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The Sahara makes some big changes to its restaurants this year, and now it has a new executive chef to oversee development and opening Chickie’s & Pete’s, Noodle Den, and the recently announced Italian restaurant from Shawn McClain Ballo.
The resort promoted Lyle Kaku to executive chef to oversee all culinary operations for the resort. Kaku worked as executive sous chef for the Sahara since 2018. He’ll handle new menus for the resort’s restaurants, in-room dining, and the banquets departments.
Later this year, the resort opens Philadelphia’s Chickie’s & Pete’s sports bar and crab house with a menu of crabfries and elevated bar cuisine such as a crabfeast and Lisa’s blonde lobster pie pizza. Noodle Den from chef Guoming “Sam” Xin brings hand-pulled noodles and dumplings, as well as traditional Northern Chinese dishes. Ballo plans to feature light Southern Italian fare, fire-roasted meats and fish, and Roman pizzas when it opens
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Lyle Kaku is executive chef at Sahara Las Vegas.
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Sahara Las Vegas has promoted
Lyle Kaku to executive chef. Kaku has served as executive sous chef at the resort since 2018 and will now play a key role in the development and opening of new restaurants coming to the property this year, including
Chickie’s & Pete’s,
Noodle Den and
Ballo. Kaku has held prominent positions at hotels and restaurants in Las Vegas, Maui, New Orleans and San Francisco. Sahara also recently announced a partnership with
Mr Yum, making it the first casino resort in Las Vegas to debut the mobile ordering platform from Melbourne, Australia. Now available at
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A rendering of the upcoming Ballo restaurant at Sahara Las Vegas.
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Shawn McClain will bring his fourth restaurant to the Las Vegas Strip later this year with
Ballo, a new Italian concept at Sahara Las Vegas. McClain will once again partner with
Richard and Sarah Camarota of MC Hospitality (who worked with the chef at the former Sage at Aria) to create a high-energy destination featuring seasonal Italian cuisine representing several different regions. Signature dishes will include handmade pastas, Roman pizzas, vegetable dishes and fire-roasted meats and fish. After debuting in Vegas with Sage, McClain also opened the former Five50 Pizza Bar at Aria and then created Libertine Social, which remains open at Mandalay Bay.
$10-and-under eats on the Las Vegas Strip and beyond
By Kiko Miyasato April 12, 2021
Yes, Las Vegas is an extravagant town. Over-the-top experiences mean over-the-top prices but that’s what makes Vegas so, well, money, baby! However, we’ve tracked down some truly affordable ways to fill your belly with some truly yummy bites. And the best part? Everything in this story is $10 or under (excluding tax and gratuity).
Let’s start with a too-good-to-be-true-but-it-is-true deal head over to Circus Circus, and right in the front of the property, Stripside, you’ll find
Slots A Fun, a mini casino that’s open 24/7 and offers $1 hot dogs and $1 draft beer. Continue heading north down the Strip toward Sahara Las Vegas, where you want to stop by Mexican food hot spot
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