You can’t roll a pair of dice in Las Vegas without hitting a celebrity chef’s restaurant. David Chang, Gordon Ramsay, Giada De Laurentiis, Wolfgang Puck and now, Tom Douglas. What? You’ve never heard of Tommy D?
Seattle-based celebrity chef Tom Douglas designed the menu at this full-service restaurant in Nordstrom Fashion Show in Las Vegas.Tom Douglas Restaurants
Well, if you follow food, you’ll likely be hearing a lot more from this two-time James Beard award winner, who’s got 16 restaurants and the Hot Stove Society cooking school in Seattle. He has partnered up with Nordstrom to serve up TD-inspired fare at restaurants in the high-end retailer’s inviting public spaces. Jeannie’s at the Nordstrom Fashion Show near The Strip in Las Vegas is the first project outside the Northwest.
We recently stopped in to try the full-service eatery that’s a whole lot like those excellent Serious Pie locations in Seattle, right down to the gorgeous Woodstone oven made in Bellingham, Wash. Here are the essential dishes to try:
The kale salad can be topped with wild Alaska salmon.Leslie Kelly
Marinated Lacinato Kale
Tom Douglas and his talented team were one of the first to make kale cool, going way back to when Serious Pie debuted 10 years ago. This assertive green turns mellow when bathed in lemon juice. It’s finished in olive oil, Calabrian peppers and plenty of shaved Parm. Add a protein, and you’ve got a full meal deal. It’s such a pleasure to find Bristol Bay sockeye salmon as one of those salad-topping options. Wild salmon is increasingly rare on menus and Tom Douglas has been an longtime advocate for protecting salmon runs from the potentially devastating Pebble Mine project. Bravo!
Fig + Prosciutto Pie
It’s challenging to chose just one pizza because they all sound so tempting, but the salty-sweet combo showcasing ham cured in Iowa is Next Level. The pies share one common characteristic: They’re built on a crust that’s been babied through a long rise, so they’ve got a whole lot of flavor. After getting fired in the Woodstone, there’s also a nice crunch that makes the pieces sturdy enough to pick up.
Seattle-based chef Tom Douglas, left, and his talented team created an Italian-inspired menu for Jeannie's at Nordstrom in Las Vegas.Tom Douglas Restaurants
Cauliflower Mac-n-Cheese
While there’s a lineup of traditional pasta dishes, this gooey creation seems to appear on every table in the place. And then the contents of those bowls promptly disappears. The star ingredient of this popular comfort food is Seattle-based Beecher’s Flagship cheese, a perfect mashup of cheddar and a Gruyere-style cheese.
Jeannie’s is open daily for lunch and dinner. There’s a full bar, and assorted Tom Douglas merch for sale. We're looking forward to more collaborations between TD and Nordstrom in the future.
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