02: And driving past the Hell's Kitchen 180 miles an hour now with a burger on one side, I can offer those drivers a burger or a Wellington.
• 6:59
  SPEAKER_02: What a place to be.
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_02: Come on.
• 7:01
  Sean McAllister: So now I get the motivation to open in this spot.
• 7:04
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, well anytime.
• 7:05
  Sean McAllister: Anytime.
• 7:06
  Sean McAllister: Hey, and listen, as uh the movie industry sets up shop here, uh is their ambition to have some more production setup for you here?
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_02: It's a very good point that a studio is coming in and all the vision up and part of the ship.
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_02: This city is constantly evolving.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_02: Um, we were fortunate enough to shoot the back season health kitchen a few years back.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_02: Um bringing the health kitchen back to make this will be a dream, yes.
• 7:31
  Sean McAllister: And I know Super Bowl is coming up Kitchen Nightmares setup shop in uh New Orleans?
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_02: That's a personal one for me.
• 7:38
  SPEAKER_02: Um the resilience of that city is incredible.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_02: And that season's definitely just off the charts.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_02: And so to give these Russian to us a lifeline.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_02: When that business hits the town, it's enough to fight the business show for a year or 18 months.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_02: Some of the disasters that have struck that neck of the woods has been awful.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_02: And so to give them that live they need and the road to the Super Bowl, engaging them, sometimes it's fixing the actual couples as opposed to the food.
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_02: And then I want to see them successful.
• 8:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_02: It's a fighting city, and and suddenly, as you know, the atrocities that we've experienced just recently there.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_02: Um, it needs a love.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_02: And it deserves a love, and uh, I can't wait to be on that field.
• 8:12
  Sean McAllister: Well, it's gonna be great to have you back here on the patio when those covers are racing by for everyone.
• 8:18
  Sean McAllister: I've got some skills to work on here.
• 8:20
  Sean McAllister: Number seven for the season.
• 8:23
  Dayna Roselli: There's always a line that's whatever.
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_02: The line's been there for the last ten years.
• 8:30
  SPEAKER_02: Hopefully, the matter with this and uh my beloved uh older sister next door, uh Lisa Vanderpain and the Vanderpump.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_02: Um with with uh Pink is um she does the cocktails, I do the food.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_02: So I've already said, look, if there's a line outside your door, we'll do the food, stick to the cocktails.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_02: It's a good pairing.
• 8:48
  SPEAKER_02: She told me to f off.
• 8:53
  Sean McAllister: We had to get a good uh censored clip of Gordon into the show.
• 8:57
  Dayna Roselli: Whenever we can use the beep, exactly.
• 9:00
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 9:00
  Sean McAllister: But you know what?
• 9:01
  Sean McAllister: For as you know, brash as Gordon's personality comes across on uh his TV shows, he is one of the nicest guys that I have ever met.
• 9:14
  Sean McAllister: I've had the good fortune of interviewing him and spending time with him since 2012 when he first started opening restaurants here, and he is just genuinely one of the nicest people.
• 9:25
  Dayna Roselli: Very caring.
• 9:26
  Dayna Roselli: I heard him ask you a bunch of different personal questions off to the side.
• 9:29
  Dayna Roselli: How's this person?
• 9:30
  Dayna Roselli: How's that person?
• 9:30
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, he and he the good, you know, he just remembered all of it, and like, you know, you can tell.
• 9:35
  Dayna Roselli: Like he keeps his relationships and it's important to him.
• 9:38
  Dayna Roselli: And I loved that.
• 9:39
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, it was great to catch up with Gordon.
• 9:41
  Dayna Roselli: I hope we get to catch up with him again another time.
• 9:43
  Dayna Roselli: Um great to see him in person, and that Gordon Ramsay burger is just gonna do so well because it just it's it's like I said, it's big, that stripside patio, it's a great location, and everyone's sometimes just looking for a casual place to go that's a little elevated, you know?
• 10:01
  Sean McAllister: And that's it.
• 10:02
  Sean McAllister: I mean, he's got those delicious burgers, he's got the shakes, the sticky toffee pudding that he's famous for.
• 10:08
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it is it's gonna it's gonna be packed.
• 10:12
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 10:13
  Sean McAllister: Just like the one at Planet Hollywood has been.
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: Well, listen, um, let's talk about the Neon Museum.
• 10:18
  Dayna Roselli: But recently, you know, a piece of actually the flamingo sign, I think, went to the Neon Bone Yard.
• 10:22
  Dayna Roselli: We were there recently for um uh uh something they did where they like uh lit up again one of the old uh Las Vegas Super Bowl signs from Super Bowl 58.
• 10:31
  Dayna Roselli: It was the one that people took selfies with and pictures with all during Super Bowl when we had it here.
• 10:36
  Dayna Roselli: We went over to the Neon Boneyard because they re-illuminated it and and kind of gave it a home there so that when people are at the Neon Museum, they can take pictures with it now, kind of to remember it.
• 10:46
  Sean McAllister: And this is an attraction that uh sits off the strip.
• 10:50
  Sean McAllister: It's even if you're staying down in the downtown area, it's like well off of Fremont Street as well.
• 10:58
  Sean McAllister: So I feel like it may not be a top-of-mind attraction for people when they come to Las Vegas because you know you get stuck in the resort corridor uh areas because there's uh so much to do, right?
• 11:12
  Sean McAllister: Quite frankly.
• 11:12
  Sean McAllister: But it is good to get off the beaten path a little bit.
• 11:15
  Sean McAllister: Uh and the Neon Museum is a place that you definitely want on your list.
• 11:20
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and I I hadn't been in a long time, which I was like, okay, uh now that I revisited, I'm like, this is such a cool place.
• 11:27
  Dayna Roselli: And so we talk to the folks over there about everything that the Neon Museum in Boneyard offers.
• 11:31
  SPEAKER_04: For locals, this is an opportunity for people to kind of remember and uh relive their experiences.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_04: We have a wonderful offering which is right in the lobby called Rachel.
• 11:43
  SPEAKER_04: Rachel stands for Record and Collect Historical Experiences in Las Vegas.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_04: And it's a chance for people to step inside that booth.
• 11:52
  SPEAKER_04: There's a monitor and a camera, and people can sit down and tell a two-minute story of their favorite memory of Las Vegas.
• 11:59
  SPEAKER_04: And we keep those in our archives, those live on forever.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_04: Um it's a wonderful way of if you're a local or even a transplant to be able to tell your Vegas story.
• 12:09
  SPEAKER_04: If you're here and someone who's visited every year over and over again for that conference, um, this is also a way to tell your story and have that included in the museum's collection.
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: It's inevitable that you're going to need to expand.
• 12:21
  SPEAKER_04: We have hit capacity in our visitation, so we've gone from 20,000 visitors to 250,000 visitors a year that are coming through.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_04: We have turned away as many as 30,000 visitors who've wanted tickets, but we've hit sell-out nights.
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_04: Then you add to that that what you're seeing around you is about 275 signs.
• 12:40
  SPEAKER_04: We have 900 in our collection.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_04: That means that you've got about 600 plus that are sitting in storage, not educating or enlightening anybody.
• 12:49
  SPEAKER_04: So this is a chance for us to really be thoughtful and intentional about what the museum is going to look like in the future.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_04: I'm really excited about what that's going to bring, but it's going to be a bigger footprint for sure.
• 13:01
  Sean McAllister: That was Aaron Berger, who's the executive director over there at the Neon Museum, and he uh eats and drinks everything history.
• 13:10
  Sean McAllister: He is all about history, pop culture, all of it.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: So he's the perfect person to have at the helm over there.
• 13:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 13:16
  Dayna Roselli: I really enjoyed seeing the Tropicana sign there and some of the new ones and walking around.
• 13:21
  Dayna Roselli: They they have, you know, like the little plates that have the description.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: So you can read about it and figure out, oh my gosh, this is.
• 13:27
  Dayna Roselli: And we were standing next to one that was like one of the oldest pieces that they're working on now.
• 13:32
  Dayna Roselli: So so interesting and very unique, very only Vegas.
• 13:35
  Dayna Roselli: I love that about the new Neon Museum.
• 13:38
  Dayna Roselli: And you gotta get there if you come in.
• 13:39
  Dayna Roselli: It's on Las Vegas Boulevard, but like Sean said, a little north of like the popular downtown area.
• 13:46
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 13:46
  Sean McAllister: So just keep that in mind.
• 13:48
  Sean McAllister: The Neon Museum.
• 13:50
  Sean McAllister: We wanted to follow up on something we talked about uh one or two episodes ago.
• 13:54
  Sean McAllister: I think it was just this past episode.
• 13:56
  Sean McAllister: Allegian Stadium has been named by Billboard magazine as like the number one stadium in America and number two in the world.
• 14:07
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's a big deal.
• 14:08
  Dayna Roselli: And we ran into the president of the LVC VA here when we were at the Neon Museum doing that event with the Super Bowl sign, Steve Hill.
• 14:16
  Dayna Roselli: We've interviewed him on the podcast many, many times, and we asked him, hey, what's exciting that's happening in 2025 in your eyes?
• 14:23
  Dayna Roselli: And he brought up everything happening at Allegiant Stadium right away.
• 14:27
  SPEAKER_01: Well, we got WrestleMania coming in, ain't we?
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: We do, I'm excited.
• 14:30
  Dayna Roselli: I interviewed Cody, he was great.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it is it's a little different than a Super Bowl.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but there's some similarities.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_01: There are so many things coming up.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_01: The concert schedule at Allegiant this year um is gonna top last year's.
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_01: Um they they're gonna I don't know if you can rise higher than they've risen, um, but it's gonna be fantastic.
• 14:51
  SPEAKER_01: Um we're looking forward to a really great 2025.
• 14:55
  Sean McAllister: And you know, just the other day, I was uh there was a story on the today show, actually, about uh the NFL trying out this new AI system that's going to replace those uh first down markers that you see on, you know, they stretch the chain down the field to see how close you are to getting a first down.
• 15:16
  Sean McAllister: Right, yeah.
• 15:17
  Sean McAllister: Well, they have this technology that they've been testing out at Allegiant Stadium that uh could replace the the post and chain technique and depend on AI uh to figure out if you get a first down or not.
• 15:31
  Sean McAllister: Really?
• 15:32
  Sean McAllister: Um yeah, so I mean that's just a part of the technological marvel that is Allegiant Stadium because it is one of the newest in the league and they've been able to add so much technology to it.
• 15:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: Well, if you haven't been, hopefully you can get out here to Allegiant Stadium in 2025.
• 15:48
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• 16:22
  SPEAKER_03: All right, let's get to tips now.
• 16:28
  Sean McAllister: This week, Dana, both of our tips are new restaurants that are opening up at a new uh dining and retail complex called The Bend.
• 16:36
  Sean McAllister: Uh, this is in the southwest area of Las Vegas, so it's off the strip.
• 16:41
  Sean McAllister: Um, but we wanted to let you know, first of all, about what the bend is, this retail complex, and then also the two restaurants that caught our eye that are opening there.
• 16:51
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 16:51
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and because in Vegas, if you don't drive by something all the time, there's something new there next time you drive by.
• 16:57
  Dayna Roselli: Things just pop up.
• 16:58
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, what's the bend when I was looking at this?
• 17:00
  Dayna Roselli: So then we went in and we were like researching, and I'm like, oh yeah, I heard about this a while ago.
• 17:04
  Dayna Roselli: I think there were some delays, but yeah, it's apparently the newest dining, entertainment, and shopping destination, and they're really starting to fill it out.
• 17:12
  Dayna Roselli: So I saw this restaurant opening and I thought, Sean and I love this place.
• 17:16
  Dayna Roselli: So we got to talk about the great Greek Mediterranean grill that is now open at the bend.
• 17:22
  Dayna Roselli: And by the way, the bend is 8730 West Sunset Road, so it's north of Durango Casino.
• 17:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, you'll see it sits right behind uh the big IKEA that's right there at the corner.
• 17:33
  Dayna Roselli: So can't miss that.
• 17:34
  Sean McAllister: No, you cannot miss it.
• 17:35
  Sean McAllister: That is your landmark.
• 17:36
  Sean McAllister: Just turn at IKEA, go behind there, you'll find the bend.
• 17:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, right.
• 17:40
  Dayna Roselli: So the Great Greek, uh, I go there all the time, the one on Main Street, and I know you guys order too from one that's over on the east side of town.
• 17:48
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 17:48
  Sean McAllister: It's so good.
• 17:49
  Dayna Roselli: You what do you usually get?
• 17:50
  Sean McAllister: Uh I usually either get a hero, a bowl, or um we'll get the um like the dipper combo too.
• 17:58
  Sean McAllister: You get the hummus, taziki.
• 18:00
  Sean McAllister: Um, there's a like a three or four combo dip, and then they give you the um flatbread to go with it.
• 18:06
  Sean McAllister: It's all just delicious.
• 18:07
  Sean McAllister: And the lemon rice is so good.
• 18:09
  Dayna Roselli: I get the Greek salad wrap a lot with a, and then I choose a meat like chicken or whatever, and if it's like finely chopped and uh the taziki sauce, sometimes it's a little drippy, so you gotta say light on the tazeke, and then it comes perfect.
• 18:21
  Dayna Roselli: But you know what I love about it is it's quick, like it's food that you know you order at the counter, but it's it's really healthy and very delicious.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: Not to sound like a commercial, but I'm not lying, I go there once a week.
• 18:35
  Sean McAllister: No, but it's like kind of like a Greek version of chipotle or something.
• 18:39
  Sean McAllister: Like it's made to order and it's all fresh ingredients and it's just really good.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: And it does take a little while.
• 18:46
  Dayna Roselli: You have to sit down and wait for your order because it it's not, you know, they are making it literally right after you order it.
• 18:53
  Dayna Roselli: And I I so I don't mind waiting for it.
• 18:54
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, you know, sign me up and it's gonna be fresh.
• 18:57
  Dayna Roselli: Uh I also love that this one's open seven days a week.
• 18:59
  Dayna Roselli: I think the one I go to is too.
• 19:01
  Dayna Roselli: It's just I always feel like it's open, and I like that.
• 19:03
  Dayna Roselli: When I want something, I want to go and I want it to be open when I pull in.
• 19:07
  Sean McAllister: That's a very Vegas thing.
• 19:09
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, welcome, the great Greek uh over at the bend.
• 19:12
  Dayna Roselli: And then also at the bend, we got invited to try out a new restaurant and we haven't been able to.
• 19:16
  Dayna Roselli: They were doing like a preview.
• 19:17
  Dayna Roselli: It's not open yet.
• 19:18
  Dayna Roselli: It's called uh Marofuku Ramen.
• 19:21
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently, this is an acclaimed San Francisco-based Japanese ramen restaurant, known for their authentic hakata style tonka tutusu.
• 19:35
  Dayna Roselli: Am I saying it right?
• 19:36
  Dayna Roselli: Nobody.
• 19:37
  Dayna Roselli: You're asking me?
• 19:38
  Dayna Roselli: No, yeah, I have no idea.
• 19:39
  Dayna Roselli: But um, anyway, you'll know what it is if I'm talking, and you can write me and tell me the right way to pronounce it.
• 19:43
  Sean McAllister: I'm impressed that you uh attempted that.
• 19:45
  Dayna Roselli: I made it up.
• 19:46
  Dayna Roselli: That's what it looks like to me.
• 19:48
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, uh, it looks absolutely delicious.
• 19:50
  Dayna Roselli: I see they have some locations in Texas, uh, Southern California, Northern California, and then the latest one will be here in Las Vegas.
• 19:57
  Dayna Roselli: It's supposed to open uh later in January.
• 19:59
  Dayna Roselli: We don't have an exact date yet, but this is also at the bend.
• 20:03
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean, ramen spots do so well here in Las Vegas, too.
• 20:07
  Sean McAllister: Wherever ramen opens, people go to.
• 20:10
  Sean McAllister: So I have no doubt that Marufuku is going to follow suit and be an instant hit over there at the bend.
• 20:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I guess this is their like 10th restaurant.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: So I'll link the uh website in our show notes if you want to click on it and check it out.
• 20:26
  Sean McAllister: And a reminder, also down in our show notes, is a link where you can text us your ideas, thoughts, comments about uh Vegas Revealed.
• 20:35
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• 20:37
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• 20:38
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• 20:40
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• 20:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 20:48
  Dayna Roselli: And a reminder, uh, Vegas Near Me has always sponsored our audio podcast too.
• 20:52
  Dayna Roselli: And like I just looked up Marofuku Ramen and it's already there saying opening.
• 20:56
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, it says opening January 29th.
• 20:59
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, perfect.
• 21:00
  Dayna Roselli: So see, Vegas Near Me has coming through with a date.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so love that.
• 21:05
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• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's got uh where you know where it's near, what kind of food they have.
• 21:12
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• 21:14
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• 21:14
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• 21:16
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• 21:24
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• 21:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and tell them Dana and Sean sent you.
• 21:51
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• 21:53
  Dayna Roselli: Well, that's it for Vegas Revealed this week.
• 21:56
  Dayna Roselli: We will be back next week with episode, let's see, 256.
• 22:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 22:02
  Dayna Roselli: Moving right along in 2025.