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Out with the Auld

Five Brunches to Welcome 2015

So you’re New Year’s–ing in Vegas, eh? Needless to say, you’re partying till the sun comes up. Sounds great. Till the sun comes up. Easing you into the first morning-after of 2015: these five crucial brunches.

MARQUEE DAYCLUB

Poolside Eggs in a Glass Dome

You require: A place that’ll let you just... keep it going. Under glass.
You’ll receive: A midday poolside dance party under the climate-controlled comfort of Marquee’s massive new glass dome. Oh, and the eggs, they’ll have those, too. And some waffles. Those guys.

GIADA

Carbonara Breakfast Pizza. Great Idea.

You require: Something saucy and Italian to line your stomach. Probably a drink or three.
You’ll receive: Panoramic Strip views from the second floor of the Cromwell, where a certain Food Network vet will help you along with things like finocchiona salumi and onion confit. And probably a drink or three.

THE GRIDDLE CAFE

Pancake Shakes for Days

You require: An old-school diner. Sort of.
You’ll receive: Maple-infused Old Fashioneds, chocolate-chip-cookie-crusted french toast and an entire menu dedicated to pancake milkshakes. They’re layered with things like bourbon, dark chocolate liqueur and freshly griddled buttermilk flapjacks.

THE COUNTRY CLUB

Getting Jazzy at Wynn

You require: Some natty jazz to go with your shrimp and grits.
You’ll receive: The Wynn’s usual Weekend Jazz Brunch, relocated to a weekday for the occasion. Think towers of shellfish, flights of smoothie shots and lots of champagne. We’ll just move right past the flights of smoothie shots.

RUMOR LAS VEGAS

Pajama Party, Meet Brunch Party

You require: Zero judgment over venturing out into 2015 in your (or, hell, someone else’s) pajamas.
You’ll receive: A full-on pajama party with a DIY Bloody Mary bar, bottomless brunch cocktails and oversize daybeds for things like napping, and probably at least one pillow fight. They’re supplying the pillows.