As if she weren’t busy enough creating nightly pastries and one-of-a-kind wedding cakes for both of Las Vegas’ highest-end French restaurants, Pastry Chef Tammy Alana is working on a cookbook for the two restaurants as well. The Alize´and Andre’s French restaurant cookbook idea started as a brain child of celebrated Alize´Chef Mark Purdy. The two [...]
Imagine saying your wedding vows at one of the highest pinnacles in the United States without having to step off a biplane with a parchute strapped to your back. AND, enjoy saying your wedding vows in the heart of Las Vegas without the surroundings of a cheeky wedding chapel and minister dressed in Elvis whites. [...]
A couple years ago, Alize´Master Chef Mark Purdy designed a new “tasting menu” for Alize´patrons at the top of the Palms Resort. Thinking that people might like a variety of tastes of his opulent French menu, even Purdy was surprised at the popularity of the new Alize´tasting menu. Each season, Purdy introduces two new tasting [...]
Come on down to Andre’s Cigar Lounge – and wear your Derby hats – on May 2nd to celebrate Kentucky Derby Day. Each month, Andre’s Cigar Lounge on the 2nd floor of Andre’s Restaurant at the Monte Carlo Casino, features a specific Whiskey Wednesday treat. For May 2nd’s indomitable horse racing day, we’re featuring Woodford [...]
The James Beard House in New York’s Greenwich Village has long been known as a “performance space” for visiting chefs. What a treat it will be, then, for patrons on June 1st when Las Vegas top restaurant, Alize´, loans its resident chefs to prepare an innovative five-course menu. Seats for this extraordinary dinner are quite [...]
This Easter, don’t you think it’s time you stepped out and made a REAL impression with something more than neon yellow marshmallow peeps? While there are plenty of Easter chocolate stores in Las Vegas, you’re not going to find more finely crafted, handmade chocolates than those created by famed resident Pastry Chef Tammy Alana for [...]
The Travel Channel International’s Senior Reporter Gareth Davis recently reviewed Andre’s restaurant. His comments appeared at the TravelChannel.co.uk and will be put into play for future TV features. We’ve provided the review here as well. Thanks, Gareth! My Las Vegas Gastro-Thon GARETH DAVIS sets out to prove the culinary credentials of Las Vegas… So. My [...]
For the 6th consecutive year, the creme-de-la-creme restaurants in Las Vegas – Andre’s Restaurant & Lounge in Las Vegas at the Monte Carlo Resort, and Alizé at the Top of the Palms – are participating in Las Vegas Restaurant Week Feb. 27 to March 4, by offering multi-course, prix-fixe menus to benefit Three Square Food Bank. A portion [...]
Spring is coming and that means the IRS is too. At Andre’s at Monte Carlo, taxes can be fun, especially when it comes to The Tax Collector – a classic cocktail, priced at $14, which features gin, dry vermouth and green chartreuse. The good news continues as all specialty cocktails at Andre’s are 2-for-1 from [...]
Back by popular demand, Andre’s Cigar Lounge, on the second floor of the renowned Las Vegas French Restaurant, Andre’s, is hosting its next Whiskey Wednesday event on Wednesday, Feb. 1st, 2012, 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. While Andre’s Whiskey Wednesday is always a sold-out event in Las Vegas, the great whiskey tasting and education is [...]