Archive for December, 2009

AMERICAN FISH / Las Vegas Sun

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Sarah Feldberg from the Las Vegas Sun writes about our latest project, Amercian Fish for chef Michael Mina at CityCenter in Las Vegas.

“American Fish’s Design as interesting as its food. Michael Mina, SLDesign present ‘elegant comfort’ in cusine, construction.”

“The restaurant is filled with woodsy elements that, like the kitchen’s preparations, seem to dance between rustic and chic.”

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ARIA RESORT & CASINO AT CITYCENTER OPENING

Monday, December 21st, 2009

LAS VEGAS  - With characteristic sincerity and a zeal for culinary history, Michael Mina celebrates another of America’s great dining legacies with AMERICAN FISH, now open at ARIA Resort & Casino. Mina’s fifth Las Vegas restaurant pays homage to rustic cooking methods from across the country – lobster boils, clam bakes and campfire cookouts – but applies them with modern finesse for a truly refined affair. Dishes draw on authentic regional products from the nation’s great water ways and woodlands, like Copper River salmon and Great Lakes walleye, with freshness and seasonality setting the pace. The décor by SLDesign brings a contemporary tone to the comfort and familiarity of a mountain lodge backdrop, as it evokes the spirit of the continent’s great landscapes and salutes the time-honored quality of American craftsmanship.

Warmth and hospitality are AMERICAN FISH’s calling card, with interiors by SLDesign that evoke the masculine charm of a 19th-century lodge. Taking cues from Mina’s outdoorsman ethos, visuals allude to the rugged beauty of the American landscape with nature-inspired features and celebrate the superior artistry of turn-of-the-century craftsmanship with traditional woodworking methods.

Located on ARIA’s Promenade Level, AMERICAN FISH produces epicurean cuisine with humble, all-American roots.

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