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This is long - Read it or just take my word for it and GO TO LA SCALA
We just found this place after living here fifteen years. La Scala is on the Ground floor of the MARK 1 Tower. OK, I admit we had a GROUPON or we probably would have never found it. This is old fashioned Las Vegas dinner club style eating.
The decor is beautiful and reserved. Our Waiter, Robert will work hard for you. He absolutely knows the base menu and each special of the day. He will make a suggestion if you ask and tell you why he is suggesting that specific item. The Waiter's assistants will keep your water flowing, your bread and butter hot and fresh, as well as keeping the table free of past course dishes.
I would guess the room hold fifty or so people There were sixteen people at various tables of two and four while we were there. There was the noise of talking but, it was not overpowering. The soft crooning of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin played through the sound system. It was for us a very good fifties - sixties laid back easy going type of atmosphere. We enjoyed the change from the cacophony that is usual in todays restaurants.
The Food: I am a calamari "Nut", I will eat it any style anytime. So, the first thing I ordered up was fried calamari. What arrived was a huge bowl of hot, sweet, light goodness. There was enough for me to eat my fill, my Wife to enjoy a plate full, and us both to leave some guiltily in the bowl. The marinara the accompanies this is spicy and warm. It truly brings up the taste of this seafood offering and lays in some of its own twist also. It gets a Bill A+.
Libby was next presented with a fine looking dressed green salad and I a bowl of the Soup Special. Libby says, "The salad was crisp, cold, and extremely flavorful. I liked it because it had no harshness in it. I thought it felt good as I ate." So, there you have an opinion that is not from me. The wonderful thick and brown mushroom soup that I chose had an elegant, silky feel and a rich, dark mushroom flavor. What a lunch it would be with maybe a salad. For me, it was so fine I didn't want to give it up. I would have cheerfully had another bowl with some of the crunchy crusted bread they put out for us. That being said I need to add a bit about the table accompaniment of bread and toppings. The bread is a white Italian type with a wonderful crusty - crunchy outer layer and soft beautiful white pillow as the main part. You receive some very wonderful sweet white butter like I remember getting as a kid from the "Old Lady" in town who made it herself. Then there is a dish of Oil and Garlic to sop you bread in if you want. This almost brought tear to my eyes. The oil was thick, smooth, and filled with fresh flavor. It was infused with and carried fresh grated garlic. The fresh garlic had a slight bite of it's own that modified this treat to make bread and sopping oil Kingly.
Here comes the Main Course, For Libby it was a huge piece of halibut. You could see that it was grilled to perfection and had an oil caper, a spice addition. There were shaped pieces of zucchini and roasted potato wedges to add even more beauty and zest to her plate.
For me it was a stuffed pork lion that was browned to perfection and stuffed with wonderful flavors. I also had potato wedges and zucchini. The whole dining experience here at La Scala was much better than we expected. It was supreme.
We could not finish our dinner so, since there was no way I was leaving anything for the trash we asked that it all be wrapped for his to take. We brought home "Pup" bags of what is lunch today. Not for dogs, FOR US.
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