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The Forum Shops at Caesars, also known as The Forum Shops, is an upscale shopping mall on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is connected to the Caesars Palace resort, and both feature a Roman theme. The mall project was announced in 1987. It was developed and initially owned by The Gordon Company and Melvin Simon & Associates.
The second Spago restaurant opened at The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, on the Las Vegas Strip in 1992. It was closed in 2017 and relocated to Bellagio Las Vegas in spring 2018. [2] In 1997, Wolfgang Puck opened a third location on Canon Drive in Beverly Hills. [3] In 1998, a Spago location opened in Palo Alto [4] which was closed in 2007. [5]
In 1992 Wolfgang Puck was the first celebrity chef to open an upscale restaurant in a Las Vegas gambling resort with Spago at Caesars Palace. [200] Located in The Forum Shops arcade, the restaurant is divided into a cafe facing the shopping mall serving lighter, lower-cost dishes, and a more formal dining room to the rear. [200]
Caesars Forum is located east of the Las Vegas Strip. [1] It was built on 28 acres (11 ha) [ 2 ] located behind The Linq resort, on property which previously served as a parking lot. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Caesars Entertainment began developing the project around early 2017, [ 5 ] and announced it at the end of the year.
Capriotti's, a national chain of sandwich shops headquartered in Las Vegas. Farm Basket, a local chain focused on fried chicken and turkey. [14] Farm Basket opened in 1981, taking over the former locations of Picnic 'N Chicken, a San Diego chain. [15] [16] Golden Steer, a steakhouse on Sahara Avenue near the Las Vegas Strip.
There are five other Spago locations including Budapest, Istanbul, [25] Las Vegas, Maui, and Singapore [26] [27] Caramá located at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. [28] CUT in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, London, New York City, and Washington D.C. [29] CUT by Wolfgang Puck at Four Seasons Hotels Bahrain Bay [30] and at The Shoppes at Marina Bay, Singapore
In May 1997, Lazaroff and Puck owned 36 restaurants together, with ObaChine in Seattle, featuring Southeast Asian cuisine and decor, being the 36th. At the close of 2019, Lazaroff co-owns Spago Beverly Hills, Spago Las Vegas and Spago Maui, Chinois on Main, Trattoria del Lupo, Postrio Bar & Grill, and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill in Las Vegas.
Wolfgang Puck, in 1980 and 1981, was preparing to open the restaurant that would make him famous, Spago, in West Hollywood, California. Initially conceived as a pizzeria, Spago's was modeled after the upstairs cafe at Chez Panisse. [4] [10] He was so impressed with the pizza LaDou had made for him at Prego, he hired LaDou as head pizza chef.