Bootlegger Italian Bistro

PBTD 03/3

Katie's favorite place to eat Italian. In Las Vegas, on south side. Open 24 hours, seven days a week. On the inside the place was classy, with wooden accents, deep browns and reds in the carpet, and wallpaper she was sure was original from when they had first opened.The waitress showed her into the bar and to the right, into a booth that had a picture of the Rat Pack on the wall. The small plaque above it talked about the members of the Rat Pack who had eaten in this booth so long ago.The place was history. So many famous faces had gone through there, and still did. The first time she had gone, Celine Dion had come in with a couple of other people. She had almost died. They had a lounge area where there was live music, the bar, a dining area, and a club-like place on the other side that was fairly new.

There was the normal Italian you would find at restaurants like spaghetti, ravioli, and pizza, but then there was the stuff she loved to come there for. The specialty salads, the manicotti, the steaks, and her personal favorite, the Scaloppini di Lorraine. and tiramisu, which was her favorite dessert.

Katie said that her My dad brought her there when she was a little girl. He was Italian, or part-Italian. He loved this place, and because he loved it she did too.