CIRI Resort Investments Continue to Earn Favorable Reviews

CIRI’s resort investments at Lake Las Vegas Resort continue to earn rave reviews from the public and prestigious acknowledgements. The most recent commendation is for The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas restaurant Medici Café & Terrace. The acclaimed main restaurant has been heralded by food critic John Mariani as one of America’s 20 “Best New Restaurants 2003.” Mariani’s influential 20-best list is published each year in the November issue of Esquire magazine and is celebrated by a special chef’s dinner. This year’s dinner was attended in New York by Medici Café & Terrace’s award-winning Executive Chef Stephen Marshall.

Among comments in the Esquire review of Medici are “the city’s best food” and the new Ritz-Carlton brings Las Vegas its first taste of “genuine sophistication.”

The restaurant’s most popular dinner choice is “La Spontaneita,” a chef’s tasting menu that may be completely customized to suit each table’s unique dining preferences and an optional wine pairing with each course. Spectacular desserts are offered by Pastry Chef Patrice Caillot, whose Team Caillot won the National Pastry Team Championship in July 2003. Caillot will represent the U.S. and Medici Café & Terrace at the 2004 World Pastry Team Championship.