AGO, the new Italian trattoria at the Hard Rock Hotel, isn’t holding its grand opening until February, but curious foodies can get in on the restaurant’s authentic Tuscan-style fare just before the new year when it opens — softly, of course — on Dec. 30.

The elegant dining experience launched in West Hollywood in 1998 when executive chef Agostino Sciandri partnered with Hollywood illuminati Robert De Niro, Bob and Harvey Weinstein and Tony and Ridley Scott. Ralph Gentile, whose design vision recently created Bliss inside the W Hotel in Westwood, Calif., designed the Las Vegas location of AGO.

A sleek and welcoming lounge affords diners unique cocktails and food selections from the bar menu. The intimate dining area includes the Cava, a room designed to create the feeling of an underground wine cave. You know, so you can fulfill your fantasy of eating dinner in the Batcave.

Sergio Santoro, who trained at the Los Angeles location, is the Las Vegas AGO’s executive chef and sommelier Emilio Marchionne directs the trattoria’s extensive wine selection. Cave and all.

By Pj Perez

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