ARIA Resort Casino. 3730 Las Vegas Blvd.

The bone-in New York strip is sourced from Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors, where it's dry aged for 40 days, and later aged an additional 20 days in-house at Carbone. The pasta menu is highlighted by the rigatoni vodka spiced with Calabrian chile and sweet onion tempering the heat. Continue with Caesar salad large enough to feed three or more, prepared tableside with gargantuan soft croutons cut from semolina rolls. Meals begin with fresh Parmesan-Reggiano, pickled vegetables, salami and Grandma's bread - a no-cheese Sicilian pizza with oregano and sweet tomato sauce.

You may feel like you've gone back in time, or been transported into an episode of 'Mad Men,' as this fine dining Italian-American concept is classic NYC meets Old Vegas, exemplified by the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra soundtrack, and attentive service from burgundy tuxedo-clad servers. Décor features walls composed of tiles from New York subway stations, a floor-to-ceiling Murano glass crystal chandelier, and the work of renowned artists.

ARIA Resort Casino. 3730 Las Vegas Blvd.