Never you want a slice of pizza right about now? I mean, you are in Las Vegas, you are strolling all over a large amount of casinos, expending a ton of strength and burning a lot of calories. Absolutely sure, you want a slice—and perhaps a minor bit additional. If you obtain by yourself strolling the ground of The Mirage, you will come across loads of that gratifying foodstuff and substantially additional at Osteria Costa, a welcoming environment with a lot of people-watching—and limoncello designed in-dwelling.
And the pizzas right here are Neopolitan, due to the fact the restaurant celebrates the cuisine of the Amalfi Coastline. Even if you are not 100 p.c sure of particularly where by that is, once you dig into this menu, you won’t really care. All you have to have to know is that you are going to delight in this food from starting to close, specifically if you get started off with just one of the signature cocktails like the Lemon, designed with that aforementioned house-manufactured limoncello, new lemon, Absolut vodka, egg white and orange bitters. Or check out a typical like the Negroni, featuring Roku gin, Campari, sweet vermouth and orange. Either just one will get your palate all set for whatever you decide to purchase.
Appetizers are various and very suggested. Heck, if you’ve acquired a big enough group, purchase them all, starting off with calamari, light and total of taste, many thanks to pomodoro sauce, lemon and chili then transfer on to some meatballs, perfect in regularity and deeply satisfying, served with whipped ricotta cheese and basil a beautiful insalata misti salad with cucumbers, sunflower seeds and white balsamic and, finally, the Caesar salad, the traditional you enjoy carried out splendidly suitable with romaine, garlic dressing and Parmigiano.
If you do choose for one of the woodfired pizzas, the vintage margherita is the best position to start out. It is so uncomplicated, with mozzarella, pomodoro sauce and basil, but it’s just … ideal, especially with its gentle, crispy crust. The exact same goes for the spicy Calabrian with salami, chilies and honey, or the sausage, with residence-produced sausage, fennel and onion.
If Neopolitan-style pizza is not your issue, no worries—all your favourite classics are listed here as perfectly, from linguine and clams, flavored with garlic, chiles and lemon, lasagna packed with sausage and mozzarella, and rooster Parmigiana, a large, breaded hen breast with pomodoro sauce, mozzarella and basil.
Is pasta a lot more your point? Get ready for a take care of. All pasta here is handmade, from the spaghetti and meatballs with pomodoro sauce, basil and garlic, rigatoni all Norma with pomodoro, eggplant and basil, or fettucine Bolognese with aged pecorino and black pepper, You might want to get that to-go box early: Osteria Costa does not skimp on the pasta parts.
If surf and turf is extra your jam, pick out from possibly a juicy, 18-ounce, bone-in ribeye Fiorentina with lemon and salsa verde, or fork-tender salmon piccata, served with lemon and capers. Regardless of what you buy, never forget about sides like broccolini, garlic potatoes or crispy Brussels sprouts (the latter facet is a person of our favourite issues here, and could have you fighting for the final piece).
It looks really hard to visualize you may have place for dessert at this issue, but you would most likely kick you for not at the very least trying delights like tiramisu and lemon ricotta cheesecake. Decadent? Guaranteed, but then yet again, you’ve obtained all that walking to do afterward …
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