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Derby | Las Vegas | exquisite food | MGM Grand Hotel

Martin Sheen's Las Vegas

by Mark Seal
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Dinner
"I've become very fond of Picasso in the Bellagio. The water show from its fountains is quite spectacular. You want to get a ringside seat. At night, it's a wonderful supper club with exquisite food. I'm not a gourmet, mind you, but everything I've ever had there is delicious. I'm not recommending it for price, because this is one of the more expensive joints in town. There are real Picasso paintings on the wall, and you're gonna help pay for them with your supper. But it's wonderful, the best restaurant I have been to in Las Vegas."

Nightlife
"I love the Cirque du Soleil O show at the Bellagio. It's one of the best shows in the world, let alone Vegas. I see it every time I go back, and I love taking people who have never seen it. The first time I saw it, I just started to weep when the curtain went up. It was like going inside a Salvador Dali painting. The suspended figures, the medieval-type processions. And, then, the performers! They are all just so skilled. And the timing! When you go, throw out any image you've ever had of a Vegas or a Broadway show and start with your childhood imagination. Just be ruled by your imagination."

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Brunch
"If I could have only one meal in Vegas, it would be the weekend brunch buffet at The Hollywood Brown Derby in the MGM Grand Hotel. There's a brunch at Bellagio that's very good, too, but The Brown Derby buffet was the first one I went to on a regular basis. It starts at 9 and goes until about 2:30. It's one of the few brunches I'll ever stand in line for because I know it's worth it. They really lay it on - all you can eat for hours. I can't remember a better one with more quality stuff and a very reasonable price."

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