Eataly Las Vegas

What would the Italian supermarket chain Eataly look like if it was almost exclusively focused on prepared foods and only lightly involved in running a traditional supermarket? The Las Vegas location of Eataly answers that question definitively: It’s close to a paradise for tourists, and perhaps less appealing to the home-bound Italian fans many other Eataly locations cater to.

Occupying 40,000 square feet in the Park MGM hotel’s southeast corner – only two-thirds the size of Eataly Chicago, but with a better use of space – Eataly Las Vegas includes most of the chain’s expected mini-concepts: a collection of six separate “Cucina del Mercato” counters with individual specialties (pasta, charcuterie, Roman pizza, sandwich, street food, and meat/fish), two cocktail and wine bars, a Caffé Lavazza coffee shop, and miniature sweet shops for gelato, cannoilis, mini cakes and cookies.

For prepared foods, the store also has a standalone restaurant called La Pizza & La Pasta, virtually identical in Neapolitan pizza and handmade pasta offerings to other Eataly locations, and a four-night-per-week, dinner-only Tuscan restaurant called Toscana. Italian wines and spirits are available from an on-premises store, Eataly Vino, while small collections of groceries – almost entirely imported sodas, cookies, candies, and packaged goods – are also available for purchase.