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Food Truck and Cocktail Outing Reveals Best Pizza in Las Vegas
The 'Moonlight Mixology'event at 'The Bellagio' was Tuesday night, and The Gourmet Food Truck event was Wednesday night, at the South Point Hotel and Casino The South Point is one of my favorite Las Vegas Casinos. The two events were too juicy for me to to miss out, so I broke up my cocktail and food truck expedition into two fun-filled nights.

Las Vegas, in some parts, is becoming a cool city to stroll since they put most of the walking above strip level. People watching, and sightseeing, is some of the best free Las Vegas entertainment.

The Mixology thing, cleverly named 'Moonlight Mixology,' at Petrossian Bar in The Bellagio, was an "exploration of inventive cocktails" from Master Mixologist Matt Myers. The event will be a regular thing if the powers that be find this one worthy of repeating. Myers put together three cocktails for the event that went from 10p-2a. I arrived around 11:45.

The Facebook events page for the occasion dubiously says to mention 'Beam' at the door. Being one who never had a treehouse, I'm not so much into secret passwords. It must have been a real thing, because the very lovely, and plainly indifferent, host-bot girl at the door gave me no indication that there was anything going on. Apparently, I missed the raffle, the free drink, and the Bellagio swag that a lot of people were walking around with. It never pays to be tardy.

The menu and descriptions for the cocktails that Myers put together, were thoughtfully printed on 8 x 10 office paper, and displayed on a table top, in plastic menu holders. I never got the opportunity to get a photo of it on account of all the people in proximity at the time, and the fact that the staff cleared everything away at 1:30. I would have done the same thing in their shoes. Everyone had cleared out, and the employees had a job to get done. However, I can't remember what was in the two cocktails that I didn't try. If you were there, and remember the drinks, please enlighten us.

'The Flying Dutchman' was my choice. A mix of Heinekin, Knob Creek Single Barrel, Lemongrass syrup, Creme de Peche, and Hum hibiscus liqueur. I watched the bartender hastily put it together, the results were not really that impressive.? It tasted like perfume and lemonade. It's potential came through a little bit with dilution, but I doubt it was the recipe that Myers, wherever he was, had developed. In fact, when I asked another bartender what Hum liqueur is, he had no idea. I had to look it up.

After The Bellagio, I decided to huff it next door, to The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, it's a totally cool place to get your stroll on. One of a few Las Vegas hotels where I don't feel like a local among tourists. The third floor is particularly stylish, and mellow. There is some cool artwork by the banquet rooms, and they put all of the restaurants in a circle up there, in one convenient place. It's kind of like a fine dining food court. It's about time someone thought of that. It can be murder trying to find a restaurant in some of these Las Vegas hotels. The common area of the fancy food court is a totally urban ed out, chill-hard lounge, with a pool table, Foosball, and cool views of the city.

On this visit, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas jumped up to the top of my list for definite recommendations on where to get some late night food. More accurately, I stumbled upon a true find. A where-have-you-been-all-my-life find. It doesn't qualify for the Las Vegas Cheap Eats, but frugality is not an issue here. Not with this. Read on to learn about my newest find.?

On the circle back from my stroll, a beacon of black and green caught my eye, and I instantly knew what it was. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a? 'Galaga' machine at the end of the hallway. The hallway is positioned right between Jaleo, and their next door neighbo. It looks like it might lead to an office, or some type of employees only area.

As the tractor beam pulled me in, I knew unmistakeably from the smell of tomato sauce, and sausage, that I was walking towards a pizza shop. What I didn't know, was that in about ten minutes, I would be eating the best pizza in Las Vegas. No contest. My initials will be on the top of Galaga's high score list soon.

The little slice of pizza heaven is the baby of The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas' F&B director. He must be a nice boy from New York, who felt sorry for us out here in the desert who vote for Pizza Hut every year in the Las Vegas Review-Journal's annual 'Best of Las Vegas.'? Putting an awesome pizza shop like this, in a spot like this, is really a sweet idea. The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas has access to the best ingredients in the world, and they can procure what it takes to make a quality pie. Like high-gluten flour, quality meats and cheese, and the facilities to make their own sausage. Sausage that had me drooling, practically. Plus, they have an old Italian dude hand-tossing the dough. I devoured every last crumb of those two slices, and woke up the next day wanting more.
They're open until 4am, 5am on Friday, and Saturday. Heads up- If you're looking for a bargain, this isn't the place. The slices are $4.50, and .50 per topping. Worth twice as much, in my opinion.
This post went long, so I'm gonna break it up. Read episode 2 of part 7- The Southpoint Hotel and Casino's Gourmet Food Truck Festival. lvfrankg ONE LOVE > OUR LOVE

This was episode 1 of part 7.
Read Episode 2 ?

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