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Vegas Dining - July Short Bites

A quick month-end round-up of various dining news from around Las Vegas:

BLT Burger is finally open at The Mirage. The restaurant sits on the former site of the white tiger habitat and average prices range from $8 for a veggie burger to $17 for the American Kobe burger. BLT is open daily at 11am, closing at 2am Sunday through Wednesday and 4am Thursday through Saturday.

Blue Martini at Town Square (south of Mandalay Bay near South Point) has a great daily happy hour from 4pm until 8pm. Select appetizers and drinks are discounted half-price, such as seared tuna (normally $13), spinach dip and flatbread (normally $8) and lobster tacos (normally $18). A house martini will set you back a mere $2.50, or splurge and get a Grey Goose one for only $5.

Border Grill at Mandalay Bay is closed for remodeling. Word is the Picasso-like design is being replaced by a ‘casual, yet elegant wooden decor” that will include an upstairs dining patio with glass walls and a view of the resort’s pool area. There will also be new digital menus at the entrance. The restaurant is scheduled to reopen on August 28.

Dal Toro, a new restaurant/ultra-lounge, is set to open mid-August adjacent to The Palazzo’s Lamborghini showroom. The upscale eatery will feature custom Italian furnishings and marbled fountains, along with a happy hour every Thursday through Saturday from 6pm until 10pm. I’m assuming there will also be a glass partition to prevent you from drooling on the cars while you eat.

Also now open at the Shoppes at The Palazzo is New York’s popular SushiSamba. The Vegas version has a 14,000-sq-ft dining room, sushi bar, and attached Brazilian-style lounge called Sugarcane, complete with DJs. The menu features a fusion of Brazilian, Peruvian and Japanese dishes, such as marinated skewered meats, tempura and anticuchos. SushiSamba is open for lunch from 11am until 4pm except on Sundays when they serve a brunch menu from 10am until 4pm. It is then open for dinner from 4pm daily until 12am, when they switch to a smaller late-night menu that is offered until 4am.

Over at Sam’s Town, Fresh Harvest Cafe has moved to the space formerly housing Fellini’s, which is closed. It has also changed its name to Cafe in the Park. A TGIFriday’s is planned for the now empty space formerly occupied by the Fresh Harvest Cafe.