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Almost every fine-dining restaurant I passed in Vegas featured a "summer" (read: recession) special, usually in the form of a fixed price menu. Craftsteak's did not disappoint. $60 per person (pre-tax/wine) gets you not one selection from every course but a family-style meal where every single item on the special menu is served during each course.
Here were the standouts:
Course 0: Um...the bread is glazed with butter and covered in sea salt. Even my annoyingly health-conscious dining companion who doesn't eat butter or carbs ate butter and carbs.
Course 1: I rarely exclaim aloud at good food anymore, but the quail got an "oh wow" from this relatively jaded foodie. This was the best course in my opinion- the cucumber salad and the fennel salad were both excellent and my friend puts his vote in for the fresh mozzarella.
Course 2: Oh diver scallops, I'd eat you for the rest of my life if I could. No, really. The two other dishes, both steak, were solid if unremarkable. Cooked to my instruction on the rare side, which I appreciated.
Course 2b: Um, there were sides? The corn salad was good, but I could not fathom eating any more at this point. My friend gladly ate all the mushrooms, so I infer his recommendation.
Course 3: Sigh, is anything more disappointing than digging into what you think is a blueberry crisp only to find that it is rhubarb? I'm not a fan of rhubarb solo (look, it's like putting celery with sugar into a pie!), but the crisp itself was nice and topped with a wonderful homemade vanilla. The other dessert was a chocolate cake and a chocolate mousse covered in solid. dark chocolate.
A wonderful glass of malbec ($13) helped the meal (and bill) go down nicely.
Wonderful service, wonderful food, wonderful deal. If you're in Vegas soon, check to see if that restaurant you've been eying has become slightly more affordable.
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