In anticipation of their momentous transformation from a nightclub into a... nightclub with a boxing stadium, the Crown Theater is gathering the one thing that’s crucial to any boxing venue: ring girls. And true showmen that they are, they’re inviting in spectators and giving you a chance to vote for your favorites. Ah, democracy.
Time to start practicing your MJ moves: Lavo is celebrating the King of Pop’s 52nd birthday with a late-night moonwalking blowout, and there’s a thousand-dollar cash prize for whoever defies physics the best. Afterwards, there’ll be noncompetitive dancing... as if that’s even possible.
Here’s a hard-and-fast principle: you shouldn’t have to leave the pool for food. To that end, Wet Republic is kicking off Vegas’s weeklong prix-fixe-apalooza with food from spots like Jean Georges, Circo and Sensi served poolside, alongside ’60s-style go-go dancers and synchronized swimmers. We’re pretty sure the 30-minute rule doesn’t apply.
Joël Robuchon’s buttoned-up French spot is transforming its stadium-style open kitchen into a stadium-style burlesque arena, with roving champagne buckets and a team of dancers (courtesy of 40 Deuce) to distract the chefs. Extra points to the first person to make it rain escargot.
Tom Colicchio’s beef haven is transforming into a pool hall for restaurant week, complete with dueling piano players, a few billiard tables and those legendary Kobe steaks ground up into Philly-style steak sliders—which either counts as a waste of steak or the best thing that ever happened to the slider.
